<b></b>Integrated Sustainability Evaluation of Field Environment for the Combinations of Tillage and Cover Crop Practices by FAO-SAFA (Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture Systems) Applied with a Modified Rating Method

• IMAFUKU Rica

  Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University

• KOMATSUZAKI Masakazu

  Center for International Field Agriculture Research & Education, College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University

• ITO Takahiro

  Faculty of Agro-Food Science, Niigata Agro-Food University

• MU Yinghui

  College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University

• ARAKI Hajime

  Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Present affiliation: Faculty of Agro-Food Science, Niigata Agro-Food University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 耕起と緑肥を組み合わせた圃場におけるSAFA指標を活用した耕地環境持続性の統合的評価
• Integrated Sustainability Evaluation of Field Environment for the Combinations of Tillage and Cover Crop Practices by FAO-SAFA (Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture Systems) Applied with a Modified Rating Method

Abstract

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture Systems (SAFA) is a tool covering multiple fields, including the governance, the society, the economy, and the environment to assess the sustainability of agriculture. This system has an important feature, integrated evaluation with many indicators. In the present study, the evaluation of the sustainability of fields, Ibaraki University, with combined 3 types of tillage (plowing, rotary tillage, and no tillage) and 3 types of cover crop (fallow, rye, and hairy vetch) in the environmental dimension was performed using modified SAFA rating method. The objective numerical data in GHG (Greenhouse Gas) absorbance, soil properties and fuel consumption were used. Sustainability ranking was determined with SAFA method through data normalization. On comparison of the nine total combinations, no-tillage with rye as the cover crop had the highest rating and plowing with fallow had the lowest ranking. It revealed that no-tillage with use of cover crops would be the best management method to conserve the field environment.

Journal

• Japanese Journal of Farm Work Research

  Japanese Journal of Farm Work Research 56 (2), 79-87, 2021-06-20

  Japanese Society of Farm Work Research

Keywords

• cover crop
• sustainability assessment of food and agriculture systems (SAFA)
• tillage

Details

• CRID: 1390008998107373568
• NII Article ID: 130008131169
• NII Book ID: AN00386823
• DOI: 10.4035/jsfwr.56.79
• ISSN: 18832261
• ISSN: 03891763
• NDL BIB ID: 031573561
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I031573561
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsfwr/56/2/56_79/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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