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Title: ORGANIC SOIL AREA AND THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND QUALITY THEREOF IN LATVIA
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ORGANIC SOIL AREA AND THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND QUALITY THEREOF IN LATVIA
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Soil and its quality are the key factor that determines opportunities for agricultural production in a particular territory. However, through lasting land management practices, soil structure can be significantly modified. In the context of climate change, soils can contribute to increased greenhouse gas emissions; for this reason, the techniques that contribute to sustainable land management have to be used in agricultural production. In many Central European countries, organic soils have been extensively used and no longer qualify as organic soils. In Latvia, organic soils have been little research to date. Therefore, the overall aim of the present research is to identify the organic soil area and the geographic location and quality of the area in Latvia. To achieve the aim, the following specific research tasks are defined: 1) to analyse the organic soil area and the geographic location of the area in Latvia; 2) to identify the quality of organic soils in the agricultural area in Latvia. Based on an assessment and aggregation of soil map information, the research found that the total area with hydromorphic and semi-hydromorphic soils was equal to 378.4 thou. ha or 16-20% (depending on the source of information) of the total utilised agricultural area. The largest organic soil areas are located in the northern and south-eastern part of Latvia. The qualitative estimates of the organic soils areas are in the range of 33-36 points, which are lower than the national average for the utilised agricultural area, thereby limiting the use of organic soils in agriculture.
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18th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2018
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18th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2018, 02-08 July, 2018
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Proceedings Paper
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STEF92 Technology
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International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference-SGEM
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Bulgarian Acad Sci; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Russian Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci & Arts; Slovak Acad Sci; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; World Acad Sci; European Acad Sci, Arts & Letters; Ac
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607-614
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02-08 July, 2018
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website
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cdrom
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1640
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organic soils; area; location; quality.
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