Year-round soil cover
Implementation
Long term
Sustainability components
- GHG emissions
- Air quality
- Soil
- Water
- Biodiversity
- Animal welfare
- Economic
- Social
- Technical feasibility
Climate risk region
Northern
Weather event addressed
Farming system
CEREAL CROPS
All crops
Description of the measure
Soil cover throughout the whole year (with catch crops, nurse crops, straw mulch)
Comments on sustainability
Positve GHG and groundwater as soil is not left bare and carbon is stored in the plants; Potential habitat created for wildlife, especially in winter