Title: Assessment of promising agricultural management practices |
Authors: Barao, Lucía Alaoui, Abdallah Ferreira, Carla S. S. Basch, Gottlieb Schwilch, Gudrun Geissen, Violette Sukkel, Wijnand Lemesle, Julie García Orenes, Fuensanta Morugán Coronado, Alicia Mataix Solera, Jorge Kosmas, Costas Glavan, Matjaž Pintar, Marina Tóth, Brigitta Hermann, Tamas Petrutza Vizitiu, Olga Lipiec, Jerzy Reintam, Endla Xu, Minggang Di, Jiaying Wang, Fei Fan, Hongzhu |
Department: Departamentos de la UMH::Agroquímica y Medio Ambiente |
Issue Date: 2018-08-23 |
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11000/7169 |
Abstract:
iSQAPER project - Interactive Soil Quality Assessment in Europe and China for Agricultural Productivity and Environmental
Resilience - aims to develop an app to advise farmers on selecting the best AgricultureManagement Practice
(AMPs) to improve soil quality. For this purpose, a soil quality index has to be developed to account for the
changes in soil quality as impacted by the implementation of the AMPs. Some promising AMPs have been suggested
over the time to prevent soil degradation. These practices have been randomly adopted by farmers but
which practices are most used by farmers and where they are mostly adopted remains unclear.
This study is part of the iSQAPER project with the specific aims: 1) map the current distribution of previously selected
18 promising AMPs in several pedo-climatic regions and farming systems located in ten and four study site
areas (SSA) along Europe and China, respectively; and 2) identify the soil threats occurring in those areas. In each
SSA, farmers using promising AMP'swere identified and questionnaires were used to assess farmer's perception
on soil threats significance in the area.
138 plots/farms using 18 promising AMPs, were identified in Europe (112) and China (26).Results show that
promising AMPs used in Europe are Crop rotation (15%), Manuring & Composting (15%) and Min-till (14%),
whereas in China areManuring & Composting (18%), Residuemaintenance (18%) and Integrated pest and disease
management (12%). In Europe, soil erosion is the main threat in agricultural Mediterranean areas while soilborne
pests and diseases is more frequent in the SSAs from France and The Netherlands. In China, soil erosion,
SOM decline, compaction and poor soil structure are among the most significant. This work provides important
information for policy makers and the development of strategies to support and promote agricultural management
practices with benefits for soil quality.
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Keywords/Subjects: Farming systems Sustainability Soil threats Environment |
Knowledge area: Ciencias del medio ambiente |
Type of document: application/pdf |
Access rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.257 |
Appears in Collections: Artículos Agroquímica y Medio Ambiente
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