Site Implementation Plan: Karapinar, Turkey

Table of Contents

1. Site Information
2. Summary
3. Location description
   1. Soils
   2. Geology
   3. Annual rainfall and seasonality
4. Stakeholder information
5. Land use
6. Conservation measures and experimental setup
7. Monitoring activities
8. Analysis

Location description

Coordinates: 37° 40' 17" N/ 33° 28' 20" E

Situation: One field of 4 ha belonging to one of our internal stakeholder will be used for both implementation and control purposes. The field of 1 ha will be retained without improvement while three remaining equal plots will be implemented for zero-tillage, mulching and strip cropping.

Physiographic setting of the plots: The field is situated within the almost horizontal Karapinar plain which is bordered in the west by a smooth limestone ridge. In the east a smooth lava mountain delimits the plain. Due to this peculiar position, the plot and environs receive serious wind blown particularly from the south.