http://lwa.gov.au/list/372/all en http://lwa.gov.au/projects/3433 <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-people"><legend>IDs and People</legend><div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-program"> <div class="field-label">Program:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/programs/healthy-soils-sustainable-farms">Healthy Soils for Sustainable Farms</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-tx-research-type"> <div class="field-label">Research Type:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Research Project </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-tx-project-researcher"> <div class="field-label">Researchers:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Peter Grace </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-subjects"><legend>Subjects</legend><div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-project-tx-theme"> <div class="field-label">Subjects:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Soils </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-project-tx-topic"> <div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Soil </div> <div class="field-item even"> health </div> <div class="field-item odd"> sustainable </div> <div class="field-item even"> Production </div> <div class="field-item odd"> systems </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-current"><legend>Current Activities</legend><div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-status"> <div class="field-label">Status:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Complete </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-background"><legend>Background</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-aims"> <div class="field-label">Aims:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <ul> <li>Develop a &quot;hands-on&quot; approach to assessing and improving soil health and productivity for&nbsp;non-specialists</li> <li>Explain soil health&nbsp;concepts</li> <li>Develop and implement a laboratory-based soil health/quality index based on field and laboratory&nbsp;assessments</li> </ul> <h2>Method </h2> <p>Workshops, use of locally adapted qualitative soil health &quot;scorecards&quot; for self-assessment at the field level, use of a quantitative soil health test kit for direct on-farm assessments to measure biological activity, infiltration, bulk density, aggregate stability, slaking, mineralisable nitrogen, pH, <span class="caps">EC</span>, earthworms and organic matter, together with nitrous oxide and <span class="caps">CO2</span> lab&nbsp;analysis.</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> Healthy Soils for Sustainable Farms Soils health Production Soil sustainable systems Complete Research Project Peter Grace Wed, 27 May 2009 04:25:18 +0000 superuser 3433 at http://lwa.gov.au