Agricultural drainage in Lithuania: a review of practices and environmental effects

Povilaitis, Arvydas; Lamsodis, Romanas; Bastienė, Nijolė; Rudzianskaitė, Aurelija; Misevičienė, Stefanija; Miseckaitė, Otilija; Gužys, Saulius; Baigys, Giedrius; Grybauskienė, Vilda; Balevičius, Giedrius

doi:10.1080/09064710.2014.971050

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“…Depending on land productivity, the income from crop cultivation in different regions differs 3.5 times (calculated for 1 ha of agricultural land). Comparison of the income of farmers with favourable (fertile) and poor soils showed that they differ by 1.5 times (Povilaitis et al, 2015).…”

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Delineation Lithuanian agricultural land for agro-ecological suitability for farming using soil and terrain criteria

Jarašiūnas

Kinderienė

Bašić

2017

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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Jarasiunas G., Kinderiene I., Bašić F.: Delineation Lithuanian agricultural land for agro-ecological suitability for farming using soil and terrain criteria. Ekológia (Bratislava), Vol. 36, No. 1, p. 88-100, 2017.The aim of investigation is to analyse and classify the state of agricultural land affected by naturalbiophysical, that is, soil and terrain-slope, handicaps on its overall agro-ecological suitability for agricultural use. For the classification of land for suitability with respect to sustainable use and efficient protection, the following actual criteria were selected: soil texture, soil drainage and terrainslope. For identifying the relatively homogeneous areas, the Ward hierarchical cluster method was used. According to our estimates, Lithuanian agricultural land with unfavourable soil texture, poorly soil drainage and steep slopes covers an area of 33.59, 4.76 and 1.03% of total agricultural area, respectively. On the basis of functional classification of state of agro-ecological conditions of Lithuania, two orders of suitability (S-suitable, N-not suitable) and five land suitability classes were identified and delineated: S1 (highly suitable) included 10 district municipalities, S2 (moderately suitable) included 12 district municipalities, S3 (marginally suitable) included 15 district municipalities, N1 (currently not suitable) included 10 district municipalities and N2 (permanently not suitable) included 4 district municipalities. S3 occupies the largest (29.80%) share of the Lithuanian territory and N2 the least (5.66%). The land suitable for agriculture means with suitability classes S1, S2 and S3 was found on an area of 2,960,562 ha, which is 81.6% of the total land. In addition, soil texture was the most important factor causing differences in the classes of suitability. On the basis of natural limiting factors from an agronomic and eco-environmental perspective, the optimal sustainable development in agrosphere and a balanced-practical concept of land management and proper land use policy is presented. It is a reasonable base for agroecological regionalisation of Lithuania.Key words: land suitability for agriculture, natural limiting factors, cluster analysis, suitability classes of agricultural land, land use policy.

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Delineation Lithuanian agricultural land for agro-ecological suitability for farming using soil and terrain criteria

Jarašiūnas

Kinderienė

Bašić

2017

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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“…The total area of Lithuania is 65,300 km 2 and is situated along the south-eastern shore of the Baltic Sea [8]. The karst region is located in North Lithuania (mainly in Biržai and Pasvalys administrative districts) and borders with the karst territories of the neighbouring South Latvia (Figure 1).…”

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Investigation of Water Quality in the Agricultural Area of Lithuanian Karst Region

Rudzianskaitė¹

2017

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In North Lithuania, karst processes are developing in the formations of the Upper Devonian represented by fissured gypsum-dolomite. The result of these processes on surface is the formation of sinkhole. The precipitation infiltrates into the karst aquifer not only through Quaternary sediments but also through karst sinkholes. The groundwater is extremely vulnerable to pollution in karst region. Agricultural practise is prevailing in this region. The objective of chapter is present of the results from various investigations on drainage, rivers, sinkholes and ground water quality in the agricultural area of Lithuanian karst region. This study was prepared on the basis of scientific publication analysis and the generalization methods were used. Based on this result, chemical composition of research water is mostly depended on the type of soil, meteorological conditions and land used. Higher amount of nitrogen and phosphorus are leached out in winter and spring periods.

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“…The total drained land area occupies 47% of the country's land area and 86% of the agricultural land area. Drainage has improved the quality of agricultural land, and the benefits of drainage are associated with many changes in the local environment (Povilaitis et al, 2015). Tile drainage systems serve as transport pathways of contaminants directly from agricultural land to streams, water leaches nutrients (mostly inorganic forms of N and P), and the increased nutrient inflow into surface water bodies leads to their eutrophication.…”

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Climate Change and Diffuse Water Pollution in Lithuania

Miseckaitė

Povilaitis

2020

Abstracts of the Second Eurasian RISK-2020 Conference and Symposium

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Agricultural drainage in Lithuania: a review of practices and environmental effects

Cited by 13 publications

References 27 publications

Delineation Lithuanian agricultural land for agro-ecological suitability for farming using soil and terrain criteria

Delineation Lithuanian agricultural land for agro-ecological suitability for farming using soil and terrain criteria

Investigation of Water Quality in the Agricultural Area of Lithuanian Karst Region

Climate Change and Diffuse Water Pollution in Lithuania

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