SmartSOIL ended 1st November 2015
News
Soil science gives our dirt a second life
2016.01.13 | Research news
Horizon magazine, the European Union’s Research and Innovation Magazine, has now published the article ‘Soil science gives our dirt a second life’ which features work on the SmartSOIL project
Agra Europe article announces launch of SmartSOIL toolbox
2015.11.03 | Research news
SmartSOIL Toolbox is launched. This new online toolbox aims to support farmers, advisers and policy makers in identifying management practices that are optimal for between crop productivity, soil quality and soil carbon storage. It provides an interactive decision support tool (SmartSOIL Tool), FactSheets, Real Life Cases, Videos, Policy options…
Successful SmartSOIL Project Final Conference
2015.10.06 | Research news
The SmartSOIL project final conference took place on 30th September 2015 at the Halles des Tanneurs in Brussels. Around 100 participants representing policy-makers, farmer unions and advisory organisations, researchers, NGOs, Member States and regional authorities, researchers and farmers attended the day-long event.
SmartSOIL publications and documents
Recent publications:
See a full list of journal articles and project deliverables.
- Communicating soil carbon science to farmers: Incorporating credibility, salience and legitimacy / Julie Ingram,Jane Mills,Camilla Dibari,Roberto Ferrise,Bhim Bahadur Ghaley,Jens Grønbech Hansen,Ana Iglesias,Zbigniew Karaczun,Alistair McVittie,Paolo Merante,Andras Molnar,Berta Sánchez. Journal of Rural Studies, Volume 48, December 2016, Pages 115–128
- Management of agricultural soils for greenhouse gas mitigation: Learning from a case study in NE Spain / B. Sanchez, A. Iglesias, A. McVittie, J. Alvaro-Fuentes, J. Ingram, J. Mills, J.P. Lesschen, P.J. Kuikman. Journal of Environmental Management, 170, 37-49
- Global change pressures on soils from land use and management / Smith, P., House, J.I., Bustamante, M., Sobocká, J., Harper, R., Pan, G., West, P.C., Clark, J.M., Adhya, T., Rumpel, C., Paustian, K., Kuikman, P., Cotrufo, M.F., Elliott, J.A., McDowell, R., Griffiths, R.I., Asakawa, S., Bondeau, A., Jain, A.K, Meersmans, J. & Pugh, T.A.M. Glob Chang Biol. 2015 Aug 24
- Biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity as key drivers of ecosystem services provided by soils / Smith, P., Cotrufo, M.F., Rumpel, C., Paustian, K., Kuikman, P.J., Elliott, J. A., McDowell, R., Griffiths, R.I., Asakawa, S., Bustamante, M., House, J.I., Sobocká, J., Harper, R., Pan, G., West, P.C., Gerber. J.S., Clark, J.M., Adhya, T., Scholes, R.J. & Scholes, M.C.
- Endospores, prokaryotes, and microbial indicators in arable soils from three long-term experiments / Paulina Tamez-Hidalgo, Bent T. Christensen, Mark A. Lever, Lars Elsgaard, Bente Aa. Lomstein
- Modeling constraints and trade-offs in optimizing SOC. Deliverable 3.4
- Increase in soil stable carbon isotope ratio relates to loss of organic carbon: results from five long‑term bare fallow experiments / Lorenzo Menichetti, Sabine Houot, Folkert van Oort, Thomas Kätterer, Bent T. Christensen, Claire Chenu, Pierre Barré, Nadezda A. Vasilyeva & Alf Ekblad
Published in: Oecologia (2015) 177:811–821 - Relationship between C:N/C:O Stoichiometry and Ecosystem Services in Managed Production Systems / Bhim B. Ghaley, Harpinder S. Sandhu & John R. Porter.
- Do soil organic carbon levels affect potential yields and nitrogen useefficiency? An analysis of winter wheat and spring barley field trials / Myles Oelofse, Bo Markussen, Leif Knudsen, Kirsten Schelde, Jørgen E. Olesen,Lars Stoumann Jensen & Sander Bruun.
- SmartSoil Newsletter, February, 2015
- Report on critical low soil organic matter contents, which jeopardise good functioning of farming systems. Deleverable 2.4
- Report describing the practices and measures in European farming systems to manage soil organic matter. Deliverable 2.1
- Estimating the Costs and Benefits of Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change / Anita Wreford, Dominic Moran, Andrew Moxey, K. Andy Evans, Noami Fox, Klaus Glenk, Mike Hutchings, Davy I. McCracken, Alistair McVittie, Malcolm Mitchell, Cairistiona F.E. Topp, Eileen Wall
- The economics of soil C sequestration and agricultural emissions abatement /P. Alexander, K. Paustian, P. Smith, D. Moran
- Greenhouse gas intensity of three main crops and implications for low-carbon agriculture in China / Wen Wang, Liping Guo, Yingchun Li, Man Su, Yuebin Lin, Christian de Perthuis, Xiaotang Ju, Erda Lin, Dominic Moran
- Overview of socio-economic influences on crop and soil management systems. Deliverable 5.2
- Cost-effectiveness of SOC measures.Deliverable 3.2
- Changes in soil organic matter content in time as impacted by different farming systems.Deliverable 2.3
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The project SmartSOIL (Grant Agreement N° 289694) is co-funded by the European Commission, Directorate General for Research & Innovation, within the 7th Framework Programme of RTD, Theme 2 – Biotechnologies, Agriculture & Food.
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