ABSTRACT Agricultural landscapes have become more intensive and monotonous, which may further increase biodiversity loss. Even though Finnish rural landscapes are often heterogeneous, crop choices and rotations lack diversity. The aim of this study was to develop an interactive, multi-step crop rotation tool, which acknowledges farmer’s preferences in land allocation for different crops depending on farm and field parcel characteristics. The tool was developed to provide as diverse a 5-year crop rotation plan as possible on the field parcel scale for the farmer’s consideration. The tool is flexible and interactive in the sense that it allows a farmer to include or exclude crops and spatially and temporally rearrange them to improve farming logistics. The tool was tested in southern-western Finland with the highest potential for diverse crop choices and sequencing. Test-runs indicated that the tool was powerful in proposing diversified crop rotations: the shares of current monotonous cereal-based rotations collapsed. The final diversification plan always lies in the farmer’s hands, who may exclude crop choices and even end up in cereal monoculture rotations. The tool provides estimates on farm economics for each step of the planning process. The tool will be available for all Finnish farmers (∼48,000) on the EconomyDoctor-portal with personal access only and the background information is automatically updated annually.

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农民的互动工具，使高纬度谷物主导的作物轮作多样化

摘要 农业景观变得更加密集和单调，这可能会进一步增加生物多样性的丧失。尽管芬兰的乡村景观往往是多样化的，但作物选择和轮作缺乏多样性。本研究的目的是开发一种交互式、多步骤的轮作工具，该工具承认农民根据农场和田地特征对不同作物的土地分配的偏好。开发该工具的目的是在大田地块规模上提供尽可能多样化的 5 年轮作计划，供农民考虑。该工具具有灵活性和交互性，因为它允许农民包括或排除作物，并在空间和时间上重新排列它们以改善农业物流。该工具在芬兰西南部进行了测试，该地区对多种作物选择和测序的潜力最大。试运行表明，该工具在提出多样化的作物轮作方面非常有效：当前单调的谷物轮作的份额崩溃了。最终的多样化计划始终掌握在农民手中，他们可能会排除作物选择，甚至最终导致谷物单一种植。该工具为规划过程的每个步骤提供了对农场经济的估计。该工具将在经济医生门户网站上向所有芬兰农民（约 48,000 名）提供，仅限个人访问，背景信息每年自动更新。最终的多样化计划始终掌握在农民手中，他们可能会排除作物选择，甚至最终导致谷物单一种植。该工具为规划过程的每个步骤提供了对农场经济的估计。该工具将在经济医生门户网站上向所有芬兰农民（约 48,000 名）提供，仅限个人访问，背景信息每年自动更新。最终的多样化计划始终掌握在农民手中，他们可能会排除作物选择，甚至最终导致谷物单一种植。该工具为规划过程的每个步骤提供了对农场经济的估计。该工具将在经济医生门户网站上向所有芬兰农民（约 48,000 名）提供，仅限个人访问，背景信息每年自动更新。