The "Zeilitzheim" transborder farming project

Too-small land strips lead to over proportional labour input, yield penalties on border areas, overlapping with associated overdosing in fertilising/spraying, high proportions of headlands with soil structure damage and, in total, high production costs. Traditional consolidation of such fragmented holdings often fail because of the costs involved and landowner fears of being disadvantaged in the associated land redistribution. Help here could come from virtual consolidation of land strips. This project highlights the attainable advantages and cost savings.      «

Too-small land strips lead to over proportional labour input, yield penalties on border areas, overlapping with associated overdosing in fertilising/spraying, high proportions of headlands with soil structure damage and, in total, high production costs. Traditional consolidation of such fragmented holdings often fail because of the costs involved and landowner fears of being disadvantaged in the associated land redistribution. Help here could come from virtual consolidation of land strips. This...     »