Indicates which soil conservation practices the organization implemented during the reporting period.
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Organizations should footnote all assumptions used, including descriptions of soil health practices and methods used, their frequency of application, description of soil health characteristics, and details of nutrient management plans.
This metric is intended to capture the practices the organization employs to conserve soil and reduce erosion.
This metric aligns with the Leading Harvest (https://www.leadingharvest.org/standard) Performance Measure 2.2 on Soil Conservation. Practices that may be relevant to this measure, depending on geography and context, include crop rotation, livestock rotation, composting, no-till farming, cover crops, agroforestry, intercropping, use of live barriers, and other techniques. Organizations may find the three conservation agriculture principles (http://conservationagriculture.mannlib.cornell.edu/pages/aboutca/whatisca.html) and the Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) Manual (https://fmnrhub.com.au/fmnr-manual/) to be helpful resources.
June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
New metric. Soil Conservation Practices (OI6381) was developed via the IRIS+ Sustainable Agriculture Expert Subgroup.
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