title: Environmental and economic modelling of organic, stockless, horticultural crop rotations  
creator: Schmutz, Dr Ulrich
creator: Rayns, Dr Francis
creator: Firth, Mr Chris
creator: Rosenfeld, Dr Anton
creator: Thorup-Kristensen, Dr Kristian
creator: Zhang, Dr Kefeng
creator: Rahn, Dr Clive
subject: Farm nutrient management
subject:  Air and water emissions
subject:  Farm economics
description: Selected results from the ongoing “EU-Rotate_N” research project are presented. This EU 5th-framework project is developing a model-based decision support system to optimise nitrogen use in horticultural crop rotations across Europe. This paper introduces the economic and the fertility-building crops sub-models, and shows data from model validation and first model runs on an organic farm in central England. Preliminary results show that the model has the potential to be a powerful support tool for farmers and advisors, making decisions on rotational plan-ning. The economic, agronomic and environmental consequences of different rotational designs can be projected and assessed in detail.
date: 2006
type: Conference paper, poster, etc. 
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://orgprints.org/7292/1/Schmutz_et_al_(2006)_Environmental_%26_economic_modelling.pdf
identifier: Schmutz, Dr Ulrich; Rayns, Dr Francis; Firth, Mr Chris; Rosenfeld, Dr Anton; Thorup-Kristensen, Dr Kristian; Zhang, Dr Kefeng and Rahn, Dr Clive (2006) Environmental and economic modelling of organic, stockless, horticultural crop rotations. Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006.
relation: http://orgprints.org/7292/