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A method for soil health assessment in the conversion to organic farming

Macarena Mata,Marisol Garrido,Philip Longhurst,Roger Seaton-2002-01-01-Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture)
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This paper was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference of the Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR).
\nThe 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.

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This paper was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference of the Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR).
\nThe 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.

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Soil healthEnvironmental scienceAgricultureOrganic farmingEnvironmental planningEnvironmental resource managementSoil organic matterSoil water

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