Dierauer, Hansueli and Grosse, Meike (2026) Reduced tillage. Protecting soil functions for better climate resilience. Technical guide. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, CH-Frick.
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Summary
The technical guide describes the advantages and disadvantages of reduced tillage in organic farming. It compares the various methods and machines and provides recommendations for getting started. Suitable solutions are suggested for any difficulties that may be encountered. An assessment from a scientific perspective classifies the effects of reduced tillage on soil humus content and the climate.
| EPrint Type: | Book |
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| Keywords: | Soil, soil fertility, ploughless, ploughless soil cultivation, gentle soil cultivation, minimum soil cultivation, mulch sowing, direct sowing, strip sowing, strip tillage sowing, resource efficiency, ploughless tillage, basic soil cultivation, stubble cultivation, seedbed preparation, disc plough, winged coulter cultivator, rotary cultivator, spading machine, shallow cultivator, disc cultivator, fine cultivator, disc harrow, disc harrow, geo-planer, knife roller, spring tine harrow, rotary harrow, methods, advantages, challenges, equipment, conversion, organic farming, Abacus, FiBL35264, OrganicClimateNET |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English tillage http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7771 English soil fertility http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7170 |
| Subjects: | Soil > Soil quality Crop husbandry > Soil tillage |
| Research affiliation: | Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Soil > Tillage > Reduced Tillage European Union > Horizon Europe > OrganicClimateNET |
| Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 101136880 |
| Related Links: | https://www.fibl.org/en/themes/projectdatabase/projectitem/project/2549, https://organicclimatenet.eu/ |
| Deposited By: | Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, FiBL |
| ID Code: | 56627 |
| Deposited On: | 23 Feb 2026 09:52 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Feb 2026 09:52 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Not peer-reviewed |
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