933105 Crop rotation systems and production methods in organic farming


Type
Lecture and exercise
Semester hours
1
Lecturer (assistant)
Rinner, Regina , Wagentristl, Helmut , Wohlmuth, Marie-Luise , Gollner, Gabriele
Organisation
Organic Farming
Offered in
Sommersemester 2025
Languages of instruction
Deutsch

Content

- Tasks of crop rotation
- Crop distribution in organic farming crop rotatons
- Terms, definitions, systematics of crop rotations
- Guidelines for crop rotations in organic farming
- Self-compatibility and preceding crop effects
- Crop rotation systems
- Interactions of cultivation measures
- Exercises, excursion (trial farming) and final discussion

Previous knowledge expected

LVA Organic Agriculture ("Ökologische Landwirtschaft")

Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)

Absolvents of this course knowing:
- the crop types in organic farming and the most important crop rotation rules
- understand the key criteria for planning crop rotations, such as self-compatibility and previous crop effects;
- assess the sustainability of crop rotations;
- independently develop crop rotations for conventional and organic farming
- evaluate a practical crop rotation with regard to nitrogen and humus balance, weed pressure and compliance with crop rotation rules
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.