project - Research and innovation
Radically different soil management helps to preserve soil quality
Radically different soil management helps to preserve soil quality
Objectives
Radically different soil management helps to preserve soil quality. No more ploughing or a light soil loosening operation. These are two of the variants of a radically different soil management system Applied Plant Research (PPO) is testing and comparing in the Basis project.
Objectives
Radically different soil management helps to preserve soil quality. No more ploughing or a light soil loosening operation. These are two of the variants of a radically different soil management system Applied Plant Research (PPO) is testing and comparing in the Basis project.
Activities
This project has been set up to provide farmers with tools to stop soil quality deterioration and make the soil suitable for other functions such as water or CO2 storage at the same time.
Soil quality is deteriorating slowly at many places. Organic matter contents are decreasing or soils are compacted, which results in poor crop rooting and growth. Such continuing deterioration would in the longer term put agricultural production at risk.
The PPO researchers are testing the new concepts on their own experimental farm De Broekemahoeve and try to provide a scientific basis for the consequences of non-ploughing or turning soil tillage only. They do this in close collaboration with farmers and growers who themselves are already following these new concepts. This should lead to practical directions that would make it attractive and possible for more farmers to handle their soil in a more sustainable way.
Activities
This project has been set up to provide farmers with tools to stop soil quality deterioration and make the soil suitable for other functions such as water or CO2 storage at the same time.
Soil quality is deteriorating slowly at many places. Organic matter contents are decreasing or soils are compacted, which results in poor crop rooting and growth. Such continuing deterioration would in the longer term put agricultural production at risk.
The PPO researchers are testing the new concepts on their own experimental farm De Broekemahoeve and try to provide a scientific basis for the consequences of non-ploughing or turning soil tillage only. They do this in close collaboration with farmers and growers who themselves are already following these new concepts. This should lead to practical directions that would make it attractive and possible for more farmers to handle their soil in a more sustainable way.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Other public (national, regional) research funds
- Agricultural sectors
- Crops (generic)
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Project partners
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Wageningen UR Applied Plant Research
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