OPENAIRE OpenAire Sygma Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) UnpayWall Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTA DOAJ Publikationenserver der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Crossref Microsoft Academic Graph Lirias European Union Open Data Portal International Soil and Water Conservation Research Open Access 2020-01-09 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. Yield 550 EROSION FLOW Cropping SIMULATE YIELD RESPONSE Soil Science Environmental Sciences & Ecology RICE YIELDS 01 natural sciences 630 12. Responsible consumption 4104 Environmental management 4105 Pollution and contamination DRYING IRRIGATION 11. Sustainability FAO CROP MODEL 0105 earth and related environmental sciences 2. Zero hunger Science & Technology 1. No poverty Agriculture 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 15. Life on land Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) 6. Clean water 4106 Soil sciences Cooperation Sustainability 13. Climate action Physical Sciences Water Resources 0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries TA1-2040 Life Sciences & Biomedicine Environmental Sciences Gomez-Calero, Jose, Ben-Gal, Alon, Alarcón, Juan J., De Lannoy, Gabrielle, de Roos, Shannon, Dostál, Tomáš, Fereres, Elias, Intrigliolo, Diego S., Krása, Josef, Klik, Andreas, Liebhard, Gunther, Nolz, Reinhard, Peeters, Aviva, Plaas, Elke, Quinton, John N., Miao, Rui, Strauss, Peter, Xu, Weifeng, Zhang, Zhiqiang, Zhong, Funing, Zumr, David, Dodd, Ian 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 10261/220255 https://doi.org/10261/220255 773903