Temática: Codes of good agricultural practices

Vegetable waste

These are derived from leaves and other plant parts. When broken down by soil microorganisms, they are transformed into organic matter and subsequently into humus, a source of nitrogen and other nutrients. They are applied to crops, especially in soils deficient in organic matter.

Fertilizer products

Those included in the scope of Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 regulating the placing on the market of EU fertiliser products, or Royal Decree 506/2013 of 26 June on fertiliser products.

Manure

1. Feces and urine, mixed or not with bedding and water to form liquid manure, which can flow by gravity and be pumped. 2. Liquid manure with more than 85% moisture. 3. Liquid excrement excreted by livestock.

Enclosure

It corresponds to the definition of SIGPAC Enclosure contained in Article 4 of Royal Decree 1077/2014, of December 19, which regulates the geographic information system for agricultural parcels, that is, the continuous area of land, geographically delimited, within a parcel with a single use.

Piezometer

Protected drilling carried out in the ground at different depths to obtain groundwater samples and evaluate their quality and flow.

Fast-growing forest plantation

Cultivation of short-rotation forest species under an intensive regime in which the planting framework and silviculture to be applied will be determined by the planned production destination.

Nutrient

Chemical element essential for plant life and plant growth, in addition to carbon (C), oxygen (O) and hydrogen (H) coming especially from air and water.

Sewage sludge

1. Residual sludge as defined in section a of Article 1 of Royal Decree 1310/1990, of October 29. 2. Residual sludge from all types of domestic or urban wastewater treatment plants. 3. Residual sludge produced in all types of wastewater treatment plants […]

treated sludge

1. Treated sludge, as defined in section b of article 1 of Royal Decree 1310/1990, of October 29. 2. This refers to sewage sludge treated by a biological, chemical, or thermal process and subsequently stored, in such a way as to significantly reduce its fermentation potential and the […]

Spring

Stream of water that flows to the surface of the ground.