
Water tolerant crops [Sweden]
Using crops that can withstand a high water table level and still have a high yield
- Compiler: Örjan Berglund
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Using crops that can withstand a high water table level and still have a high yield
A new chicken breed is developed based on three remnants populations having similar looks, with the purpose of recreating a healthy chicken adapted to mounaneous areas.
Initiative and innovation of land users, stimulated by government's technical and financial support.
Land users commit to apply conservation agriculture on parts of their land for a period of 5 years. In return they get subsidies during this period.
Through the soil support program land users get subsidies for applying conservation technologies on their fields during a period of 6 years.
Finanzielle Leistungen des Bundes um den Ertragsverlust, den eine Kultur für den Bauern bringt, auszugleichen. Das Direktzahlungssystem führt gewissermassen zu einer 'Vergünstigung des Produkts' für den Konsumenten.
Mit dem Förderprogramm Boden des Kantons Bern erhalten beteiligte Landnutzer Direktzahlungen für die Anwendung von bodenkonservierenden Anbauverfahren auf ihren landwirtschaftlichen Feldern. Das Projekt hat eine Dauer von 6 Jahren.
Financial aid of the government to land users to compensate for loss of financial output of crops.
A field at risk for erosion by water is divided so that a grass strip prevents soil loss and further damage to the field and the streets during a heavy rainfall.
In response to changing environmental conditions, it can be valuable to adopt new plant varieties that offer benefits such as drought tolerance. The technology described covers one such response in Switzerland.