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Oxford’Farming’Conference’...3 Oxygen O 2 CO 2 Emissions START$ Greenhouse Gases Climate...
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Oxford Farming Conference
The Soil Renaissance
John Geraghty M.Agr.Sc. NSch.
Thursday 5th January 2017
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Soil Renaissance – Interna2onal Focus
• United Na2ons (2015) -‐ InternaEonal Year of Soils
• Sustainable Development Goals – SDG15: halEng and reversing land degradaEon
• 21st Conference of the Par2es(COP 21) – “4 per 1,000” ...... carbon sequestraEon
• Environmental Audit CommiJee (House of Commons) -‐ Clear plan needed for protecEng soil
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Oxygen O2
CO2 Emissions
START
Greenhouse Gases
Climate Change
Good Yields Organic MaJer
Flooding and Drought
Fertilisers & Fossil Fuel Inputs
Irrigation
Extra Costs
N2O Emissions
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Conserva2on Agriculture
Three Guiding Principles
• Minimal soil disturbance for crop establishment
• Permanent organic soil cover – residues, cover crops
• Diverse crop rotaEons
Best results with CA happen when the three guiding
principles are being used and implemented together
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Soil Tillage & Disturbance
Much confusion over terms used
• Mouldboard ploughing /Disc ploughing
• Non-‐inversion Ellage, chisel ploughing
• Reduced Ellage, planEng basins etc.
• ConservaEon Ellage, minimum Ellage
• Direct drilling, direct seeding, strip Ellage,
• No Ellage, Zero Ellage Increasing
soil disturba
nce
Reduced soil exposure
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Soil Disturbance
Per hectare there are:
• 500 tonnes of soil moved
• 11 kilometres of ridges made
• 25-‐35 labour days necessary
WHY ???
Credit: Thierfelder – CIMMYT, 2014
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Soil Cover – Climate Resilience
Source: Thierfelder -‐ CIMMYT, Malawi 2013
Conven2onal Cul2va2on Direct Seeding/Dibble S2ck Source: USDA -‐NRCS South Dakota 19/06/2014
No 2llage / Direct Seeding Conven2onal Ploughing
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Rota2ons – Soil & Plant Diversity
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A small dose of reality .... Contribution of Direct Payments to
Farm Income Year All Farms Tillage Farms
2011 73% 74%
2012 58% 65%
2013 77% 92%
2014 72% 90%
2015 65% 71%
Average 69% 78.4%
Source: NaEonal Farm Survey 2011-‐2015
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Soil Renaissance
What’s needed ...
• Accelerated levels of land degradaEon – 75Bt/yr
• Major concern for general society
• DisincenEvize soil damaging pracEces
• Encourage and support changes to sustainable pracEce • Reward land managers for beneficial ecosystem services
• Pro-‐acEve farm-‐focused supporEve research
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Oxford Farming Conference
The Soil Renaissance
John Geraghty M.Agr.Sc. NSch.
Thursday 5th January 2017