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Environmental information systems
Summary
Low till agriculture, also known as conservation or reduced till applies to arable land. It consists of a combination of a crop harvest which leaves at least 30% of crop residue on the soil surface, during the critical soil erosion period and some surface work (low till). This slows water movement, which reduces the amount of soil erosion and potentially leads to greater infiltration.
Benefits
Ecosystem service
Level | Benefits | |
---|---|---|
Medium | Regulatory and maintenance | ES6 - Groundwater/aquifer recharge |
Medium | Regulatory and maintenance | ES9 - Filtration of pollutants |
Low | Provisioning | ES1 - Water storage |
Low | Regulatory and maintenance | ES5 - Climate change adaptation and mitigation |
Low | Cultural | ES10 - Recreational opportunities |
Biophysical impacts
Level | Benefits | ||
---|---|---|---|
Medium | Mechanism of Water Retention | Reducing runoff | BP7 - Increase soil water retention |
Medium | Biophysical Impacts Resulting from Water Retention | Soil conservation | BP10 - Reduce erosion and/or sediment delivery |
Medium | Biophysical Impacts Resulting from Water Retention | Soil conservation | BP11 - Improve soils |
Policy Objectives
Level | Benefits |
---|---|
High | PO11 - Better protection for ecosystems and more use of Green Infrastructure |
Medium | PO3 - Improving status of hydromorphology quality elements |
Medium | PO7 - Prevent surface water status deterioration |
Medium | PO9 - Take adequate and co-ordinated measures to reduce flood risks |
Low | PO12 - More sustainable agriculture and forestry |
Low | PO14 - Prevention of biodiversity loss |