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Farmer Jean-Pierre Lemesle introduces GAEC de la Branchette an organic dairy farm in Brittany, France and one of the iSQAPER research project's study sites.

 

 

AMP83 06

Pollutant management practices are used to focus interventions only where they are needed to improve and sustain soil fertility and productivity while minimizing risks to the environment, and to immobilize or adsorb contaminants from polluted soil. They address the soil threat of soil borne pests and diseases.

SQAPP includes 27 examples of the world-wide use of the following soil managment practices.

»Remediation

  • Phytoremediation

»Balanced applications

  • Integrated pest and disease management
  • Integrated nutrient management
  • Automated targeting

 

AMP75 01

Pest control management practices are used to reduce damage caused to crops by weeds, pests and diseases and to increase yield. They address the soil threat of soil borne pests and diseases .

SQAPP includes 55 examples of the world-wide use of the following soil managment practices.

»Weed management

  • mechanical weed control
  • chemical weed control
  • biological weed control

»Pest management

  • biological pest control
  • physical pest control
  • chemical pest control

»Disease management

  • physical disease control
  • chemical disease control
  • biological disease control

 

AMP15 03

Soil management practices are principally used to protect and enhance the soil composition and structure thereby addressing the threats of erosion, compaction, poor water holding capacity and organic matter decline. They are also used to reduce extreme alkalinity or acidity.

SQAPP includes 51 examples of the world-wide use of the following soil managment practices.

»Tillage

  • No tillage
  • Minimum tillage
  • Contour ploughing
  • Strip tillage
  • Subsoiling
  • Roughening the soil surface
  • Raised beds

»Traffic management

  • Avoidance of traffic
  • Controlled traffic
  • Respect wheel load carrying capacity

»Soil replacement

  • Claying soils
  • Adding sand

»Soil amendments

  • Soil conditioners
  • Liming
  • Alkalinity management
  • Straw interlayer burial

»Conservation agriculture

  • Conservation agriculture

 

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