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RECSOIL implementation in Uzbekistan

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Project overview

Phase V – Baseline Assessment

Number of participating farmersProject area (hectares)Annual SOC sequestration potential (tCO2e)
191 566412

 

Main crops: Livestock, cotton, wheat and medicinal plants

Soil threats addressedSSM practices implemented
  • Soil erosion
  • Soil compaction
  • Nutrient imbalances
  • SOC/soil organic matter loss
  • Soil organic cover (e.g. cover cropping and organic mulch) 
  • Crop diversification (e.g. crop rotation and intercropping) 
  • Organic matter additions (e.g. manure additions, green manure, compost application and residue management) 
  • Chemical and mineral additions (e.g. fertilizer management, mineral fertilization, and fertigation) 
  • Integrated nutrient management (e.g. fertilizer management, mineral fertilization, and fertigation) 
  • Erosion control (e.g terracing, shelterbelts, hedges, and buffer strips) 
  • Irrigation management (i.e. drip irrigation, hand-moved sprinkler and permanent sprinkler) 
  • Water management (e.g. water harvesting, drainage, land shaping and levelling and soil moisture assessment) 
  • Grazing management (e.g. improved pasture management, grazing exclusion and rotational grazing, and pastoralism) 
  • Integrated systems (e.g. agroforestry, sylvopastoral systems, syntropic agriculture, permaculture, agropisciculture and saline agriculture) 

 

Number of samples takenSoil indicators analysed and standard operating procedures (SOPs) used
80 (40 sampling stations)
  • Total carbon (C): dry combustion
  • Total nitrogen (N): Kjeldahl method
  • Soil respiration: respirometer
  • Bulk density: cylinder method
  • pH: pH meter
  • Electrical conductivity (EC): conductimeter
  • Percentage carbon: calculation
  • Percentage N: calculation
  • Cation exchange capacity (CEC): sodium (Na), magnesium (Mg), potassium (K) and calcium (Ca) – atomic adsorption
  • Bases

 


 The following training sessions were conducted:

Workshop on RECSOIL Implementation was held in person in English with Uzbek translation, 18 March 2024. To introduce the project in the country, an in-person workshop was held in which participants were introduced to the project activities, data collection methodologies.

RECSOIL technical training: stratification of the project area, definition of sampling design and density was held virtually in English with Uzbek translation with 15 participants, 28 October–1 November 2024. Participants were trained on spatial tools used in RECSOIL and the process of defining the monitoring plan. 

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