Designing a low carbon cropping system: Relay-cropping, a method of producing two crops a year

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Other literature type , Article 01 Jan 2022 English Publisher:ZenodoJournal:Practice AbstractFunded by:EC | DiverIMPACTS

Authors: Ponsardin, Gaël;

doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6546734 , 10.5281/zenodo.6546735 , 10.5281/zenodo.6546752

Designing a low carbon cropping system: Relay-cropping, a method of producing two crops a year

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Problem The main problem that we aimed to address within our low carbon cropping system was to reduce carbon emissions while increasing the production of biomass. Another objective was to improve the economic benefits of the system by growing a commercial relay crop. Solution The low carbon cropping system that we designed consists of 2 overlapping crops with shifted growing cycles (winter crop and spring crop). The first crop is sown in 2 rows out of 3. The second crop is sown in the free row while the first is developing. The harvests are shifted too, with the first harvest being on the usual date and the second in autumn.

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Rotation, DiverIMPACTSPA, Multiple cropping, Cropping system

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