Archive:Agri-environmental indicator - soil quality
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This background article contains a fact sheet of the agri-environmental indicator (AEI) soil qality. Together with other fact sheets it provides an overview of the state of the agri-environmental indicators in the European Union (EU).
Indicator definition
The indicator provides an account of the ability of soil to provide agri-environmental services through its capacities to perform its functions and respond to external influences.
In the agri-environmental context, soil quality describes:
- The capacity of soil to biomass production
- The input-need to attain optimal productivity
- The soil-response to climatic variability
- Carbon storage; filtering; buffering capacity
Measurements
Main indicator:
Agri-environmental soil quality index
Supporting indicator:
- Sub-indicator 1: Productivity index
- Sub-indicator 2: Fertilizer response rate
- Sub-indicator 3: Production stability index
- Sub-indicator 4: Soil environmental services index
Links with other indicators
The indicator "Soil qality" is linked with following other indicators:
AEI 01 - Agri-environmental commitments
AEI 04 - Area under organic farming
AEI 05 - Mineral fertiliser consumption
AEI 09 - Land use change
AEI 10.1 - Cropping patterns
AEI 10.2 - Livestock patterns
AEI 11.1 - Farm management practices
AEI 12 - Intensification/extensification
AEI 15 - Gross nitrogen balance
AEI 16 - Risk of pollution by phosphorus
AEI 17 - Pesticide risk
AEI 19 - Greenhouse gas emissions
AEI 20 - Water abstraction
AEI 27.1 - Water quality - Nitrate pollution
AEI 27.2 - Water quality - Pesticide pollution
AEI 28 - Landscape - State and diversity
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