in Support of the EU Thematic Strategy …

Knowledge. Themes. Erosion by water. (Baseline) Erosion - Projections by 2050; Historical reconstruction (1860-2018) of erosion rates; Global Erosion; Global Erosion – Future projections; PESERA Model; MESALES Model; G2 Model; Indicators on Erosion; Erodibility ; Global Rainfall Erosivity

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Conservation Agriculture : How to help farmers …

, the areas under CA have stagnated since the 1980s at around 1 to a few percent depending on the country. Long held back by the myth of the need to work the and by the competition of the development of simplified cultural techniques (SCT), CA has for the past ten years or so, generated a great deal of interest among farmers .

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Wildfires : Burned soils require attention

To accomplish an post-fire erosion assessment, this study involved three main sources of data (Fig. 1), a meta-data resulting from bibliographic research on field and modelling post-fire studies, previous erosion assessments at scale for baseline estimations, and spatial data for the determination of wildfires impact on ecosystems and the correspondent vegetation ...

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Measured organic matter fractions can be related to …

J. Leifeld. a Agroscope ART Reckenholz-Tänikon, Swiss Federal Research Station for Agroecology and Agriculture, Air Pollution/Climate Group, Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046 Zürich, Switzerland, b Geographisches Institut der Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland and c Department of Plant and , Cruickshank Building, Aberdeen University, St Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB24 ...

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Opportunities for Mitigating Compaction —Case …

compaction (SC) is a major threat for agriculture that affects many ecosystem functions, such as water and air circulation in soils, root growth, and crop production. Our objective was to present the results from five short-term (<5 years) case studies located along the north–south and east–west gradients and conducted within the SoilCare project using -improving ...

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