Breve descrição da melhor prática
The land management plan was developed together with local population, than it was implemented.
Degraded areas (landslides and heavy eroded soils) are excluded from agricultural production for afforestation and grassland.
The following soil and water conservation practices were applied in vineyards and orchards:
• Contour farming,
• Utilisation of minimal tillage,
• Degraded forest protection belts were repaired,
• Planting of grass in inter raw of vineyards and orchards,
Arable lands are protected from soil erosion through:
• Crop rotation,
• Application of mineral and organic fertilizers.
• Strip cropping,
• Sol conservation tillage,
• Planting of forest belts,
Integrated plant protection actions are carried out in orchards and vineyards. protection from pests: warning about the development of pests in orchards and vineyards was performed through use of pheromone traps installed with one to two traps per hectare frequency. The traps were warning of the need to perform chemical spraying, so that the chemicals were used only when strictly necessary and not according to old system schedules, thus a smaller amount of chemical was used.|
Localização
Rehabilitation of degraded land
Estimativa da população que vive no local:
1000.0
Breve descrição do ambiente natural dentro do local especificado.
The territory of Cretoaia village is situated in the Central Moldavian Plateau, at an average elevation of about 350 m. It is interlaced by deep, flat valleys, ravines, and landslide-scoured depressions.|
Climate is moderately continental: the summers are warm and long, with temperatures averaging about 20°C, and the winters are relatively mild and dry, with January temperatures averaging -4°C. Annual rainfall, which ranges from around 500 millimeters; long dry spells are not unusual. The heaviest rainfall occurs in summer; heavy showers and thunderstorms are common.|
Chernozems (black soils) prevail in the soil composition (80% of the area), however they are degraded. About 50% of land has a gradient from 2 to 6 degree, while 30% of land has an inclination exceeding 6 degree. Water erosion processes are widespread and quite intense. The predominant length of the hillsides in Cretoaia is over 900 m.|
Condições socioeconômicas prevalecentes das pessoas que vivem no local e/ou nas proximidades
People in the community have land plots of about 4 hectares per household which belongs to them and they have title deeds and land maps to prove it.
The estimated average income per capita in the community over the last 3 years was 70 US dollars per month.
The principal activity in the commune is agriculture. The farmers cultivate arable crops, grapes, fruits and vegetables. People also have cows, sheep and goats in their household, mainly for own consumption and some extra for sale. There is a meal and a macaroni factory in the village, where local population work. |
Com base em quais critérios e/ou indicadores (não relacionados com a Estratégia) a prática proposta e a tecnologia correspondente foram considerados como "melhores"?
- Stabilization of degradation processes.
- Improvement of the soil properties.
- Increased agricultural production.|
