title: A method for soil health assessment in the conversion to organic farming
creator: Mata, Macarena
creator: Garrido, Marisol
creator: Longhurst, Phil
creator: Seaton, Roger
subject:  Soil biology
subject:  Technology transfer
subject:  Biodiversity and ecosystem services
subject:  Soil quality
description: 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.
publisher: Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth
contributor: Powell, Jane
contributor: et al., 
date: 2002
type: Conference paper, poster, etc. 
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://orgprints.org/8236/1/mata_soil_health_assessment_conversion.pdf
identifier: Mata, Macarena; Garrido, Marisol; Longhurst, Phil and Seaton, Roger (2002) A method for soil health assessment in the conversion to organic farming. UK Organic Research 2002 Conference of the Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR), Aberystwyth, 26-28 March 2002. In: Powell, Jane and et al., (Eds.) Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth, pp. 149-151.
relation: http://orgprints.org/8236/