The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the climate impact from different arable land use options and protein feeds aimed for cattle. This has been made by executing two life cycle assessments (LCAs). The first LCA aimed to compare the following three arable land use options: Cultivation of wheat used for production of bioethanol, carbon dioxide and DDGS Cultivation of rapeseed used for production of RME, rapeseed meal and glycerine Fallow in the form of long-term grassland The second LCA aimed to compare the three protein feeds DDGS, rapeseed meal and soybean meal. In the LCA of arable land, the functional unit 1 ha arable land during one year was used and the LCA had a cradle-to-grave perspective. The LCA of protein feeds had the functional unit 100 kg digestible crude protein and had a cradle-to-gate perspective, hence the use and disposal phases of the feeds were excluded. Bioethanol, DDGS and carbon dioxide produced at Lantmännen Agroetanol, Norrköping, were investigated in this study. The production of RME, rapeseed meal and glycerine were considered to occur at a large-scale plant in Östergötland, but no site-specific data was used. Instead, general data of Swedish production was used in the assessment. The wheat and rapeseed cultivations were considered to take place at the same Swedish field as the fallow takes place. The protein feed DDGS was produced at Lantmännen Agroetanol and the rapeseed meal was assumed to be produced at a general large-scale plant in Sweden. In the soybean meal scenario, a general case for the Brazilian state Mato Grosso was assumed and no specific production site was investigated. Data required for the LCAs was retrieved from literature, the LCI database Ecoinvent and from Lantmännen Agroetanol. In the LCA of arable land use options, system expansion was used on all products produced to be able to compare the wheat and rapeseed scenarios with the fallow scenario. In the LCA of protein feeds, system expansion was used on co-products. The products in the arable land use options and the co-products in the protein feed scenarios are considered to replace the production and use of products on the market with the same function. The result shows that the best arable land use option from a climate change perspective is to cultivate wheat and produce bioethanol, carbon dioxide and DDGS. This is since wheat cultivation has a higher yield per hectare compared to rapeseed and therefore a bigger amount of fossil products and feed ingredients can be substituted. To have the arable land in fallow is the worst option from a climate change perspective, since no products are produced that can substitute alternative products. Furthermore, the result shows that DDGS and rapeseed meal are to prefer before soybean meal from a climate change perspective, since soybean meal has a higher climate impact than DDGS and rapeseed meal. This can be explained by the smaller share of co-products produced in the soybean meal scenario compared to the DDGS and rapeseed meal scenarios. Since the production and use of co-products leads to avoided greenhouse gas emissions (since they substitute alternatives), the amount of co-products being produced is an important factor. A sensitivity analysis was also executed testing different system boundaries and variables critical for the result in both LCAs. The conclusion of this study is that arable land should be used to cultivate wheat in order to reduce the total climate impact from arable land. Furthermore, it is favorable for the climate if DDGS or rapeseed meal are used as protein feeds instead of imported soybean meal.

我國農業用地實施休耕補貼之相關政策迄今已逾32年，該政策因長期推行，導致大量農田連續休耕及廢耕，致使生產環境惡化及農地資源浪費，龐大的休耕補貼金額不僅侵蝕國家財政亦讓農民產生不勞而獲之錯覺。農委會冀望透過「調整耕作制度活化農地計畫」的政策目標，本研究選取彰化縣福興鄉、芳苑鄉、大城鄉等領取補貼金額將近該縣半數之農業鄉為樣區，目的在於檢視該政策施行是否具有農業多功能性及永續發展，並就計畫產生的問題擬定對策和修正建議。 　　本研究以文獻分析及深度訪談作為研究方法，透過多功能性的多項評估指標檢視研究結果發現：在經濟生產面向中，量化成果達成率極高，活化農地減少影響鄰地耕作，創造小地主大佃農契機，政策執行成果整體偏向經濟生產面；至於社會生活面，則因農村人口老化、青農返鄉誘因不足與耕地取得不易等，不甚彰顯。另於生態環境面，因多施行慣行農法對於環境較不友善。因而，農業多功能性聯合產出特徵不明顯，離農業永續發展目標仍有距離。 　　本研究建議，政府對休耕地活化補貼政策應再作調整，就商品產出面言，加重申報不實罰責及建立政策退場機制，以確保農業競爭力，並考量因地制宜明定復耕作物項目；就非商品產出面言，應排除耕作困難地補貼，增加環境生態或景觀維護補貼，俾利展現農業多功能，實現永續農業目標。 / Taiwan has been subsidizing the fallowing of agricultural land for 32 years. Due to the long period of execution of the fallowing policy, large areas of agricultural land have been continuously fallowed or abandoned, causing the deterioration of production environment and waste of agricultural resources. In addition, the large amount of subsidy has not only eroded the country’s financial situation, but also caused misconception of farmers of reaping without sowing. The Council of Agriculture expects to achieve the policy objective through adoption of “Adjustment of Farming System and Plan of Revitalizing Fallow Agricultural Land.” This study selects half of the agricultural townships receiving subsidies in Changhua County such as Fuxing Township, Fangyuan Township and Dacheng Township as examples. It aims to examine whether or not this policy is able to facilitate agricultural multi-functionality and sustainable development, in order to formulate countermeasures and suggestions. 　　 　This study utilizes literature review and in-depth interviews as research methods. Through various Multi-functional indices, this study discovered the following phenomenon. First, from the perspective of economic production, the extremely high achieving rate for revitailzing fallow farm land reduces the impact on the farming of neighboring fields, and creates opportunity for small landowners to become big tenant-farmers. The outcomes of policy execution are tilted to the economic production. Second, in terms of the aspect of social life, due to the aging population in the farming villages, less incentives for young farmers to return to hometowns and difficulty of acquiring arable lands, it is difficult to manifest results. Last, regarding the ecological environment, owing to the unfriendliness of conventional farming skill, the characteristics of Multi-functional agricultural outputs are unclear. There is a certain distance to go to reach to goal of sustainable agricultural development. 　This study suggests that the government should adjust the Fallow Land Subsidy Policy. As for the output of Commodity outputs, government should aggravate the penalties for false declaration and establish the exit mechanism, in order to keep the competitiveness of Taiwan’s agriculture. It is essential to clearly indicate the replanting items that suits local circumstance. With regard to the Non Commodity outputs, the subsidy for difficult arable land should be abolished. Nevertheless, the subsidy for maintaining environmental ecology and scenery should be increased. These measures can help achieve the Multi-function of agriculture and realize the goal of sustainable agriculture.

<p>Effects of prairie restoration on arthropod diversity was investigated at Gabis Arboretum, Valparaiso, Indiana. A total of 35,408 arthropods belonging to 13 taxa in the restored prairie (RP1 and RP2), old field (OF), and monoculture stand of Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass – RCG) sites, were captured, counted, and compared. The enhanced plant species diversity in the restored prairies did not appear to promote the diversity of arthropod taxa. However, the restoration led to a more balanced composition of arthropod functional groups and thus elevated the diversity of functional groups. The arthropod assemblages in the three sites diverged clearly according to my canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) ordination. Pollinator abundance was greatest at RP and least at RCG site, positively correlating with greater forb diversity, and suggesting greater potential for nectar feeding and pollination potential at RP sites. Herbivore abundance was greatest at the RP sites, positively correlating with increasing plant species diversity. Predator abundance was significantly greater at the RCG site compared to the OF and RP sites; it was positively correlated with greater C3 grass cover, a characteristic of the structurally homogenous RCG site, and negatively correlated with increasing plant diversity and forb cover, a characteristic of the diverse and more structurally complex RP sites. Given the apparent non-random distribution of arthropods among the field types, my results suggest plant species composition has a significant effect on arthropod assembly. The monoculture grass stand was found to have a predator dominated arthropod community supported by a small, diverse herbivore community. It is concluded that the prairie restoration has resulted in alteration of arthropod communities supporting greater pollinator and herbivore abundance and a more balanced ratio of herbivores to predators due, in part, to increased plant structural diversity.</p>

