Keyline design

Implementation

Long term

Sustainability components

  • GHG emissions
  • Air quality
  • Soil
  • Water
  • Biodiversity
  • Animal welfare
  • Economic
  • Social
  • Technical feasibility

Climate risk region

Southern
Southern

Weather event addressed

Floods / Heavy rainfall
Very high temperatures / Heat wave
Intense frost / Late frost
Wind / storms
All

Farming system

ANIMALS
Extensive livestock systems

Description of the measure

Keyline design is a technique for maximizing beneficial use of water resources of a piece of land. The Keyline refers to a specific topographic feature linked to water flow. In this way, rainfall infiltrates the soil

Comments on sustainability

Keyline design involves an economic investment.