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fourniture du sol

English translation: nutritional quality of the soil

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French term or phrase:fourniture du sol
English translation:nutritional quality of the soil
Entered by: B D Finch

15:02 Jun 2, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / Landspreading
French term or phrase: fourniture du sol
The subject is landspreading (i.e. sludge aka as biosolids). The sentence reads: "Les doses d'apport sont déterminés en fonction des besoins des plantes, de la quantité en éléments fertilisants libérée par les boues et sous-produits et de la fourniture du sol.

Soil yield?
flute (X)
Local time: 11:22
nutritional quality of the soil
Explanation:
i.e. what is already there in the un-sludged ground.

"8 Apr 2008 ... You may buy fertilizer that is simply meant to improve the nutritional quality of the soil. There are also fertilizers meant to help you ..."
organic.lovetoknow.com/Organic_Fertilizer -

"These workers interface with those in the Soil Production Department to maintain the structure and nutritional quality of the soil. ..."
museum.nhm.uga.edu/kidsclub/htmldocs/adult_path_ecosystems.htm



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Note added at 28 mins (2009-06-02 15:30:42 GMT)
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"Modélisation des besoins du blé en azote, de la fourniture du sol et de l'utilisation de l'engrais. Application au raisonnement de la fertilisation en ..."
cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=197454

"La fourniture du sol en azote est la résultante des phénomènes complexes de minéralisation et organisation des différents pools d'azote du sol. ..."
www.n-direct.fr/informations-techniques/fertilisation-raiso...

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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-06-02 20:54:01 GMT) Post-grading
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Following PRen's comment, I checked the dictionary. Though I am not sure, it looks as though because "nutrients" are the nourishing substances and "nutrition/nutritional" are about the intake and assimilation of nutrients, the nutritional quality of the soil should include both the nutrients in the soil and anything that makes them more easily assimilable by plants, not just the nutrients themselves.

I suggest you check with your agronomist.
Selected response from:

B D Finch
France
Local time: 11:22
Grading comment
Great! Thanks. That corresponds exactly to what my own researches have revealed (from an expert agronomist)since I posted the question, but I still didn't have the English term. Now I do.
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4 +1nutritional quality of the soil
B D Finch


  

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nutritional quality of the soil


Explanation:
i.e. what is already there in the un-sludged ground.

"8 Apr 2008 ... You may buy fertilizer that is simply meant to improve the nutritional quality of the soil. There are also fertilizers meant to help you ..."
organic.lovetoknow.com/Organic_Fertilizer -

"These workers interface with those in the Soil Production Department to maintain the structure and nutritional quality of the soil. ..."
museum.nhm.uga.edu/kidsclub/htmldocs/adult_path_ecosystems.htm



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Note added at 28 mins (2009-06-02 15:30:42 GMT)
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"Modélisation des besoins du blé en azote, de la fourniture du sol et de l'utilisation de l'engrais. Application au raisonnement de la fertilisation en ..."
cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=197454

"La fourniture du sol en azote est la résultante des phénomènes complexes de minéralisation et organisation des différents pools d'azote du sol. ..."
www.n-direct.fr/informations-techniques/fertilisation-raiso...

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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-06-02 20:54:01 GMT) Post-grading
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Following PRen's comment, I checked the dictionary. Though I am not sure, it looks as though because "nutrients" are the nourishing substances and "nutrition/nutritional" are about the intake and assimilation of nutrients, the nutritional quality of the soil should include both the nutrients in the soil and anything that makes them more easily assimilable by plants, not just the nutrients themselves.

I suggest you check with your agronomist.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 11:22
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 52
Grading comment
Great! Thanks. That corresponds exactly to what my own researches have revealed (from an expert agronomist)since I posted the question, but I still didn't have the English term. Now I do.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  PRen (X): But wouldn't one say "nutrient" quality when talking about soil? (just a thought)
2 hrs
  -> That's a very good point and does make sense. More UK ghits for "nutritional" and more international ones for "nutrient".
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