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Conservation measures and experimental setup

Experimental setup

Site 1: 5 treatments

  • Conventional tillage with animal
  • No tillage and subsoiling
  • No tillage and barrier hedges
  • No tillage and contour ploughing
  • No tillage

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Site 2: 3 treatments:

  • No tillage and contour ridging with subsoiling
  • No tillage and infiltration trenches
  • No tillage
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Expected effects

Conservation tillage will reduce runoff and soil loss. Subsoiling will reduce compaction of soils and improve infiltration water.