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| Shepherd, Mark; Pearce, Bruce; Cormack, Bill; Philipps, Lois; Cuttle, Steve; Bhogal, Anne; Costigan, Peter; Unwin, Roger. |
| This project covered two separate activities, but both were examples of technology transfer, relating to organic farming: 1. Developing a science-based report, which covered an assessment of the environmental impacts of organic farming. Defra’s Action Plan to Develop Organic Food and Farming included as Annexe 3 an assessment of the environmental impacts of organic farming. This paper was prepared by a Subgroup of the Action Plan for Organic Farming. Its purpose was to summarise the Subgroup’s views of the likely comparative effects of organic and conventional farming on the environment. However, to be robust and defensible, the assessment needs to be supported by scientific data. Although the report was based on such an assessment, the scientific... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Environmental aspects; Soil; Technology transfer. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/6784/1/OF0405_2179_FRP.pdf |
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| Shepherd, Mark; Gibbs, Paul; Philipps, Lois. |
| The booklet provides information on typical nutrient contents of livestock manures – from organic and ‘conventional’ sources; describes the availability of manure nutrients to the growing crop; outlines best management practices to optimise manure nutrient supply and outlines best management practices to optimise manure nutrient supply. It draws on scientific research undertaken in the 1990, much of it in the UK, and most of it funded by DEFRA. |
| Tipo: Book |
Palavras-chave: Nutrient turnover. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/24819/1/Booklet4ManuresOrganic.pdf |
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| Shepherd, Mark; Hatley, Damian; Gosling, Paul. |
| This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Soil structure was assessed in over 90 fields (organic and conventionally farmed) covering mixed, stockless and pasture farming systems. A combination of spade and an objective scoring system based on the degree of aggregation and porosity was able to detect differences between fields. On average, in the fields sampled, topsoil structure was slightly better on the organic farms though, even on the conventional fields, structure was unlikely to limit crop growth. |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Soil; Soil quality. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/8384/1/shepherd_soil_structure_farmed.pdf |
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