Research to support the development of organic food and farming - Organic Agriculture: A Global Perspective - page 371

Table 15.4 Examples of long-term experiments that compare different organic cropping systems

Name Site Start

date

No. of organic
systems compared

Rotation Reference

Stockless Trial, Elm Farm Research
Station

Berkshire, UK 1987 4 Stockless arable Philipps et al . (1999)

Rotations Trial, Scottish Agricultural
College

Aberdeen, UK 1991 2 Ley/arable, grazed by sheep Watson et al . (1999)

Ty Gwyn Aberystwyth, UK 1992 2 Dairy IGER (1996)

DARCOF Rotations Trial (EXUNIT) 4 sites, Denmark 1997 4 Arable + manure Olesen et al . (1999)