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Non-winter-hardy honey-producing cover crops

Submitted by Philippe Lanceleur on
Cover crop with non-wintering plants: a mixture of Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum), phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia), large-leaf clover (Trifolium sp.), and Abyssinian niger MUNGO (Guizotia abyssinica) on arable land.
Case study id
technologies_7463
Local name
Neprezimni medonosni posevki
Location
POINT (15.723522582946 46.601704607453)
Country
Slovenia
Link
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Body
Non-winter-hardy honey-producing cover crops enhance soil fertility, prevent erosion, reduce nutrient leaching, and support biodiversity. These fast-growing, flowering plants are integrated into crop rotation, offering ecological and long-term economic benefits - and are supported by EU agricultural subsidies.
Main purpose
improve production
reduce, prevent, restore land degradation
conserve ecosystem
protect a watershed/ downstream areas – in combination with other Technologies
preserve/ improve biodiversity