O nitrogênio é o nutriente absorvido em maior quantidade pelo milho e o que mais influencia na produtividade de grãos, tendo sua dinâmica no sistema solo-planta condicionada pelo manejo. O trabalho foi desenvolvido na fazenda experimental da Faculdade de Engenharia de Ilha Solteira, UNESP, Selvíria-MS, em um Latossolo Vermelho distrófico, fase cerrado. Os objetivos do trabalho foram de avaliar a melhor dose e época de aplicação do N, na forma de uréia, no milho cultivado sob semeadura direta (SD) em sucessão à crotalária (CR) (Crotalaria juncea), milheto (MI) (Pennisetum americanum) ou solo em pousio na entressafra; quantificar o aproveitamento pelo milho do N da uréia e do N mineralizado dos resíduos vegetais da parte aérea da CR e do MI; avaliar o efeito dos adubos verdes no aproveitamento do N-uréia e vice-versa, e de averiguar o aproveitamento do N remanescente da uréia e dos adubos verdes pelo milho cultivado em SD no ano agrícola subseqüente. Foram conduzidos dois ensaios em áreas distintas e anexas, nos anos agrícolas de 2001/02 e de 2002/03, com a avaliação, nas respectivas áreas e ano agrícola subseqüente, 2002/03 e 2003/04, do aproveitamento pelo milho do N residual dos adubos verdes e do N do fertilizante e seu efeito sobre a produtividade do milho. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o de blocos casualizados com 24 tratamentos e quatro repetições, dispostos em esquema fatorial incompleto (3 x 3 x 2) + 6 tratamentos adicionais (três tratamentos controles sem a aplicação de N e três tratamentos que receberam somente 30 kg ha-1 de N na semeadura, sobre CR, MI e solo em pousio. Os demais tratamentos constituíram-se pela combinação de três doses de N: 80, 130 e 180 kg ha-1, aplicando-se 30 kg ha-1 na semeadura e o restante em cobertura; três sistemas de cobertura do solo: CR e MI cultivados no inverno/primavera e o solo em pousio na entressafra, e duas épocas de aplicação do N: estádio quatro folhas ou estádio oito folhas. O fertilizante 15N-uréia foi aplicado nos tratamentos com 30 kg ha-1 de N na semeadura ou 50, 100 e 150 kg ha-1 de N em cobertura nos estádios quatro folhas ou oito folhas. A CR ou MI marcados com 15N foram utilizados somente nos tratamentos receberam o N no estádio quatro folhas, testemunha ou apenas 30 ha-1 de N na semeadura. A produtividade de grãos foi superior no milho em sucessão à CR, nos dois anos agrícolas, em relação ao cultivo em sucessão ao MI e ao solo pousio, que diferiram entre si com menor produtividade na sucessão MI-milho no primeiro ano agrícola e quando o N foi aplicado no estádio oito folhas no segundo. As épocas de aplicação do N não influenciaram no seu aproveitamento pelo milho, mas, a aplicação no estádio quatro folhas demonstrou ser mais viável economicamente quando o milho foi cultivado em sucessão ao MI e ao solo em pousio, e indiferente para o cultivo em sucessão à CR. O incremento na dose de fertilizante nitrogenado proporcionou aumento na quantidade de N na planta proveniente do fertilizante e diminuiu o seu aproveitamento, que foi em média de 53%, 49% e 44% para o milho cultivado em sucessão à CR, pousio e MI, respectivamente. O incremento na dose de fertilizante nitrogenado proporcionou aumento linear no aproveitamento pelo milho do N da CR, e quadrático no segundo ano agrícola para o N do MI, que foi em média de 15,60% 7,60%, respectivamente. A CR promoveu maior aproveitamento pelo milho do N da uréia comparada ao MI, que acumulou proporcionalmente maior quantidade de N proveniente do solo. O aproveitamento do N remanescente da parte aérea do MI e da CR pelo milho cultivado no ano agrícola subseqüente, foi inferior a 3,5% e 3%, respectivamente, da quantidade inicial, e o do N remanescente do fertilizante uréia foi inferior a 3% do aplicado inicialmente. / Nitrogen is the most absorbed nutrient by corn crop and most affect the grains yield, and its dynamic in soil-plant system is conditioned by management. The research was carried in the Experimental Farm of Faculty of Engineering, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Ilha Solteira, located in Selvíria-MS, in a dystrophic Red Latosol, cerrado phase, during 2001/02 and 2002/03 growing season. The objectives were to evaluate the best rate and time of N application, as urea, and N utilization by corn crop grown under no-tillage system in succession to sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea L) (SU), millet (Pennisetum americanum) (MI) and fallow; to quantify the utilization of N from urea and mineralized SU and MI residues by corn crop; to evaluate the effect f green manure on urea N utilization by corn crop and vice-versa; and to investigate the utilization by corn crop of N remnant from previous year applied urea and green manure by corn crop grown subsequent year under no-tillage system. Two experiments were carried out in distinct nearby areas in 2001/02 e 2002/03, with the evaluation, in the respective areas and subsequent years, 2002/03 and 2003/04, of utilization by corn by corn of green manure and fertilizer remnant N and their effects on corn yield. The experimental design was randomized complete blocks, with 24 