i-SoMPE
| Start: | 1 February 2021 |
| Duration: | 40 PM |
| Aim: | By using a surveying approach, i-SoMPE will aim to documents innovative farming practice. |
| Contact: | Project coordinator: Frederic Vanwindekens (f.vanwindekens@cra.wallonie.be) |
Innovative soil management practices across Europe
Documentation of innovative soil management practices in Europe will provide information on regional and local practices and conditions. Online interactive maps, description, data and graphic will be accessble to the public.
Exchange of knowledge between countries on current and innovative soil management practices and to develop a framework for assessing the current and potential area of application of soil management practices across Europe.
News articles
Innovative soil management practices (SMP) and agricultural systems are promoted to enhance ecosystem services in order to minimise soil threats and sustain agriculture in a climate change context.
A comprehensive stocktake of SMPs and their ability to succeed on multiple goals, agricultural production, ecosystem services, biogeochemical cycles, is missing.
By using a surveying approach, i-SoMPE will aim to documents these innovative farming practice. The data gathered will be synthesized considering technical and ecological constrains and socio-economic barriers.
Context specific thematic maps will be provided to guide policy makers to the most efficient innovative SMPs as climate-smart sustainable tools.
Project leader and partners
- Austria - AGES - Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
- Belgium (Flanders) - ILVO - Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek
- Belgium (Wallonia) - CRA-W - Centre wallon de recherches agronomiques
- Czech Republic - CZU Prgue - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
- Denmark - AU - Aarhus University
- Estonia - EMU - Eesti Maaülikool
- Finland - LUKE - Natural Resources Institute Finland
- France - INRAE - France's National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Germany - THÜNEN - Thünen Institute
- Hungary - ATK - Centre for Agricultural Research
- Ireland - Teagasc - Teagasc
- Italia - CREA - Council for Agricultural Research and Economics
- Latvia - UL - University of Latvia
- Lithuania - LAMMC - Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
- Norway - NIBIO - Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
- Poland - IUNG-PIB - Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute
- Portugal - INIAV - National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinarian Research I. P. / Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I. P.
- Slovakia - NAFC - National Agriculture and Food Centre
- Slovenia - ULBF - University of Ljubljana
- Spain - CSIC-IRNASA - Spanish National Research Council - Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca
- Sweden - SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Switzerland - AGS - Agroscope
- The Nederlands - WR - Wageningen Research
- Turkey - TAGEM - Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies
- United Kingdom - AFBI - Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute