Performance and legacy effect of crop rotations on eastern Canadian dairy farms DOI Creative Commons
Mohamed Taher Khechine, Marie‐Noëlle Thivierge, Martin H. Chantigny

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Agronomy Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 117(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Abstract Crop rotations on dairy farms in eastern Canada nowadays include fewer perennial crops and more nitrogen‐demanding annual crops. This study compared, over a 7‐year rotation cycle, the agronomic performance legacy effect of six crop that varied types (perennial or annual) nutrient sources (mineral organic). yield nutritive value were determined yearly basis cumulated cycle. The was assessed by growing forage corn ( Zea mays L.) year 6 soybean [ Glycine max (L.) Merr.] 7 all rotations. manifested with 78% lower weed biomass at harvest 14% greater 7. A soil‐derived nitrogen uptake after repeated slurry applications indicated modest organic fertilization soil N supply capacity. presence use did not affect cumulative dry matter crude protein production addition alfalfa Medicago sativa mixture grasses improved (+26%) (greater digestible energy concentration) post‐seeding years. In perennial‐based rotations, adding to resulted (+22%) (+46%) productions cycle despite fourfold reduction fertilizer input, attesting high efficiency legume‐based cropping systems.

Language: Английский

Diversified Crop Rotation: An Approach for Sustainable Agriculture Production DOI Creative Commons
Kabita Kumari Shah, Bindu Modi, Hari Prasad Pandey

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Advances in Agriculture, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 2021, P. 1 - 9

Published: July 22, 2021

Diversified crop rotation (DCR) improves the efficiency of farming systems all over world. It has potentiality to improve soil condition and boost system productivity. Improved attributes such as increased water uptake storage, a greater number beneficial organisms, may yield tolerance drought other hard growing conditions in variety rotations. Crop rotations with crops benefit farmers,reduce production risk uncertainty, enhance ecological sustainability. Farmers be able diversify their sources income by adopting diversified Furthermore, because distinct structure, function, relationship plant community DCR, it contributes long-term development health decreasing insect, weed, disease incidence increasing physical chemical structure soil. DCR is becoming more popular approach for maintaining sustainable production. This review provides evidence significance challenges adapt it, possible way out overcome challenges.

Language: Английский

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Global systematic review with meta-analysis reveals yield advantage of legume-based rotations and its drivers DOI Creative Commons
Zhaohai Zeng, Ji Chen, Damien Beillouin

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Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13(1)

Published: Aug. 22, 2022

Abstract Diversified cropping systems, especially those including legumes, have been proposed to enhance food production with reduced inputs and environmental impacts. However, the impact of legume pre-crops on main crop yield its drivers has never systematically investigated in a global context. Here, we synthesize 11,768 observations from 462 field experiments comparing legume-based non-legume systems show that legumes enhanced by 20%. These advantages decline increasing N fertilizer rates diversity system. The benefits are consistent among crops (e.g., rice, wheat, maize) evident across pedo-climatic regions. Moreover, greater (32% vs. 7%) observed low- high-yielding environments, suggesting increase low Africa or organic agriculture). In conclusion, our study suggests rotations offer critical pathway for enhancing production, when integrated into low-input low-diversity agricultural systems.

Language: Английский

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Application of photovoltaics on different types of land in China: Opportunities, status and challenges DOI
Chenchen Song, Zhiling Guo, Zhengguang Liu

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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 191, P. 114146 - 114146

Published: Dec. 2, 2023

Language: Английский

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The importance of multi‐species grassland leys to enhance ecosystem services in crop rotations DOI Creative Commons
Carsten S. Malisch, John A. Finn, Jørgen Eriksen

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Grass and Forage Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 79(2), P. 120 - 134

Published: March 29, 2024

Abstract The ongoing simplification of agricultural production systems has resulted in several negative consequences, ranging from losses soil organic carbon and biodiversity to a high dependency on external inputs maintain yields. We identify how grassland leys crop rotations may help mitigate these effects, by conserving enhancing nutrient efficiency. In particular, grasslands containing legumes enhance benefits providing nitrogen, displacement mineral N fertilizer. rotations, transfer some the acquired nitrogen arable follow‐on crops, thereby reducing necessity for inputs, while at same time additional benefits, such as improvement quality reduction weed pressure. However, there are still considerable knowledge gaps about optimize community composition best supply ecosystem services. Although multi‐species have been shown repeatedly across large gradient environments, further research is required determine particularly different environmental conditions. Here, we emphasize importance multi‐site research, network LegacyNet. Finally, present management techniques that optimized both services agronomic performance mechanically cut grazed systems. For latter, consider inclusion bioactive plant species can animal health lower methane emissions grazing ruminants.

Language: Английский

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The changing role of livestock in agrarian systems: a historical and multifunctional perspective from southern India DOI
Charlotte Hemingway, Laurent Ruiz, Mathieu Vigne

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Agronomy for Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 45(1)

Published: Jan. 21, 2025

Language: Английский

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Rotational grass-legume leys increase arable crop yields, particularly at low N fertiliser rates DOI Creative Commons
Fatima F. El Khosht, Göran Bergkvist, A. Sigrun Dahlin

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Field Crops Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 326, P. 109835 - 109835

Published: March 6, 2025

Language: Английский

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Review: Why and how to regulate animal production and consumption: The case of the European Union DOI Creative Commons
Hervé Guyomard, Zohra Bouamra‐Mechemache, Vincent Chatellier

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animal, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 15, P. 100283 - 100283

Published: July 21, 2021

Throughout the world, animal production faces huge sustainability challenges. The latter are exacerbated in European Union (EU) by consumption issues linked, particular, to health and environmental impacts of meat consumption, increasing societal concerns linked welfare. Simultaneously, may also provide benefits, notably from an economic nutritional point view. Some livestock systems, grass-based offer positive climatic effects. Animal is highly regulated EU, whereas products not (or very lightly) regulated. Many negative effects public goods that well taken into account private actors markets. Thus, there legitimacy scope for policies aimed at reducing damage benefits consumption. last part paper explains how this could be achieved EU through a significantly revised extended Common Agricultural Policy more closely follows principles economics. Public regulation proposed have general can adapted other contexts.

Language: Английский

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Carbon storage in agricultural topsoils and subsoils is promoted by including temporary grasslands into the crop rotation DOI Creative Commons
Thomas Guillaume, David Makowski, Zamir Libohova

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Geoderma, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 422, P. 115937 - 115937

Published: May 13, 2022

Atmospheric C sequestration in agricultural soils is viewed as one of the most promising negative emission technologies currently available. Nonetheless, it remains unclear how strongly soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks respond to practices, especially for subsoil. Here, we assess SOC storage potential croplands and presence temporary grasslands (TG) crop rotation affects stocks. We developed a new approach correct bias bulk density (BD) induced by sampling conditions land-use effects with data-driven model predict BD fine (<2 mm) reference condition. Using 54 permanent grassland cropland sites various proportions TG from monitoring network Switzerland, showed that stock differences down 50-cm depth between (maximum: 3.0 ± 0.8 kg m−2) depend on proportion rotation, regardless clay content pH. An increase 10% would induce gain 0.40 0.13 m−2. The responses topsoil (0–20 cm) subsoil (20–50 were linear equivalent. effect have been underestimated 58% without accounting response 16% corrections. conversion all study region potentially store quantity equivalent anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions generated same during year. Although technology relatively modest compared former expectations, findings demonstrate manage its associated ecosystem services at large scales deep layers.

Language: Английский

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Crop management strategy redesign enables a reduction in reliance on pesticides: A diachronic approach based on a diversity of French commercial farms DOI Creative Commons
Romain Nandillon, Maé Guinet, Nicolas Munier‐Jolain

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Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 366, P. 108949 - 108949

Published: Feb. 27, 2024

Pesticides are widely used in agriculture to manage pests, weeds and diseases with consequences on ecosystem human health. Reducing pesticide reliance appears as a necessary step for transitioning sustainable farming systems. Many non-chemical techniques control individually well documented, but quantitative assessment of how much the pesticides could be decreased through holistic approach cropping system re-design combining several individual was lacking. A diachronic conducted 913 French commercial farms from DEPHY network, spanning diversity contexts management strategies. Regression Trees Random Forest models were run identify combinations changes strategies associated evolution over time, range production contexts. The these pesticide-related risks health environment also investigated. Farm reduced 65.7% 60.3% farms, respectively. greatest reductions observed highest initial levels pesticides. Crop diversification nitrogen fertilization often reliance. This study highlights value real farm networks identifying promoting that help reduce dependency move towards more

Language: Английский

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Pasture-crop rotations modulate the soil and rhizosphere microbiota and preserve soil structure supporting oat cultivation in the Pampa biome DOI Creative Commons
Victoria Cerecetto, Carolina Leoni, Stephanie D. Jurburg

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Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 195, P. 109451 - 109451

Published: April 29, 2024

Language: Английский

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