Region, Country
Ile de France (Paris Area), France
Soil type
luvisol
Environmental zone
Atlantic Central
Partner
INRAE – Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Le Cage Case Study
La Cage Versailles trial compares 4 cropping systems: a conventional (CON), a low input (LI), a conservation agriculture (CA) (direct seeding with permanent plant cover called cover crop) and an organic farming (ORG) system, since 25 years
Objectives
- To study the effects of repeated application of organic amendments and fertilizers.
Local focus
- Per-urban agriculture
- Agroecology