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We therefore screened stakeholder documents from public governance institutions, nongovernmental organizations, the agricultural industry, and conventional and organic farmer associations for recommendations related to agricultural soil management in Germany. Out of 46 recommended measures in total, we compiled a shortlist of the seven most consensual ones: (1) structural landscape elements, (2) organic fertilization, (3) diversified crop rotation, (4) permanent soil cover, (5) conservation tillage, (6) reduced soil loads, and (7) optimized timing of wheeling. Together, these measures support all agricultural soil functions, and address all major soil threats except soil contamination. Implementation barriers were identified with the aid of an online survey among farmers (n = 78). Results showed that a vast majority of farmers (&gt; 80%) approved of all measures. Barriers were mostly considered to be economic and in some cases technological, while missing knowledge or other factors were less relevant. Barriers were stronger for those measures that cannot be implemented in isolation, but require a systemic diversification of the production system. This is especially the case for measures that are simultaneously beneficial to many soil functions (measures 2, 3, and 4). Results confirm the need for a diversification of the agricultural system in order to meet challenges of food security and climate change. The shortlist presents the first integrative compilation of sustainable soil management measures supporting the design of effective public or private governance.</p>", "keywords": ["2. 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In the LUCAS 2018 survey, bulk density has been analysed for three depths, i.e., 0\u201310\u202fcm = 6140 sites; 10\u201320\u202fcm = 5684 sites and 20\u201330\u202fcm =139 sites. The laboratory analysis and the assessment of the results conclude that the bulk density at 10\u201320\u202fcm is 5\u201310% higher compared to 0\u201310\u202fcm for all land uses except woodlands (20%). In the 0\u201320\u202fcm depth, croplands have 1.5 times higher bulk density (mean: 1.26\u202fg\u202fcm\u22123) compared to woodlands (mean: 0.83\u202fg\u202fcm\u22123). The main driver for bulk density variation is the land use which implies that many existing pedotransfer rules have to be developed based on land use. This study applied a methodological framework using an advanced Cubist rule-based regression model to optimize the spatial prediction of bulk density in Europe. We spatialised the circa 6000 LUCAS samples and developed the high-resolution map (100\u202fm) of bulk density for the 0\u201320\u202fcm depth and the maps at 0\u201310 and 10\u201320\u202fcm depth. The modelling results showed a very good prediction (R2: 0.66) of bulk density for the 0\u201320\u202fcm depth which outperforms previous assessments. The bulk density maps can be used to estimate packing density which is a proxy to estimate\u00a0soil compaction. Therefore, this work contributes to monitoring soil health and refine estimates on carbon and nutrients stocks in the EU\u00a0topsoil.", "keywords": ["550", "Packing density; Soil physics; Texture; Soil health; LUCAS; Soil compaction", "630"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Panagos, Panos, De Rosa, Daniele, Liakos, Leonidas, Labouyrie, Maeva, Borrelli, Pasquale, Ballabio, Cristiano,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.108907"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%2C%20Ecosystems%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agee.2024.108907", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agee.2024.108907", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agee.2024.108907"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.dib.2024.111064", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:16:27Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-10-24", "title": "Drivers of soil health across European Union \u2013 Data from the literature review", "description": "Soil health in Europe has reached a critical point: it is estimated that 60-70% of European soils are unhealthy. Changes in land use, its intensity and the quality of management have significant impacts on soil health and soil related ecosystem services. A systems analysis of soil health dynamics requires an understanding of the drivers inducing changes in land use and management. The DPSIR framework was adapted to the context of soil health in the European Union (EU) and used as an analytical framework for identifying the drivers for soil health. A scoping literature review, divided in four parts based on different land use types (urban and industrial, agriculture, forest, and nature), was conducted using the PRISMA protocol. The identified drivers across all land uses have been adjusted and standardised in in-person and online workshops. This metadata set presents the typology of drivers sorted according to the EU soil mission's soil health objectives, land use type, and location. The literature review was conducted as part of SOLO (Soils for Europe), a EU\u00b4s Horizon Europe funded project and the dataset will support the co creation and knowledge developing platforms (think tanks) for each EU soil mission objectives.", "keywords": ["meta-analysis", "EU soil mission", "330", "EU soil mission ; Soil health objectives ; Land use ; Meta-analysis ; DPSIR", "DPSIR", "land use", "soil health objectives", "Data Article"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.111064"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Data%20in%20Brief", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.dib.2024.111064", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.dib.2024.111064", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.dib.2024.111064"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153389", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:17:25Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-01-30", "title": "Systems knowledge for sustainable soil and land management", "description": "While soils and land are pivotal elements of many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and societal challenges, they face degradation and reduction of related functions and services worldwide. Societal demands on soils and land are increasing, including contributions to climate change mitigation and adaptation, ecosystem services, biodiversity and biomass production for food, feed, fiber and energy. This adverse combination of reducing capacities and increasing demands requires rapid transition towards sustainable soil and land management that mitigates trade-offs and creates synergies. Likewise, a transformation of soil and land research is required to scientifically support the sustainable transformation. Based on a literature analysis combined with engagement of soil and land scientists, we developed a systemic research framework for sustainable soil and land management to support the implementation of the Horizon Europe Mission 'A Soil Deal for Europe'. The framework summarizes soil and land related topics into six societal challenges and associates them with eight knowledge types that outline integrated research for development and implementation of sustainable soil and land management. We propose that research should be aligned with living labs and lighthouses to leverage local solutions, innovation, training and education. We outline the role of experimentation, data analysis, assessment, modelling and the importance of research for institutions, governance and policy support. For encouraging a swift transition towards a systems approach for sustainable soil and land management, we concluded that among all knowledge types, those addressing socio-economic interrelations with soil health and related policies currently represent the biggest bottleneck.", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Ecosystem service", "Climate Change", "Holistic", "Sustainable Development", "15. 