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Monitoring of agricultural land as a basic tool for sustainable land management in Croatia

Strategies for sustainable land management must consider long term data weather conditions, soil loss and run-off, physical, chemical and biological parameters of the soil, and contrast this information with the total crop and land management practices including soil tillage, crops selection, nutrient management and other conservation measures. The aim of this study was to analyze the existing systems of permanent monitoring of agricultural land, as well as achievements in the Republic of Croatia. Also, need to draw attention to its importance considering the systematic monitoring of agricultural land as one of the most important preconditions for sustainable land management. Monitoring systems should contained the information's on changing soil parameters and evolution of soil quality in topsoil and subsoil. Without the monitoring systems it is impossible to timely notice negative changes that occur in it, which inevitably lead to the degradation of the most important properties of soil. The permanent monitoring of status of agricultural land aims to permanently keep track of all the changes which occur in agricultural land (physical, chemical and biological, and notably the content of harmful substances). The strategy of sustainable development of agriculture is almost inconceivable without the permanent monitoring of agricultural land and identification of high-risk areas as part of the environmental monitoring, considering the hazard to the soil as a resource that is essential to its primary function, food production. Establishment of the information system of contaminated agricultural land as well as the analysis and recommendations of its fertilization represent the basis for complete protection of agricultural land, which are integral parts of the system monitoring of agricultural land. Sustainable agricultural development has become most important segment, as is increasingly evident the importance of proper management of agricultural land, which is considered the most important source of food. Croatia has a great potential for the development of agriculture based on ecological and sustainable principles. However, this potential is not fully utilized what is also noticeable through the soil monitoring. Although Croatia has designed projects and plan soil monitoring, it still did not become a priority for the sustainable management of agricultural land in Croatia.

soil tillage ; agroecosystems ; conservation agriculture

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