treatments and four replications in an incomplete factorial, (3 x 3 x 2) + 6 additional treatments (three without N application and three that received 30 kg N ha-1 at seeding); three N rates: 80, 130 and 180 kg N ha-1; tree preceding cover crops SU, MI grown during winter/spring season and fallow; two N application time: four leaves or eight leaves stage. The fertilizer 15N-urea was applied in the treatments 30 kg ha-1 of N at seeding or 50, 100 and 150 kg ha-1 topdressed at four leaves or eight leaves stages. SU or MI labeled with 15N were used only in the treatments that received N in the four leaves stage, control or those which received 30 ha-1 of N at seeding. The grains yield was higher in the corn in succession to SU, in both growing seasons, in relation to the cultivation in succession to MI and the fallow soil, that differed between them, with smaller productivity in the succession MI-corn in the first year and when N was applied at the eight leaves stage in the second. The N application times did not affect its utilization by the corn, but the application in four leaves stage demonstrated to be more economically viable when the corn was grown in succession to MI and the soil in fallow, and indifferent for the cultivation in succession to SU. The amount of N derived from fertilizer (Npdff) increased with increasing N rate and reduced the N utilization efficiency (NUE), in average 53%, 49% and 44% for the corn grown in succession to SU, fallow and MI, respectively. The increasing nitrogen fertilizer rate increased linearly the utilization by corn of N from SU, and adjusted to quadratic model in the second year for N from MI, in average 15.60% 7.60%, respectively. SU promoted larger utilization of urea N compared to MI, which accumulated proportionally larger amount of N derived from the soil than SU. The utilization of N remnant from above ground part of MI and of SU by the corn grown in the subsequent year was less than 3.5% and 3%, respectively, of the initial amount, and the remaining N of the urea fertilizer was less than 3% of initially applied amount.

O nitrogênio é o nutriente absorvido em maior quantidade pelo milho e o que mais influencia na produtividade de grãos, tendo sua dinâmica no sistema solo-planta condicionada pelo manejo. O trabalho foi desenvolvido na fazenda experimental da Faculdade de Engenharia de Ilha Solteira, UNESP, Selvíria-MS, em um Latossolo Vermelho distrófico, fase cerrado. Os objetivos do trabalho foram de avaliar a melhor dose e época de aplicação do N, na forma de uréia, no milho cultivado sob semeadura direta (SD) em sucessão à crotalária (CR) (Crotalaria juncea), milheto (MI) (Pennisetum americanum) ou solo em pousio na entressafra; quantificar o aproveitamento pelo milho do N da uréia e do N mineralizado dos resíduos vegetais da parte aérea da CR e do MI; avaliar o efeito dos adubos verdes no aproveitamento do N-uréia e vice-versa, e de averiguar o aproveitamento do N remanescente da uréia e dos adubos verdes pelo milho cultivado em SD no ano agrícola subseqüente. Foram conduzidos dois ensaios em áreas distintas e anexas, nos anos agrícolas de 2001/02 e de 2002/03, com a avaliação, nas respectivas áreas e ano agrícola subseqüente, 2002/03 e 2003/04, do aproveitamento pelo milho do N residual dos adubos verdes e do N do fertilizante e seu efeito sobre a produtividade do milho. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o de blocos casualizados com 24 tratamentos e quatro repetições, dispostos em esquema fatorial incompleto (3 x 3 x 2) + 6 tratamentos adicionais (três tratamentos controles sem a aplicação de N e três tratamentos que receberam somente 30 kg ha-1 de N na semeadura, sobre CR, MI e solo em pousio. Os demais tratamentos constituíram-se pela combinação de três doses de N: 80, 130 e 180 kg ha-1, aplicando-se 30 kg ha-1 na semeadura e o restante em cobertura; três sistemas de cobertura do solo: CR e MI cultivados no inverno/primavera e o solo em pousio na entressafra, e duas épocas de aplicação do N: estádio quatro folhas ou estádio oito folhas. O fertilizante 15N-uréia foi aplicado nos tratamentos com 30 kg ha-1 de N na semeadura ou 50, 100 e 150 kg ha-1 de N em cobertura nos estádios quatro folhas ou oito folhas. A CR ou MI marcados com 15N foram utilizados somente nos tratamentos receberam o N no estádio quatro folhas, testemunha ou apenas 30 ha-1 de N na semeadura. A produtividade de grãos foi superior no milho em sucessão à CR, nos dois anos agrícolas, em relação ao cultivo em sucessão ao MI e ao solo pousio, que diferiram entre si com menor produtividade na sucessão MI-milho no primeiro ano agrícola e quando o N foi aplicado no