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What do the standards list as specific soil management objectives?
Maintaining optimum soil structure, biological activity and fertility is a major objective of the standards.
The soil must be managed with the aim of developing and protecting an optimum soil structure, biological activity and fertility. Soil management must include:
- a) A regular input of organic residues in the form of manures and plant remains to maintain the level of humus, biological activity and plant nutrients
- b) A level of microbial activity sufficient to initiate the decay of organic materials and breakdown of non-soluble minerals into simple nutrient salts capable of being absorbed by plant roots
- c) Establishment of conditions to be conducive to the continual activity of earthworms and other soil-stabilising agents.