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Energy efficiency of agriculture needs improvement to reduce the dependency on non-renewable energy sources. We estimated the energy flows of a wheat–maize–soybean–maize rotation of three different cropping systems: (i) low-input integrated farming (LI), (ii) integrated farming following European Regulations (IFS), and (iii) conventional farming (CONV). Balancing N fertilization with actual crop requirements and adopting minimum tillage proved the most efficient techniques to reduce energy inputs, contributing 64.7% and 11.2% respectively to the total reduction. Large differences among crops in energy efficiency (maize: 2.2 MJ kg−1 grain; wheat: 2.6 MJ kg−1 grain; soybean: 4.1 MJ kg−1 grain) suggest that crop rotation...
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Tags: Agro-environmental indicators,
Cropping system management,
Energy analysis,
Integrated farming system,
Low-input farming system
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