estádio oito folhas no segundo. As épocas de aplicação do N não influenciaram no seu aproveitamento pelo milho, mas, a aplicação no estádio quatro folhas demonstrou ser mais viável economicamente quando o milho foi cultivado em sucessão ao MI e ao solo em pousio, e indiferente para o cultivo em sucessão à CR. O incremento na dose de fertilizante nitrogenado proporcionou aumento na quantidade de N na planta proveniente do fertilizante e diminuiu o seu aproveitamento, que foi em média de 53%, 49% e 44% para o milho cultivado em sucessão à CR, pousio e MI, respectivamente. O incremento na dose de fertilizante nitrogenado proporcionou aumento linear no aproveitamento pelo milho do N da CR, e quadrático no segundo ano agrícola para o N do MI, que foi em média de 15,60% 7,60%, respectivamente. A CR promoveu maior aproveitamento pelo milho do N da uréia comparada ao MI, que acumulou proporcionalmente maior quantidade de N proveniente do solo. O aproveitamento do N remanescente da parte aérea do MI e da CR pelo milho cultivado no ano agrícola subseqüente, foi inferior a 3,5% e 3%, respectivamente, da quantidade inicial, e o do N remanescente do fertilizante uréia foi inferior a 3% do aplicado inicialmente. / Nitrogen is the most absorbed nutrient by corn crop and most affect the grains yield, and its dynamic in soil-plant system is conditioned by management. The research was carried in the Experimental Farm of Faculty of Engineering, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Ilha Solteira, located in Selvíria-MS, in a dystrophic Red Latosol, cerrado phase, during 2001/02 and 2002/03 growing season. The objectives were to evaluate the best rate and time of N application, as urea, and N utilization by corn crop grown under no-tillage system in succession to sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea L) (SU), millet (Pennisetum americanum) (MI) and fallow; to quantify the utilization of N from urea and mineralized SU and MI residues by corn crop; to evaluate the effect f green manure on urea N utilization by corn crop and vice-versa; and to investigate the utilization by corn crop of N remnant from previous year applied urea and green manure by corn crop grown subsequent year under no-tillage system. Two experiments were carried out in distinct nearby areas in 2001/02 e 2002/03, with the evaluation, in the respective areas and subsequent years, 2002/03 and 2003/04, of utilization by corn by corn of green manure and fertilizer remnant N and their effects on corn yield. The experimental design was randomized complete blocks, with 24 treatments and four replications in an incomplete factorial, (3 x 3 x 2) + 6 additional treatments (three without N application and three that received 30 kg N ha-1 at seeding); three N rates: 80, 130 and 180 kg N ha-1; tree preceding cover crops SU, MI grown during winter/spring season and fallow; two N application time: four leaves or eight leaves stage. The fertilizer 15N-urea was applied in the treatments 30 kg ha-1 of N at seeding or 50, 100 and 150 kg ha-1 topdressed at four leaves or eight leaves stages. SU or MI labeled with 15N were used only in the treatments that received N in the four leaves stage, control or those which received 30 ha-1 of N at seeding. The grains yield was higher in the corn in succession to SU, in both growing seasons, in relation to the cultivation in succession to MI and the fallow soil, that differed between them, with smaller productivity in the succession MI-corn in the first year and when N was applied at the eight leaves stage in the second. The N application times did not affect its utilization by the corn, but the application in four leaves stage demonstrated to be more economically viable when the corn was grown in succession to MI and the soil in fallow, and indifferent for the cultivation in succession to SU. The amount of N derived from fertilizer (Npdff) increased with increasing N rate and reduced the N utilization efficiency (NUE), in average 53%, 49% and 44% for the corn grown in succession to SU, fallow and MI, respectively. The increasing nitrogen fertilizer rate increased linearly the utilization by corn of N from SU, and adjusted to quadratic model in the second year for N from MI, in average 15.60% 7.60%, respectively. SU promoted larger utilization of urea N compared to MI, which accumulated proportionally larger amount of N derived from the soil than SU. The utilization of N remnant from above ground part of MI and of SU by the corn grown in the subsequent year was less than 3.5% and 3%, respectively, of the initial amount, and the remaining N of the urea fertilizer was less than 3% of initially applied amount.

