Trees associated with grass crops
The association of tree crops with herbaceous crops, or intercropping, has always been rather common, especially in the past.
Biochar
Biochar is a vegetable carbon obtained from the pyrolysis of different types of vegetable biomass.
Green manure with brassicaceae
The sowing and the subsequent burial or shredding of a crop that belongs to the Brassicaceae family.
Green manure with nitrogen-fixing crops
Green manuring is an agronomic practice that consists in sowing an herbaceous crop with pure or associated essences, which are then totally buried or chopped.It has the function of fertilising the next crop or the trees planted in the soil sown
Cover crops
This technique entails adding herbaceous species to productive systems with the main goal of keeping the ground covered by vegetation.
No-till farming
Covering the ground with grass is a soil management technique with low environmental impact, used as a potential solution to work land where fruit trees grow.
Vertical tillage
This technique involves tilling the soil at a depth of 5-8 cm with machinery equipped with vertical discs not inclined with respect to the tillage direction, which do not lift or mix the soil.
Strip tillage
This technique involves tilling the soil in 15-20 cm wide ‘strips’ with a maximum depth of 15 cm.
No tillage/sod seeding
This technique involves sowing directly on the residues of the previous crop, which are left on the surface of the soil.
Minimum tillage
This technique involves tilling the soil at depths not exceeding 15 cm, with minimal layer inversion.
