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| Aspray, Claire. |
| The aim of this work was to improve the productivity and stability of organic cereal production by identifying cereal varieties and variety mixtures that are best adapted to organic farming systems. The scientific question and objective was to evaluate the relative performance of cereal mixtures against single varieties in organic systems, in terms of consistency, robustness of yield and quality. The project has run over four years on six sites chosen to represent a range of soil types, climatic conditions and organic systems. All sites were located in the south and east of England. A range of cereal species, varieties, variety mixtures and interspecies mixtures were investigated. This range included winter and spring wheat, winter and spring oats,... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Crop combinations and interactions. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/10299/1/2000%2D03_cereals_final_report_1.6.pdf |
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| Pegg, Vanessa; Aspray, Claire; Pearce, Bruce. |
| Sheepdrove Organic Farm wanted to know whether the performance of the Lloyd Maunders (757) birds would differ from that of their current breed the Maurice Millard (257) and whether chicks sourced from an organic parent flock would perform differently to those from a conventional parent flock. An experiment was undertaken using two different sources of day old chicks, 1000 day old Maurice Millard (257) and 1000 day old Lloyd Maunders (757). These chicks were then put through the Sheepdrove (SOF) organic production system and 30 random birds were weighed every week until depletion, at 11 weeks. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Feeding and growth. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/10294/1/Lloyd_Maunder_Trail_final_.pdf |
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| Aspray, Claire; O'Brien, Josie; Philipps, Lois. |
| In most modern free-range poultry systems birds do not fully utilise the range provided. Knowledge of the ancestral history of the domestic chicken, combined with research observations suggests benefits of agro-forestry systems for chickens. A commercial organic poultry agro-forestry system was developed for Sheepdrove Organic Farm, Berkshire, UK, affording the benefits of an agro-forestry system, whilst retaining commercial viability. Five avenues of highly diverse parallel hedges incorporating tree, shrub and herb species were planted. On-going monitoring of the system was put in place to evaluate its development. The programme consists of monitoring: 1) biodiversity 2) soil nutrient status and respiration 3) behaviour and welfare of the poultry.... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Landscape and recreation; Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Social aspects. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/7436/1/Denmark_Conf_Agroforestry.pdf |
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