Thesis (M.Sc. (Environmental Science and Management)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

Um für ertragsschwache, sandige Böden des mitteldeutschen Agrarraumes Aussagen bzw. Empfehlungen hinsichtlich einer ökologisch vertretbaren Wiederinbetriebnahme brachgefallener Flächen treffen zu können, wurden auf einem leichten Sandstandort Nordsachsens die Gehalte, Vorräte, Bindungsformen und Dynamik des Kohlen- und Stickstoffs im Boden, nach Inkulturnahme stillgelegter Flächen, bestimmt und quantifiziert. Hierfür erfolgte die Einrichtung von zwei Bewirtschaftungssystemen mit unterschiedlicher Nutzungsintensität. Während sich die Versuchsvariante &amp;quot;Extensive Bewirtschaftung&amp;quot; durch typische Merkmale des ökologischen Landbaus auszeichnete, wurde sich bei der Versuchsvariante &amp;quot;Intensive Bewirtschaftung&amp;quot; an den Methoden der konventionellen Ackerbewirtschaftung orientiert. Um diese Bewirtschaftungsformen mit stillgelegten Flächen vergleichen zu können, wurden Teile des Untersuchungsareals erneut der Sukzession überlassen. Diese bildeten die Versuchsvariante &amp;quot;Brache&amp;quot;. Die Erhebung der Daten erstreckte sich über einen dreijährigen Zeitraum. Neben der Ermittlung von Bodenazidität und ausgewählten C- und N Fraktionen erfolgte die Bestimmung wichtiger bodenmikrobiologischer und biochemischer Kenngrößen. Weitere Untersuchungen bezüglich des C- und N Kreislaufes wurden an Probenmaterial der oberirdischen Phytomasse, des mittels Saugkerzen gewonnenen Sickerwassers sowie des Niederschlagswassers durchgeführt. Zur Prognostizierung nutzungsspezifischer mittel- bis langfristiger Veränderungen des im Boden gebundenen Kohlen- und Stickstoffs wurden Teile der erhobenen Parameter in das Simulationsmodell CANDY eingebunden. Auf Grundlage der erhobenen Daten konnten folgende wichtige Schlußfolgerungen getroffen werden: 1.) Der heißwasserextrahierbare Stickstoff (TNhwe) besitzt eine hohe Differenzierungsgüte zur Unterscheidung verschiedener landwirtschaftlicher Nutzungsintensitäten. Er stellt einen geeigneten Sensitivitätsparameter dar, um nutzungsspezifische Einflüsse hinsichtlich des N, aber auch des C Kreislaufes quantitativ beurteilen zu können. 2.) Die untersuchte Sand-Braunerde ist durch ein beachtliches C und N Nachlieferungspotential gekennzeichnet, welches auf hohe Umsetzungsgeschwindigkeiten der organischen Substanz hindeutet. Hierbei scheinen sich Quantität und Schnelligkeit des Stoffumsatzes mit zunehmender Nutzungsintensität zu erhöhen. 3.) Unter Berücksichtigung eines fachgerechten Managements stellt die Begründung von Sukzessionsbracheflächen für einen dreijährigen Zeitraum eine ökologisch tragbare Alternative dar, um landwirtschaftlich genutzte Flächen zeitweilig aus der ackerbaulichen Nutzung herauszunehmen. Während der Brachephase sollten jedoch Schnitt- und Umbruchmaßnahmen unbedingt vermieden werden. 4.) Der Anbau von Leguminosen als integraler Bestandteil des Ökolandbaus erwies sich aus ertragssteigernder Sicht nicht effizient und war bezüglich der Umweltwirkung als nicht nachhaltig zu bewerten. Für leichte Sandböden des mitteldeutschen Trockengebietes ist daher die extensive Bewirtschaftungsweise aus ökologischen und höchstwahrscheinlich auch aus ökonomischen Gesichtspunkten nicht vertretbar. Deshalb ist bei der Wahl zwischen den angewandten Bewirtschaftungssystemen die intensive Bewirtschaftungsform der extensiven Nutzungsart vorzuziehen.

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Thesis (M.Sc. (Environmental Science and Management)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.