Possibilities to identify organic soils in the agricultural area in Latvia

Pilvere, I., Latvia Univ. of Life Sciences and Technologies, Jelgava . Faculty of Economics and Social Development; Popluga, D., Latvia Univ. of Life Sciences and Technologies, Jelgava . Faculty of Economics and Social Development; Nipers, A., Latvia Univ. of Life Sciences and Technologies, Jelgava . Faculty of Economics and Social Development

Possibilities to identify organic soils in the agricultural area in Latvia

2018

Pilvere, I., Latvia Univ. of Life Sciences and Technologies, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Economics and Social Development | Popluga, D., Latvia Univ. of Life Sciences and Technologies, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Economics and Social Development | Nipers, A., Latvia Univ. of Life Sciences and Technologies, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Economics and Social Development

Organic soils are the soils being rich in organic matter; they comprise part of the utilised agricultural area (UAA) and are a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture in Latvia. In Latvia, annual precipitation is greater than evaporation, which creates favourable conditions for the formation of soils rich in organic matter. Therefore, the overall aim of the present research is to examine possibilities to identify organic soils in the agricultural area in Latvia. To achieve the aim, the following specific research tasks are defined: 1) to analyse the agricultural land area in Latvia; 2) to describe the possibilities to identify organic soils in the agricultural area in Latvia and to examine the organic soil area in Latvia. The research found that the UAA, according to various information sources, was different, which made the identification of the organic soil area problematic. Information on soils in Latvia is not collected according to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) standards and definitions, therefore the present research classified organic soils according to the latest list of soils in Latvia and IPCC criteria. An analysis of the soil map of Latvia and the available data of the Rural Support Service’s Geographic Information System showed that the organic soil area in Latvia was in the range from 148 069 ha to 345 844 ha.

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Mots clés AGROVOC

analisis analyse analysis area classification des sols data collection farmland gases de efecto invernadero greenhouse gases identification land use latvia letonia lettonie literature organic soils recherche research soil classification sol organique terre agricole utilisation des terres

Informations bibliographiques

Publié dans

Economic Science for Rural Development (Latvia) | proceedings of the international scientific conference

Numéro 47/2018 ISSN 2255-9930

Editeur

Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies

Pagination

p. 490−498

D'autres materias

Emissions; Suelo organico; Clasificacion de suelos; Tierras agricolas; Investigacion; Identificacion; Collecte de donnees; Utilizacion de la tierra; Coleccion de datos; Soil subtypes; Gaz a effet de serre

Langue

anglais

Note

Summary (En)

2 tables, 3 fig., 26 ref.

ISBN

978-9984-48-292-7

Type

Conference; Web Site; Ams

Source

Rural development and entrepreneurship. Production and co-operation in agriculture. [Proceedings of the 19th International Scientific Conference on Economic Science for Rural Development 2018] (online resource), Auzina, A..- Jelgava (Latvia): Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, 2018. International Scientific Conference: Economic Science for Rural Development, 19, Jelgava (Latvia), 9−11 May 2018.- 978-9984-48-292-7.- p. 490−498

Conférence

International Scientific Conference: Economic Science for Rural Development, 19, Jelgava (Latvia), 9−11 May 2018

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