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afs-88902	Ollikainen, Markku; Kosenius, Anna-Kaisa; Punttila, Eliisa; Ala-Harja, Venla; Puroila, Samuli; Iho, Antti; Ekholm, Petri; Ollikainen, Markku	Gypsum amendment of arable fields as a water protection measure – farmers’ experience, phosphorus reduction potential and associated costs drawn from a large scale pilot	2020	12	.pdf	application/pdf	8002	323	50	Farmers’ observations of effects of gypsum amendment on yield, soil and water quality (2017: n=46, 2018: n=43) Effect of gypsum % farmers involved 2017/2018 % farmers providing assessment 2017/2018 % positive effect (out of those who assessed) 2017/2018 Self-estimated assessment experience (mean) * Yield Autumn crops 32.6 / 15.9 32.6 / 11.4 6.7 / 20.0 0.85 Spring crops 84.8 / 81.8 71.7 / 47.7 21.2 / 14.3 1.54 Oil plants 13.0 / 15.9 6.5 / 11.4 33.3 / 20.0 0.74 Legumes 15.2 / 20.5 10.9 / 6.8 20.0 / 0.0 0.58 AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENCE M. Ollikainen et al. (2020) 29: 383–394 383 Gypsum amendment of arable fields as a water protection measure – farmers’ experience, phosphorus reduction potential and associated costs drawn from a large scale pilot 1Markku Ollikainen, 1Anna-Kaisa Kosenius, 1Eliisa Punttila, 1Venla Ala-Harja, 1Samuli Puroila, 2Antti Iho and 3Petri Ekholm 1Department of Economics and Management, University of Helsinki, Finland 2Natural Resources Institute (Luke), Helsinki, Finland 3Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland e-mail: markku.ollikainen@helsinki.fi We organized a large-scale pilot on gypsum amendment of arable fields in southwest Finland, along the River Savijoki to examine its effects on phosphorus loads and aquatic environment, and to assess its feasibility as a water protection measure.	cache/afs-88902.pdf	txt/afs-88902.txt