Identification of agroecological practices and organization of field exchange days and training.
Published on 01 March 2019
France
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About this good practice
These practices are:
2) Direct sowing of crops by abandoning deep plowing. This practice helps to preserve the life of the soil.
3) Establishment of intercropping, and relay cropping allowing a natural supply of organic matter. These green manures add organic matter to the soil, especially nitrogen, while giving it a good structure through its root system. (By this way, chemical nitrogen intake can be limited in the next year of crop production). Some sewing can be done by helicopter before harvesting rice.
4) Limitation of the use of phytosanitary products in arboriculture, gardening and viticulture, by the adoption of alternative practices: use of protective nets, management of grazing, etc.
5) Integration of grazing in crop rotations. The grazing of green manures or crop regrowth has an impact on the destruction of weeds present in the soil. Weeds consumption by cattle or sheep replace chemical destruction. This practice also meets a social need of local breeders to find grass for their animals.
The main beneficiaries are farmers, ranchers, managers of natural areas and the territory as a whole.
2) Direct sowing of crops by abandoning deep plowing. This practice helps to preserve the life of the soil.
3) Establishment of intercropping, and relay cropping allowing a natural supply of organic matter. These green manures add organic matter to the soil, especially nitrogen, while giving it a good structure through its root system. (By this way, chemical nitrogen intake can be limited in the next year of crop production). Some sewing can be done by helicopter before harvesting rice.
4) Limitation of the use of phytosanitary products in arboriculture, gardening and viticulture, by the adoption of alternative practices: use of protective nets, management of grazing, etc.
5) Integration of grazing in crop rotations. The grazing of green manures or crop regrowth has an impact on the destruction of weeds present in the soil. Weeds consumption by cattle or sheep replace chemical destruction. This practice also meets a social need of local breeders to find grass for their animals.
The main beneficiaries are farmers, ranchers, managers of natural areas and the territory as a whole.
Resources needed
Recruitment of a full-time employee for a year ;
Fund for the organization of 5 field days and training on the various topics
Fund for the organization of 5 field days and training on the various topics
Evidence of success
We are currently quantifying the reduction in fuel consumption, the use of chemicals and phytosanitary products related to all these practices. Some farmers totally stop these products, using grazing of weeds after flooding following crop harvest for some of them, or using technical weeds destruction for others. Some of them choose to limit passage of tractor, to 4 times a year.
Potential for learning or transfer
To date 4 training-courses / field visits have been organized bringing together an average of twenty farmers, different in each of them (80 farmers involved). A group of 15 farmers already identified (named DEPHY group) ensures the dynamics of the exchanges and proposes to carry out the experiments to come.
Good practice owner
You can contact the good practice owner below for more detailed information.
Organisation
Contact
Parc naturel régional de Camargue