Home About Browse Search
Svenska


Logardt, Sofie, 2007. Heavy metals in organic vegetable production connected to KRAV in the south of Skåne : accumulation in soil, plant uptake, regulations and health effects. SLU, Dept. Of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Alnarp. Alnarp: SLU, Dept. Of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management

[img]
Preview
PDF
372kB

Abstract

Heavy metals are substances that can contaminate our environment and damage our health. If one summarize the addition of heavy metals to the cultivated soil during the 20th century, there can be seen that the content of cadmium has increased with 30%, mercury 45%, lead 15% and other heavy metals with one or a few percent. The aim with this thesis was to investigate how heavy metals are dealt with in organic vegetable production on open field to prevent them from accumulate in the soil and taken up by the plants. Focus was laid upon KRAV, the control-association for organic production in Sweden. Questions were asked if KRAV have any regulations or praxis to keep heavy metals that enter the cultivated soils at a minimum level, and what the KRAV-certified growers are doing to prevent the accumulation of heavy metals. To reach the aim seven interviews were made with four different growers connected to KRAV, two KRAV-controllers and one person responsible for the regulations at KRAV. KRAV have good and quite strict regulations on heavy metals. But from the interviews it showed that the growers who are the ones that should implement these regulations doesn't seem to be particularly aware of heavy metals and what cultural practices they should use to prevent them from accumulate in the soil and taken up by the plants. The interviews with the KRAV-controllers also showed that they have a low prioritizing of controlling the amount of heavy metals that are applied to the cultivated soils by fertilization and that KRAV: s regulations on heavy metals are followed by the certified growers. However there were only four interviews done with KRAV-certified growers and they are all localised to Skåne so these results might not accurately reflect on all growers connected to KRAV in Sweden.

Main title:Heavy metals in organic vegetable production connected to KRAV in the south of Skåne
Subtitle:accumulation in soil, plant uptake, regulations and health effects
Authors:Logardt, Sofie
Supervisor:Blom, Angelika
Examiner:UNSPECIFIED
Series:Bachelor project in the Danish-Swedish Horticultural programme
Volume/Sequential designation:2007:5
Year of Publication:2007
Level and depth descriptor:Other
Student's programme affiliation:YHORT Horticultural Science Programme (admitted after 2000 and before July 1, 2007) 300 HEC
Supervising department:(LTJ, LTV) > Dept. Of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management
Keywords:heavy metals, accumulation, plant uptake, KRAV, health effects, regulations
URN:NBN:urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-8976
Permanent URL:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-8976
Subject. Use of subject categories until 2023-04-30.:SLU > (LTJ, LTV) > Landscape Management, Design, and Construction (until 121231)
Soil biology
Language:English
Deposited On:21 Nov 2017 08:49
Metadata Last Modified:21 Nov 2017 08:49

Repository Staff Only: item control page