Conservation Agriculture Under Mediterranean Conditions in Spain

Moreno Lucas, Félix; Arrúe Ugarte, José Luis; Cantero-Martínez, Carlos; López Sánchez, María Victoria; Murillo Carpio, José Manuel; Sombrero, A.; López Garrido, Rosa; Madejón, Engracia; Moret-Fernández, David; Álvaro-Fuentes, Jorge

Conservation Agriculture Under Mediterranean Conditions in Spain

19 Pag., 2 Tabl., 2 Fot. The definitive version is available at: http://www.springerlink.com/

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Main Authors:	Moreno Lucas, Félix, Arrúe Ugarte, José Luis, Cantero-Martínez, Carlos, López Sánchez, María Victoria, Murillo Carpio, José Manuel, Sombrero, A., López Garrido, Rosa, Madejón, Engracia, Moret-Fernández, David, Álvaro-Fuentes, Jorge
Format:	capítulo de libro biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Springer 2010
Subjects:	Conservation tillage, Soil quality, Water storage, Environmental impact, Socio-economic impact, Soil carbon sequestration, CO2,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10261/40848
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spelling	dig-irnas-es-10261-408482018-09-13T07:19:08Z Conservation Agriculture Under Mediterranean Conditions in Spain Moreno Lucas, Félix Arrúe Ugarte, José Luis Cantero-Martínez, Carlos López Sánchez, María Victoria Murillo Carpio, José Manuel Sombrero, A. López Garrido, Rosa Madejón, Engracia Moret-Fernández, David Álvaro-Fuentes, Jorge Conservation tillage Soil quality Water storage Environmental impact Socio-economic impact Soil carbon sequestration CO2 19 Pag., 2 Tabl., 2 Fot. The definitive version is available at: http://www.springerlink.com/ Intensive agriculture with deep tillage and soil inversion causes rapid soil deterioration with loss of soil organic matter content. This practice leads to a decrease of soil biological activity, a damage of the physical properties and a reduction of crop yields. Conservation agriculture aims to achieve sustainable and profitable agriculture through the application of three basic principles: minimal soil disturbance by conservation tillage, permanent soil cover and crop rotations. Any practice of conservation agriculture must maintain on the soil enough surface residues throughout the year. Conservation tillage is thus any tillage and planting system that maintains at least 30% of the soil surface covered by residues after planting to reduce soil erosion by water. Here we review the main advances about the adoption of conservation agriculture under Mediterranean conditions in Spain. There are major cost savings, e.g. fuel and fertilizer costs, compared with conventional agriculture. Conservation tillage has been proven to be highly efficient for water storage, to increase moderately the organic matter in the soil top layer, and to improve soil physical properties and aggregation. However, no tillage may induce greater soil compaction in some cases. In this case, an occasional tillage is advised. Furthermore, conservation tillage can reduce soil CO2 emissions, mobility and persistence of herbicides. In general, conservation tillage enhances biodiversity compared to conventional tillage. Crop yields under conservation tillage are similar or even greater than yields of traditional tillage. All these benefits show that conservation agriculture in Spain is a more sustainable alternative than conventional agriculture. Nonetheless, we have found from the literature analysis some constraints for its adoption, mainly due to inadequate extension and technology transfer systems and lack of access to specific inputs. This work was carried out with the support of the projects GOCE-CT-2004–505582–KASSA (EU), AGL2004–07763–CO2–01–AGR, AGL2007–66320–CO2–01–AGR and AGL2008–00424 from the Spanish CICYT, and the Research Group AGR 151 (Junta de Andalucía). Peer reviewed 2011-10-10T08:31:49Z 2011-10-10T08:31:49Z 2010 capítulo de libro http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248 Biodiversity, Biofuels, Agroforestry and Conservation Agriculture 5: 175-193 (2010) Sustainable agriculture reviews 5: 175-193 (2011) 9789048195121 9789048195138 (E-ISBN) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/40848 10.1007/978-90-481-9513-8_6 en http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9513-8_6 open Springer
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title	Conservation Agriculture Under Mediterranean Conditions in Spain
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