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| Ferré, Marie; Müller, Adrian; Leifeld, Jens; Bader, Cédric; Müller, Moritz; Engel, Stefanie; Wichmann, Sabine. |
| Major common production activities on organic soils require drainage, which results in the loss of important ecosystem services such as carbon storage. This paper provides an overview of the farming situation on organic soils in a western region of Switzerland characterized by intensive vegetable farming and therefore by high opportunity costs of adopting sustainable practices on these soils. Based on a review of the academic and grey literature and interviews with regional experts, we find that the main challenges to a change in management practices include the profitability of the current land use, the difficult economic environment of farmers, the cultural background associated with the region, and the absence of systematic data on soil properties. We... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Soil; Switzerland. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/35588/1/Ferre-etal-2019-LUP-Vol87-p104019.pdf |
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