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Level 4 Data Summaries

Key Findings (Brief)

Soil erosion rate ranged from 5-15 t/ha for no tillage with varied cover, compared to 47-505 t/ha for the conventional cultivation (burning before harvest, tillage, fertiliser and weed control) over the entire study. For the Babinda site, the soil erosion rate ranged from 2-22 t/ha for the no tillage methods, and 61-135 t/ha for the conventional cultivation. No significant difference was measured between no tillage crops with groundcover of 0, 50 and 100%. Sediment losses predominantly occurred during the wet season.

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