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Abstract
This paper describes a sugarcane farming system on acid sulfate soils (ASS) in coastal, eastern Australia which has improved crop production, increased carbon sequestration, enhanced soil health and controlled drainage discharge to estuaries. The farming system has evolved as a collaboration between innovative sugarcane farmers, researchers and government agencies. The collaboration started when discharge from the farmed coastal floodplain ASS acidified an entire estuary in eastern Australia, wiping out all gilled and benthic organisms for 18 months. The event produced major conflicts between fishers, farmers, the community, entrained researchers and local and state governments. It led to a major initiative to develop sugarcane farming systems which enhanced environmental benefits and increased crop production. Such a win–win system has applicability to other locations with variable resource use conflicts. The system of cane land management adopted on the Tweed site is described.
本文介绍了澳大利亚东部沿海地区酸性硫酸盐土壤(ASS)上的甘蔗种植系统,该系统提高了作物产量,增加了碳吸收,改善了土壤健康,并控制了向河口的排水。该耕作系统是在创新型甘蔗种植者、研究人员和政府机构的合作下发展起来的。合作开始时,养殖的沿海洪泛平原 ASS 排放物酸化了澳大利亚东部的整个河口,使所有鳃和底栖生物消失了 18 个月。这一事件在渔民、农民、社区、被诱导的研究人员以及地方和州政府之间引发了重大冲突。这导致了一项发展甘蔗种植系统的重大举措,既提高了环境效益,又增加了作物产量。这种双赢系统适用于其他存在不同资源使用冲突的地方。本文介绍了特威德地区采用的甘蔗地管理系统。
期刊介绍:
The EJSS is an international journal that publishes outstanding papers in soil science that advance the theoretical and mechanistic understanding of physical, chemical and biological processes and their interactions in soils acting from molecular to continental scales in natural and managed environments.