Soil Conservation in Olive Orchard
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Soils".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2024 | Viewed by 255
Special Issue Editors
Interests: conservation agriculture; carbon sequestration; groundcovers; mulching; soil health
Interests: greenhouse gasses emissions; carbon sequestration; no tillage; circular economy; olive mill waste
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Interests: climate change mitigation; conservation agriculture; sustainable mechanization; carbon sequestration; cover crops
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Olives constitute a significant crop in the Mediterranean basin. Due to its characteristics, this crop is not very demanding in terms of requiring fertile and deep soils, and it is well adapted to the Mediterranean climate. Most plantations are rainfed and usually are established in poor soils on hills. This, combined with an improper soil management strategy that leaves large areas of bare soil, causes the degradation of aggregate stability and increases erosion, depleting soil organic matter, nutrients and general biodiversity when high-intensity rainfall events occur.
Solutions for conserving the soil and improving its health are needed to attain olive orchard sustainability. Soil status can be improved through the use of management practices that conserve the soil, increase organic matter, and improve fertility. Likewise, recycling natural resources must be considered in order to foster a circular economy in the olive orchard.
To achieve a sustainable olive sector, three dimensions of sustainability should be considered: environmental, economic and social. In the Mediterranean area, many localities depend on the olive sector economically and socially. Thus, sustainability improvements will benefit all realms of social life.
Furthermore, sustainable practices should provide other ecosystem services, such as climate change mitigation, biodiversity improvement, water quality and the maintenance of soil fertility.
The focus of this Special Issue will be to bring together advances towards applications of sustainable practices in olive orchards. We welcome the submission of novel research, reviews, and opinion pieces on related topics.
Dr. Miguel Angel Repullo-Ruibérriz de Torres
Dr. Rosa María Carbonell-Bojollo
Prof. Dr. Emilio J. Gonzalez-Sanchez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- erosion
- soil fertility
- soil organic matter
- conservation agriculture
- runoff
- soil tillage
- groundcovers (cover crops)
- organic amendment
- circular economy
