@inproceedings{orgprints8236,
          editor = {Jane Powell and  et al.},
           title = {A method for soil health assessment in the conversion to organic farming},
          author = {Macarena Mata and Marisol Garrido and Phil Longhurst and Roger Seaton},
       publisher = {Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth},
            year = {2002},
           pages = {149--151},
         journal = {Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference},
        keywords = {organic farming; soil health; conversion assessment; indicators; soil biostructure; monitoring; Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR)},
             url = {http://orgprints.org/8236/},
        abstract = {This paper was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference of the Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR).
The regulation for the assessment of the conversion to organic farming establishes the use of soil/produce pollution and the type of agricultural practices as indicators of performance. However, these indicators don?t reflect the complexity of the soil ecosystem and soil health. Therefore, complementary indicators were sought (soil biostructure and field capacity), and a specific three-steps method for the assessment and monitoring of soil health during the conversion process was developed.}
}