Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXVII, Issue 1
Written by Daniela TRIFAN, Emanuela LUNGU, Alin Ionel GHIORGHE, Daniel George ȘERBAN
The extreme manifestations of the climate in the North Baragan Plain from Romania, with major negative effects on the productive-financial results of agriculture, demand more and more obviously the need to establish protective forest curtains for agricultural crops. FAO appreciates that the forest curtains protecting agricultural land denote the degree of development of a country's agriculture. The paper shows how forest curtains have an important role in protecting agricultural crops against drought, erosion, and landslides. According to the studies carried out, the effect of forest curtains leads to an average harvest increase of 30-55%. These results represent the effect of the influence exerted by the curtains on the significant reduction of the wind speed in the protected field. Under irrigated conditions, forest curtains increase productive transpiration by 15% and yield by up to 40% compared to fields irrigated but not protected by curtains. Also, water consumption per ton of plant mass produced is reduced by 18%, which means a reduction in the irrigation rate, thus lower costs.
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