CarSolEl, a user-friendly tool to predict soil carbon stocks evolution in grassland-based farms
Free online calculation of organic carbone sequestration in soil adapted to french livestock sector
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Pierre Lemeunier, Hélène Chambaut (Institut de l'Elevage), Laure Brun-Lafleur (Institut de l'Elevage), Anne-Isabelle GRAUX (INRAE), Katja Klumpp (INRAE), Françoise Vertes (INRAE), Olivier Thérond (INRAE)
A calculation tool adapted to french livestock sector to kown if ongoing agricultural practices are profitable to soil fertility in terms of organic mater evolution. By making online simulation with Carsolel, you are able to know if crop rotation, grassland management and average organic and mineral fertilisations are likely to maintain organic status of the consirered field. Free. Online.
CarSolEl is an easy online calculation tool to estimate C sequestration on french livestocks fields, 30 centimeter depth, 30 years perspective. It is adapted to Grassland area and annuals crops area, results take into account climat and soil local context as well as farmers management. It gives an average yearly value of C which is sequestered or released, depending on each field context ( soil analysis, rainfall, temperature) as well as agricultural practices ( grazing/ cutting, intercrop sowing, grassland aging, N inputs etc). This tool has been created by INRAE and Institut de l'élevage. You can find here slides présenting data collection and main screen to collect and résults. Présented at EGF in 2002.