Crop rotations designing

Describe (where possible) the production system components (e.g. crop or livestock health management practices, soil fertilisation methods, crop rotation designs, livestock feeding and husbandry regimes, crop varieties/livestock breeds used) responsible for differences in food quality and safety between production systems ... 

Crop rotation is a system where different plants are grown in a defined sequence. The well-designed crop rotation is the basis of the success in organic farming. Continuous monoculture is unacceptable due to the increased pressure of weeds and pathogens and difficulties with maintaining soil fertility. Diversity of crops in... 

Olesen, J.E. 1999. Perspectives for research on cropping systems In Olesen, J.E., Eltun, R., Gooding, M.J., Jensen, E.S. and Kbpke, U. (eds) Designing and Testing Crop Rotations for Organic Farming. DARCOF, Tjele. pp. 11-20. 

Ecological. This historically venerable strategy is characterized by tactics designed to minimize exposure of plants to pathogens and make environmental conditions unfavorable for disease development. Measures include crop rotation, sanitation, and quarantine. Such procedures are valuable and worthy of further development, but they are generally of limited effectiveness in providing reliably high yield and quality of crops in areas with severe or persistent disease problems. 

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