SIMPLE
| Start: | 1 November 2022 |
| Duration: | 24 Months |
| Aim: | Scenario modelling for assessing impacts of policy changes and socio-economic effects on ecosystem services of soils |
| Keywords: | Agro-ecology, climate change mitigation and adaptation, soil ecosystem service indicators, soil functioning, long-term field experiments, statistical analysis, climate scenario modelling, meta-analysis, lighthouse farms, soil-management practices, conservation agriculture, organic farming, soil organic carbon sequestration, soil water storage |
| Contact: | Coordinators: Sonja Keel (sonja.keel@agroscope.admin.ch) Jens Leifeld (jens.leifeld@agroscope.admin.ch) |
Agricultural soils provide a wide array of ecosystem services that need to be maintained and enhanced if agriculture is to be made more sustainable and climate-friendly.
Building on carbon sequestration rates provided by the CarboSeq project, we expand the potential for climate-smart soil management through reductions in fertilization rates to decrease N2O emissions and to comply with the Farm to Fork Strategy.
Potential trade-offs on soil carbon storage will be analyzed using a modelling framework that links soil carbon modelling with nitrogen flow and agro-economic modelling.
Our results will identify risks and benefits of reduced fertilization and support the selection of best measures. The modelling framework will serve as a basic structure for scenario modelling in future studies.
