?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Organic+herbage+legume+intercropping&rft.subject=+Pasture+and+forage+crops&rft.subject=+Crop+combinations+and+interactions&rft.subject=+Vegetables&rft.subject=+Farm+economics&rft.description=The+project+aimed+to+investigate+the+management+parameters%2C+options+and+performance+of+a+system+of+strip+intercropping+of+herbage+legumes+and+organic+vegetables+in+which+nitrogen+transfer+and+conservation+is+effected+by+a+combination+of+grazing+ruminant+livestock+and+crop+rotation.+The+study+will+involve+3+inter-related+approaches%3A+a+theoretical+evaluation%2C+a+field+experiment+and+a+financial+and+economic+evaluation.+The+theoretical+evaluation+will+be+achieved+via+a+combination+of+a+review+of+relevant+literature+and+consultation+with+horticulturists%2C+scientists+and+representatives+from+the+organic+food+industry.+The+field+experiment+will+be+conducted+to+investigate+the+management+parameters+and+performance+of+a+theoretically+promising+intercropping+system+consisting+of+red+clover%2Ftimothy+as+the+legume+and+spring+cabbage+as+the+first+crop+followed+by+a+second+crop+such+as+salad+beetroot%2C+with+sheep+grazing+introduced+at+certain+stages.+Objectives+of+the+field+experiment+will+include+assessing+the+effects+of+varying+strip+width+on+system+performance%2C+examining+the+effects+of+sheep+grazing+on+transfer+of+N+from+legume+to+crop+and+investigating+the+effects+of+crop+rotation+on+nutrient+transfer+and+conservation.+A+financial+evaluation+of+the+proposed+system+will+be+conducted+initially+using+costs+and+values+derived+from+literature+and+industrial+sources%3B+this+will+then+be+refined+using+data+provided+by+the+field+experiment.+The+economics+and+implementation+of+the+system+will+be+assessed+via+a+survey+of+organic+vegetable+growers+and+via+a+market+assessment+in+collaboration+with+Safeway+plc.&rft.type=Project+description&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=%7BProject%7D+Organic+herbage+legume+intercropping.+Runs+1994+-+1995.+Project+Leader(s)%3A+Carruthers%2C+S.+P.%2C+The+University+of+Reading.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F6792%2F