Measures of plowless arable farming
Description
The report examines ecological aspects of arable land management (e.g. effects on greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions, pesticide and fertiliser use) all year round/permanently plowless. It can be seen that the use of this soil management together with new technologies (e.g. injection technology for the application of farm manure) has a great potential for climate protection. A possible greenhouse gas reduction of 296 Gg CO2 (equivalent to 3.9 % of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture) and a reduction of 55 % of the ammonia loss were calculated. In accordance with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), climate change mitigation and adaptation will be a priority in agriculture from 2015. On the basis of the results of the studies, it is therefore proposed to establish a measure “all-year/permanent plowless tillage” as a separate CAP instrument.
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https://www.umweltbundesamt.at/fileadmin/site/publikationen/REP0526.pdf |