This fact sheet presents key findings on how ley cropping systems can support biodiversity while maintaining agricultural productivity.
It highlights results from field trials in Sweden and Denmark showing how multispecies ley mixtures and adapted harvesting practices can increase pollinator abundance, enhance soil carbon sequestration and improve nitrogen use efficiency, without significantly reducing forage yields.
By Joel Lilljebjörn, Business Development Officer, Natural Resources Education Administration, Västra Götaland, and Claus Rasmussen, Associate Professor, Department of Agroecology – Agricultural Biodiversity, Aarhus University
