Azov Black Sea Corridor
Biodiversity Conservation Project – Agricultural Component (1)
Improvements in
crop and soil management through:
•conservation tillage and contour tillage practices;
•Improvement of manure management;
•maximizing duration of soil coverage by crops, through increased use of winter crops, leaving stubble fields unplowed until spring
and establishing perennial pastures and hay
meadows;
•Implementation of nutrient management plans ;
•promoting natural species diversification and higher levels of agricultural biodiversity; and
•selection of pasture species to improve soil coverage and drought
resistance.