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Table 6
Ranking of three scenarios for expanding/introducing oilseed flax cultivation on a farm from the most (rank 1) to the least favourable (rank 3). One farmer did not rank scenarios.
| Scenario | Short description | Rank 1 | Rank 2 | Rank 3 |
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| Economic | • Payment of gross margin compensation | 37% | 30% | 33% |
| by authorities | ||||
| • Conditions for payment: | ||||
| – at least four different crops on the farm | ||||
| – lower use of pesticides and nitrogen | ||||
| fertilisers on oilseed flax | ||||
| Agronomic | • Better information about agronomic | 43% | 28% | 28% |
| advantages of oilseed flax (“rotation | ||||
| effects”, “breakcrop benefits”) | ||||
| • Highlighting solutions to overcome crop | ||||
| management difficulties (e.g. wide | ||||
| range of cultivars, new pesticides, new | ||||
| harvest equipment, relevant technical | ||||
| advice) | ||||
| Alternative | • Oilseed flax as a valuable alternative to | 20% | 41% | 39% |
| conventional crops if they become | ||||
| difficult to grow | ||||
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