Systèmes de culture économes en intrants: Définition

National audienceLow Input Cropping Systems (LICS) tend to optimise on-farm resources and minimize purchased off-farm resources such as fertilizers, pesticides, mineral fertilizers and fuel, which are expensive and harmful for the environment. Thus, soil and water pollution, as well as pesticide residues in food are reduced. Production costs tend also to be lower: these systems increase both short and long-term farm profitability...Les systèmes de culture à bas niveau d’intrants ont pour objectif de diminuer l’impact négatif de l’agriculture sur l’environnement, tout en assurant des résultats économiques et agronomiques satisfaisants....