{Tool} Practical information for soil health (Best4Soil Factsheet). Creator(s): Houben, Saskia and Brinks, Harm. Issuing Organisation(s): Best4Soil, Delphy. Best4Soil Factsheet. (2020)
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Document available online at: https://www.best4soil.eu/factsheets/16
Summary
This tool provides an overview of measures you can take to build or maintain healthy soils and describes further how the soil food web and management practices lead to a healthy soil with a good productivity. The role of soil organic matter and humus are explained, as well as resilience against soil borne diseases.
For a rich soil biodiversity a yearly and sufficiently high input of organic matter is necessary to compensate for the yearly breakdown of soil organic matter. Important organic matter sources include crop residues, animal manure, green manure, cover crops, compost and vermicompost.
This tools and its recommendations are relevant for all farmers looking to improve their soil health and fertility.
| EPrint Type: | Practice tool |
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| Teaser: | Learn how to maintain and stimulate soil health. |
| What problem does the tool address?: | Soil health is of major importance to grow high yielding crops and to harvest high quality products. Different factors promote a healthy soil which is more resilient to constraints such as pests and diseases. |
| What solution does the tool offer?: | A resilient soil means that the soil is capable to resist or recover its healthy condition in a response to these constraints – farmers can influence soil health through their management practices. |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Type of Practice Tool: | Leaflets & guidelines |
| Keywords: | disease prevention, nutrient management, soil quality, soil organic matter, organic matter, humus, soil biology, soil flora, soil management, soil improvement, soil fertility |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English disease prevention http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_10394 English nutrient management http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_330697 English soil quality http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_a9645d28 English soil organic matter http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_35657 English organic matter http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5387 English humus http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3693 English soil biology http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7160 English soil flora http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7172 English soil management http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7176 English soil improvement http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36315 English soil fertility http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7170 |
| Subjects: | Soil > Soil quality |
| Research affiliation: | European Union > Horizon 2020 > BEST4Soil Netherlands > Other organizations |
| Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 817696 |
| Related Links: | https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/43505, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/43506, https://www.best4soil.eu, https://www.facebook.com/organicfarmknowledge/posts/442760847636555, https://twitter.com/farm_knowledge/status/1497117369956720650 |
| Project ID: | ofk |
| Deposited By: | Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, FiBL |
| ID Code: | 43505 |
| Deposited On: | 28 Jan 2022 09:44 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Mar 2022 08:45 |
| Document Language: | English, German/Deutsch, Danish/Dansk, Bulgarian/български, Czech/Česky, Dutch/Nederlands, Estonian/Eesti, Finnish/Suomea, French/Francais, Greek/Ellinika, Hungarian/Magyar, Italian/Italiano, Lithuanian/Lietuvos, Latvian/Lettish/Latviesu, Polish/Polski, Portuguese/Portugues, Romanian/Română, Spanish/Español, Serbian/српски језик, Slovak/Slovenčina, Slovenian/Slovenski Jezik, Swedish/Svenska |
| Status: | Published |
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