The Annual Science Days 2022 demonstrates that major steps have been made in developing new knowledge, gaining insight and seizing opportunities of research outputs. EJP SOIL is an integrated and interconnected community of researchers effectively addressing a broad variety of issues within soil science: from access to data and infrastructure to capacity building and innovation.

Working remotely during the pandemic often felt a bit isolating, and there was little opportunity for knowledge exchange with our EU-wide colleagues. The beauty of the Virtual Academy lies in its simplicity: monthly online 30-minute-meetings with presentations followed up by open fruitful discussions.

SoilCompaC will investigate interactions between soil compaction and climate, and get insight on how to assess, detect, recover from and minimize soil compaction in Europe.

The EJP SOIL programme produces strong science based knowledge on soil management in relation to climate change. Activities include integration of existing knowledge as well as funding new research efforts building on a strong community across Europe in collaboration between experienced scientists and the next generation of European soil scientists.

274 distinct attendees from 34 different countries attended the Policy workshop on key questions the scientific requirements and information underpinning carbon farming schemes and economic business models.