Title: Organic farming enhances soil fertility and biodiversity

Description: The DOK-long term trial - unique in his conception - compares the consequences of bio-dynamic, bio-organic and conventional farming systems in a randomized plot trial. The field trial was started in 1978. In the beginning the main goals were agronomic: yield and product quality. In the last decade, therefore research has focused on processes in the soil and the long-term effects of organic farming practice on the environment.
The database of agronomic results of more than twenty years has stimulated the discussion about farming systems and has contributed significantly to the general acceptance of organic farming.

Author(s): FiBL

Right Properties/Copyright: ©FiBL

Year: 2000

Number of Pages: 16

Languages: English, German, French, Italian

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