Projects
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| Reference Number | OF0182 | |
| Title | Energy use in organic farming systems | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency(Industry) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | SOCIAL SCIENCES (Politics and International Studies) 20%; BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science) 80%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 60%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation) 20%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy) 20%; |
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Project Contact No email address given ADAS UK Ltd |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | DEFRA | |
| Start Date | 01 September 1999 | |
| End Date | 31 March 2000 | |
| Duration | 6 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £16,556 | |
| Industrial Sectors | No relevance to Underpinning Sectors | |
| Region | London | |
| Programme | ||
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , ADAS UK Ltd (100.000%) |
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| Objectives | 1) To check the agronomic assumptions in the existing model. particularly for inputs, cultivations, and to incorporate any updates into the model. 2) Produce new models for conventional and organic upland livestock and field vegetables. The conventional field vegetables to be for individual crops to reflect specialisation in the industry, the organic to be based on the OF0126 crop rotation with the longest fertility building period. 3) Apply the model predictions to the data from the MAFF funded organic conversion projects OF0145 (stockless arable), OF0147 (upland beef and sheep), OF0146 (dairy) and OF0126 (field vegetables, rotation with the longest fertility building period only). To show the energy requirements of organic and conventional production systems | |
| Abstract | To update an existing model of energy use in farming systems and expand to cover conventional and organic upland beef/sheep and field vegetables. The model will be tested with data from four MAFF organic conversion research projects. A final report will be produced by 31 March 2000. This will include a consideration of the extent to which, in an organic system, labour may be substituted for energy. It will also include a discussion on the relative energy inputs into food distribution from thefarm to the consumer. The research will provide data for MAFF policy formulation, and an identification of areas for improvement by the organic farming industry. | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | Cormack, W.F. (2000). Energy use in organic farming systems: Final Report. ADAS Consulting Ltd for DEFRA (formerly Ministry Of Agriculture, Fisheries And Food) (PDF 538 KB) |
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| Added to Database | 19/12/11 | |
