Effect of conventional and organic farming on crop yielding and water erosion intensity on sloping farmland

• DOI: 10.24326/as.2022.3.3
• Publication Date: 2022-11-03T08:10:33Z
• Authors: Kazimierz Klima; Joanna Puła; Angelika Kliszcz
• Keywords: Crop Rotation

The pro-health and pro-environmental assets of organic farming are a reason why this system is now promoted in agriculture. objective the research was to determine effect conventional crop production (potato, oat, spring vetch) on yield, water erosion, losses NPK nutrients, LAI, infiltration, fresh mass earthworms. From 2019 2021, two-factor field experiment carried out at Mountain Experimental Station located Czyrna (Southern Poland). first factor included systems: organic. second consisted 3 crops grown with use rotation: 1. potato manure; 2. oat; 3. vetch. Based performed, it found that yield organically average 18.8% lower compared conventionally. Under system, sheet wash 6.47% smaller than under system. As regards nutrients emitted into environment, their about 50% farming, where there were applied artificially synthesized fertilizers pesticides.