Mayer, Jochen; Knapp, Samuel; Oberson, Astrid; Jarosch, Klaus; Hammelehle, Andreas and Mäder, Paul (2021) The Multifunctional Challenge Of Future Agriculture – Answers From 40 Years Dok Research. Paper at: Organic World Congress 2021, Science Forum: 6th ISOFAR Conference co-organised with INRA, FiBL, Agroecology Europe, TP Organics and ITAB, Rennes, France, 8 - 10 September, 2021. [Completed]
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"Achieving sufficient and stable crop yields with limited cropland and without excessive use of non-renewable resources under a changing climate are the multifunctional challenges of future agriculture. We compared the performance and sustainability of organic and conventional cropping systems in the DOK long-term systems comparison after 40 years of management. For the first time we present a comprehensive evaluation of the whole DOK design including the systems with reduced stocking rates. Yield, nutrient dynamic and soil quality evaluations show clearly the trade-offs between productivity and sustainability in organic as well as in conventional systems. Low input conventional systems reveal the best input-output performance but lowered soil quality; regular organic systems were most sustainable but achieved only moderate non-legume yields."
EPrint Type: | Conference paper, poster, etc. |
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Type of presentation: | Paper |
Keywords: | Yields, yield stability, NPK-budget, nitrogen use efficiency, trade-off, Bodenwissenschaften, Abacus, FiBL10015, DOK |
Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English nitrogen http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5192 |
Subjects: | "Organics" in general |
Research affiliation: | Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Field trials > DOK Trial International Conferences > 2021: Organic World Congress, Science Forum: 6th ISOFAR Conference co-organised with INRA, FiBL, Agroecology Europe, TP Organics and ITAB > Ecological approaches to systems' health Germany > Other organizations |
Deposited By: | rey, m. frederic |
ID Code: | 42158 |
Deposited On: | 07 Sep 2021 13:12 |
Last Modified: | 26 Feb 2023 13:58 |
Document Language: | English |
Status: | Unpublished |
Refereed: | Peer-reviewed and accepted |
Additional Publishing Information: | A book of abstracts of papers of the Science Forum at the Organic World Congress 2021, September 8-10, Online and on-site in Rennes, France '6th ISOFAR Conference co-organised with INRA, FiBL, Agroecology Europe, TP Organics and ITAB' has been published |
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