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Can N Use and Farm Income be Optimized for Organic Field Vegetable Rotations in Europe?

Schmutz, Ulrich; Firth, Chris; Rayns, Francis and Rahn, Clive (2004) Can N Use and Farm Income be Optimized for Organic Field Vegetable Rotations in Europe? [Kann die N Nutzung und das Betriebseinkommen optimiert werden fuer organische Feldgemuese Fruchtfolgen in Europa?] Organic Farming, BGS Symposium No. 37. p. 200-203, 37, pp. 200-203.

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Most fresh organic vegetables are produced in intensive rotations, which rely heavily on large inputs of nitrogen to maintain the yield and quality of produce demanded by customers. Field vegetable crops often use nitrogen inefficiently and may leave large residues of nitrogen in the soil after harvest, which can lead to damage to soil, water and air quality. The four-year project EU-ROTATE_N "Development of a model-based decision support system to optimize nitrogen use in horticultural crops rotations across Europe" aims to reduce some of these problems. The project, led by HRI Wellesbourne, started in January 2003 and involves seven research organizations from countries in northern, central and southern Europe. Work includes the evaluation of the effects of varying levels of N supply on both product quality and farm income for organic and conventional rotations, as well as case studies for the evaluation of agricultural strategies with respect to N losses and economics for vegetable crops in Europe. This paper describes the work carried out at HDRA which focuses on farm economics and organic field vegetable rotations.


EPrint Type:Journal paper
Keywords:organic vegetables, rotations, modelling, N, nitrogen, leaching, economics, gross margin
Subjects: Crop husbandry > Production systems > Vegetables
Research affiliation: UK > Garden Organic (HDRA)
Related Links:http://www.hdra.org.uk/organicveg/research/, http://www.hri.ac.uk/eurotate
Deposited By: Schmutz, Dr Ulrich
ID Code:4792
Deposited On:10 May 2005
Last Modified:12 Apr 2010 07:30
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted
Additional Publishing Information:ISBN 0905944 844

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