Composting of organic material

Implementation

Short term

Sustainability components

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

Climate risk region

Continental
Continental

Weather event addressed

Floods / Heavy rainfall
All
Drought
All

Farming system

CEREAL CROPS
All crops

Description of the measure

Composting organic material like straw, clover grass, manure before applying on the plots.

Comments on sustainability

Compost supplies the soil life with food, which increases the humus content and therefore the storage of CO2. Organic material enables the soil to absorb more water from (heavy) rainfall and to store it longer in the soil during drought periods. Humus also stabilises the soil, decreases soil erosion and leaching of nutrients into the ground and surface water. Yields are stabilised over time. Composting creates more work load.