CORDIS OpenAire Sygma Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) UnpayWall Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTA DOAJ DIGITAL.CSIC Publikationenserver der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Crossref Microsoft Academic Graph European Union Open Data Portal International Soil and Water Conservation Research Open Access 2020-01-10 Open AccessThis work has been supported by Project SHui which is co-funded by the European Union Project GA 773903 and the Chinese MOST. This work has been supported by P12-AGR-0931 (Andalusian Government), RTA2014-00063- C04-03 (Spanish government), SHui (European Commission Grant Agreement number: 773903) and EU‒FEDER funds Open AccessThis work has been supported by Project SHui which is co-funded by the European Union Project GA 773903 and the Chinese MOST. This work has been supported by P12-AGR-0931 (Andalusian Government), RTA2014-00063- C04-03 (Spanish government), SHui (European Commission Grant Agreement number: 773903) and EU‒FEDER funds Peer reviewed Open AccessThis work has been supported by Project SHui which is co-funded by the European Union Project GA 773903 and the Chinese MOST. This work has been supported by P12-AGR-0931 (Andalusian Government), RTA2014-00063- C04-03 (Spanish government), SHui (European Commission Grant Agreement number: 773903) and EU‒FEDER funds Peer reviewed This article outlines the major scientific objectives of the SHui project that seeks to optimize soil and water use in agricultural systems in the EU and China, by considering major current scientific challenges in this area. SHui (for Soil Hydrology research platform underpinning innovation to manage water scarcity in European and Chinese cropping systems) is large cooperative project that aims to provide significant advances through transdisciplinary research at multiple scales (plot, field, catchment and region). This paper explains our research platform of long-term experiments established at plot scale, approaches taken to integrate crop and hydrological models at field scale; coupled crop models and satellite-based observations at regional scales; decision support systems for specific farming situations; and the integration of these technologies to provide policy recommendations through socio-economic analysis of the impact of soil and water saving technologies. It also outlines the training of stakeholders to develop a basic common curriculum despite the subject being distributed across different disciplines and professions. As such, this article provides a review of major challenges for improving soil and water use in EU and China as well as information about the potential to access information made available by SHui, and to allow others to engage with the project. 2. Zero hunger Yield 550 Cropping 1. No poverty 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 15. Life on land Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) 01 natural sciences 630 6. Clean water 12. Responsible consumption Cooperation Sustainability 13. Climate action 11. Sustainability 0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries TA1-2040 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Gómez, J.A., Ben-Gal, A., Alarcón, J.J., De Lannoy, G., de Roos, S., Dostál, T., Fereres, E., Intrigliolo, D.S., Krása, J., Klik, A., Liebhard, G., Nolz, R., Peeters, A., Plaas, E., Quinton, J.N., Rui, M., Strauss, P., Weifeng, X., Zhang, Z., Zhong, F., Zumr, D., Dodd, I.C., 2020-03-01 journalpaper Open AccessThis work has been supported by Project SHui which is co-funded by the European Union Project GA 773903 and the Chinese MOST. This work has been supported by P12-AGR-0931 (Andalusian Government), RTA2014-00063- C04-03 (Spanish government), SHui (European Commission Grant Agreement number: 773903) and EU‒FEDER funds Open AccessThis work has been supported by Project SHui which is co-funded by the European Union Project GA 773903 and the Chinese MOST. This work has been supported by P12-AGR-0931 (Andalusian Government), RTA2014-00063- C04-03 (Spanish government), SHui (European Commission Grant Agreement number: 773903) and EU‒FEDER funds Peer reviewed Open AccessThis work has been supported by Project SHui which is co-funded by the European Union Project GA 773903 and the Chinese MOST. This work has been supported by P12-AGR-0931 (Andalusian Government), RTA2014-00063- C04-03 (Spanish government), SHui (European Commission Grant Agreement number: 773903) and EU‒FEDER funds Peer reviewed This article outlines the major scientific objectives of the SHui project that seeks to optimize soil and water use in agricultural systems in the EU and China, by considering major current scientific challenges in this area. SHui (for Soil Hydrology research platform underpinning innovation to manage water scarcity in European and Chinese cropping systems) is large cooperative project that aims to provide significant advances through transdisciplinary research at multiple scales (plot, field, catchment and region). This paper explains our research platform of long-term experiments established at plot scale, approaches taken to integrate crop and hydrological models at field scale; coupled crop models and satellite-based observations at regional scales; decision support systems for specific farming situations; and the integration of these technologies to provide policy recommendations through socio-economic analysis of the impact of soil and water saving technologies. It also outlines the training of stakeholders to develop a basic common curriculum despite the subject being distributed across different disciplines and professions. As such, this article provides a review of major challenges for improving soil and water use in EU and China as well as information about the potential to access information made available by SHui, and to allow others to engage with the project. SHui, an EU-Chinese cooperative project to optimize soil and water management in agricultural areas in the XXI century 10.1016/j.iswcr.2020.01.001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2020.01.001