Soil mapping in SG Rhine Valley
Organic soil of the Rhine valley contribute to agricultural production. Their fertility is threatened by organic matter decomposition. A soil map produced with an efficient method is necessary to take decisions.
Factsheet
- Schools involved School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences
- Institute(s) Agriculture
- Research unit(s) Soils and Geoinformation
- Funding organisation Others
- Duration (planned) 01.03.2018 - 24.12.2023
- Head of project Stefan Maximilian Oechslin
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Project staff
Stefan Maximilian Oechslin
Prof. Dr. Stéphane Burgos
Dr. Dylan Tatti
Liv Anna Kellermann
Dr. Madlene Nussbaum
Roland Schafflützel -
Partner
Verein St. Galler Rheintal
Landwirtschaftsamt SG - Keywords organic soils, soil mapping, agriculture, GIS
Situation
The aim of the project is the development of efficient soil mapping method, development of soil core image analysis, development of efficient data flow management, analysis of actual and future organic soils problems.
Course of action
the project is divided into 6 workpackages: workpackage 1: soil mapping as base information workpackage 2: characterization of the different peat and gley types workpackage 3: analysis and documentation of old oversanding workpackage 4: analysis of actual agricultural systems workpackage 5: analysis of improvement possibilities of the soil fertility workpackage 6: knowledge transfer
