Crop rotational diversity DRIVES economic stability from ecological intensification
Thursday May 7th 10 am – 11 am ET
McKimmon Room, Williams Hall
https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/3954166807
The Diverse Rotations Improve Valuable Ecosystem Services (DRIVES) Project integrates data on crop production, soil health, agronomic management, and weather from long-term cropping systems experiments throughout North America.
Our research quantifies how diverse rotations mitigate risks from adverse weather by limiting critical period exposure, improve soil organic matter, and stabilize cropping system economic performance for producers.
DRIVES data for 18 sites is publically available through drives-network.org. We are actively expanding the database to include more sites and variables.
Dr. Kathryn White is a soil scientist in the Agroecology Lab at NC State whose research investigates the effects of agricultural management and rotational diversity on soil organic matter, soil health and nutrient availability. kewhite4@ncsu.edu
Dr. Katherine Muller is an agroecologist and data scientist in the Agroecology Lab at NC State who enjoys collaborating on a broad range of topics in sustainability science. With DRIVES she leads database design, data workflows, and Bayesian statistical analysis. kemuller@ncsu.edu