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The monitoring of the effectiveness on soil protection of
different crop management strategies in the Sicilian Region
SOILPROSOILPRO
MID-TERM MEETING OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE 16-17TH OF MAY 2012
CRA-ABP, Research Centre for Agrobiology and Pedology Piazza D’Azeglio 30, Firenze
Main Agri-Environmental Measures Main Agri-Environmental Measures (AEM) applied in Sicily which have (AEM) applied in Sicily which have
positive effects on soil qualitypositive effects on soil quality
• Conservation of traditional farmed landscape
• Conservation of terraced areas
• Establishment and maintenance of buffer strips and fences along watercourses
• Conversion of arable land to permanent grassland
•Reforestation of landslide risk areas
•Low input farming
AEM AEM Low input farming
• Arable land – required compliance• Contour plowing (respect to the lines of
maximum slope)• Realization of furrows (drainage channels)
every 40 metres (cross-compliance requirement)• Two-years crop rotation using leguminous
cover crops or green manure of leguminous every 3 years • Limitation of burning stubble
AEM AEM Low input farming
• Fruit orchards – required compliance• Creation and maintenance of buffer strips• Annual green manure of leguminous or
mixed with graminaceous, in alternate rows• Chopping pruning residues and moving them
into the soil
Pilot Area
Most common crop system in Pilot Area
–Vineyard–Arable land (Wheat)–Olive tree
Farmed landscape in pilot area