Inspirational ideas: Preserving soil organic matter and protecting water sources
Nuno Marques, a Portuguese farmer (beef, cereal and forestry), has developed a new land and soil management strategy for Mediterranean soil and climatic conditions. His project achieved a sustainable intensification of the production system by improving soil fertility, water and land productivity and the efficiency of external inputs. These findings could be extended to other similar farms in comparable agro-ecological zones.
Organization: Eip-Agri
Year: 2016
Country/ies: Portugal
Geographical coverage: European Union (European Union)
Type: Blog article
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Content language: English