Abstract

The paper presents the main results of the monitoring on the effectiveness of the cross-compliance Standard 4.1 ‘Permanent pasture protection: lett. b, c’ carried out in two case studies within the project MO.NA.CO. Soil, botanical, productive and economic (competitiveness gap) parameters have been monitored. In the short term, the Standard 4.1 showed its effectiveness on soil quality, biomass productivity and competitiveness gap in both case studies. Botanical parameters showed differing results, therefore their generalization is not applicable to the heterogeneity of the pasture land Italian system. Shallow soil tillage could be suggested, every 40-50 years, when an appropriate soil organic matter content and the absence of runoff phenomena occur.

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Title
Environmental effectiveness of GAEC cross-compliance Standard 4.1 (b, c) ‘Protection of permanent pasture land’ and economic evaluation of the competitiveness gap for farmers
Author
Salis, Mauro; Sepe, Lucia; Francaviglia, Rosa; Fedrizzi, Marco; Bazzoffi, Paolo; Claps, Salvatore; Pitzalis, Maurizio; Lilliu, Michele; Ruda, Paola; Sabia, Emilio; Bruno, Annarita; Rufrano, Domenico; Dell'Abate, Maria Teresa; Alianello, Alberto; Veloccia, Marco; Masetti, Olimpia; Renzi, Gianluca; Fanigliulo, Roberto; Pagano, Mauro; Sperandio, Giulio; Guerrieri, Mirko; Puri, Daniele; Antonio Melchiorre Carroni
Section
Monitoring farm network MO.NA.CO.
Publication year
2015
Publication date
Nov 2015
Publisher
Elsevier Limited
ISSN
11254718
e-ISSN
20396805
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2438989543
Copyright
© 2015. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.