Organic and conservation agriculture, the best of both worlds?
In millions of years huge amounts of organic matter were stored in the soil as organic matter or fossil energy carriers as oil, gas and coal. We make use of these stocks to supply us with energy and to be able to grow plants for our needs. However what has been stored in our soils for millions of years we now are depleting in a few hundred years. The amount of organic matter we return back to the soil is in general too low to maintain its capacity for plant production on the long term. Various studies show there is a decrease of organic matter in arable soils all over the world.
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| Format: | Article in monograph or in proceedings biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Slovak Association for Sustainable Agriculture
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| Subjects: | biobased economy, climatic change, fuel crops, organic farming, organic matter, soil carbon sequestration, soil degradation, biologische landbouw, bodemdegradatie, brandstofgewassen, klimaatverandering, koolstofvastlegging in de bodem, organische stof, |
| Online Access: | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/organic-and-conservation-agriculture-the-best-of-both-worlds |
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