Modification of the potential production capabilities of agricultural terrace soils due to historical cultivation in the Budina cadastral area, Slovakia

Abstract

The soil production attributes of historical agrarian terraced fields were examined in the Budina cadastral area of the Ostrozky Mountains. This landscape represents a unique sub-mountainous Carpathian landscape with farms that use a historically preserved triple-field agricultural system. We determined the geo-spatial parameters of different types of land cover and terraces using geographic information systems. The soil depth was measured in the field, and the skeleton content was determined in the laboratory. We compared data regarding the potential production capabilities of the soil with data from the national classification of agricultural soils. Our results indicated that the soil productivity attributes improved because the naturally less fertile cambisols were positively affected by terracing and long-term cultivation. We recommend the preservation of traditional agricultural activities in historical terraced fields because these terraces represent valuable features that improve the quality of the landscape.

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“…Description of landscape features was similar to the methodology of [6] which categorize the landscape as very steep (not suitable for agriculture), steep (suitable for grasslands), moderate (limited plough land alternating with grassland), gentle (plough land with limits), plane (plough land with or without limits) and planes with possible water erosion.…”

“…For example in hilly regions the most common and traditional form of productive agricultural land are terraces, with small plots of land [6], [7]. In some cases terraces are newly formed in modern times for specific needs in agricultural production for example new vineyards planted 280 The Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, K. Hugues 8, 52440 Poreč, Croatia T [8].…”

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“…However, only if they are properly registered and we know that they exist. Therefore, it is important to note that the recommended potential land use based on the official national classification of basic soil ecological units, which intend to predict optimal land use for a particular unit of the soil, does not provide relevant information on soil quality on terraces (Slámová et al 2015). The authors noted that the soil on the terraces has qualitatively different attributes than the soil on un-terraced slopes, but classification does not recognize the soil on terraces.…”

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“…3:B (často je zasypaný zemou), pretože sú tvarovo totožné so samovoľne vytvorenými terasami a pri ich odhalení je nutné použiť deštrukčné metódy (obr. 7), ako zisťovali Slámová et al (2015) pri výskume terás v katastrálnom území Budiná, v pohorí Ostrôžky (vzdušnou čiarou približne 10 km severovýchodne od Horného Tisovníka).…”