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We demonstrate our transparent soil pipeline with two representative soil organisms,Bacillus subtilisandStreptomyces coelicolor, and visualise their colonisation behaviours using fluorescence microscopy and mesoscopy. This spatially structured, 3D approach to microbial culture has the potential to further study the behaviour of other difficult-to-culture bacteria in conditions matching their native environment and could be expanded to study microbial interactions, such as interaction, competition, and warfare.</p>3.Graphical Abstract<p>A step-by-step method for creating a tailored 3D culture medium for study of soil microbes.</p><p>The complete workflow can be split into three parts: Growth and observation, metabolic profiling to provide a stable refractive index matching solution, and production of the 3D soil environment. The 3D culture scaffold was created by cryomilling Nafion\uffe2\uff84\uffa2 resin pellets and size filtration. Chemical processing altered the surface chemistry of Nafion\uffe2\uff84\uffa2 particles and facilitated nutrient binding by titration of a defined liquid culture medium. Metabolic profiling determined non-metabolisable sugars and provided an inert refractive index matching substrate, which was added to the final nutrient titration. Inoculation and growth of the test strain allowed for downstream assessment of colonisation behaviours and community dynamicsin situby, for example, optical microscopy.</p", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "570", "0303 health sciences", "Plant Microbiology and Soil Health (formerly Environmental Biology)", "15. Life on land", "Microbiology", "Carbon", "620", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "Microscopy", " Fluorescence", "Microbial Interactions", "Bacillus subtilis"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/87995/7/Rooney-etal-Microbiology-2024-Construction-and-characterisation-of-a-structured-tuneable-and-transparent-3D-culture-platform.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.28.546105"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microbiology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1101/2023.06.28.546105", "name": "item", "description": "10.1101/2023.06.28.546105", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1101/2023.06.28.546105"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-06-28T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.13466", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-23T16:19:23Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-02-26", "title": "A 1 billion euro mission: A Soil Deal for Europe", "description": "Abstract<p>Soils have achieved prominence in the political agenda of the European Commission with the proposal for a Soil Monitoring Law and the ambitious Soil Mission research framework. The EU Soil Observatory (EUSO) used the latest state\uffe2\uff80\uff90of\uffe2\uff80\uff90the\uffe2\uff80\uff90art pan\uffe2\uff80\uff90European datasets to propose a preliminary assessment of soil health in the EU based on 18 soil degradation proxy indicators. The body of knowledge will soon be enriched thanks to the investment of 1\uffe2\uff80\uff89billion euros towards the Mission \uffe2\uff80\uff98A Soil Deal for Europe\uffe2\uff80\uff99, which has the ambition to promote the development of new harmonized bottom\uffe2\uff80\uff90up and top\uffe2\uff80\uff90down soil health indicators. New data and knowledge are also anticipated through the national soil monitoring schemes to support the implementation of the Soil Monitoring Law. We present the Soil Mission roadmap towards assessing and achieving soil health in the EU by 2030 to meet Green Deal objectives. We introduce the EUSO Soil Health Dashboard, a soil degradation indicator tool using soil health indicators developed by the European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) (2012\uffe2\uff80\uff932023) that will contribute to Soil Monitoring Law assessments.</p", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "soil health", "13. Climate action", "land degradation", "soil monitoring law", "11. Sustainability", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "land degradation; soil health; soil mission; soil monitoring law", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "soil mission", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13466"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.13466", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.13466", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.13466"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.13470", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:19:23Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-03-14", "title": "Participatory soil citizen science: An unexploited resource for European soil research", "description": "Abstract<p>Soils are key components of our ecosystems and provide 95%\uffe2\uff80\uff9399% of our food. This importance is reflected by an increase in participatory citizen science projects on soils. Citizen science is a participatory research method that actively involves and engages the public in scientific enquiry to generate new knowledge or understanding. Here, we review past and current citizen science projects on agricultural soils across Europe. We conducted a web\uffe2\uff80\uff90based survey and described 24 reviewed European citizen science projects in the light of the 10 principles of citizen science and identified success factors for citizen science. Over 66% of the projects generated soil biodiversity data; 54% and 42% of the projects generated data on vegetation cover and soil organic carbon, respectively. Our findings show that soil citizen science projects aligned with the 10 principles of citizen science offer an unexploited resource for European soil health research. We conclude that promoting co\uffe2\uff80\uff90creation, fostering knowledge\uffe2\uff80\uff90sharing networks and enabling long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term communication and commitment with citizens are success factors for further development of citizen science on soils.</p", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "570", "web-based survey", "soil health", "soil biodiversity", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "333", "12. Responsible consumption", "03 medical and health sciences", "13. Climate action", "EJPSOIL", "EJPSOIL", " European agroecosystems", " participatory research", " soil biodiversity", " soil health", " web-based survey", "11. Sustainability", "European agroecosystems", "participatory research", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.cnr.it/bitstream/20.500.14243/469825/1/2024_European%20J%20Soil%20Scienc_Mason.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13470"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.13470", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.13470", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.13470"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.15488/15460", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:20:29Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-02-01", "title": "Sustainable soil management measures: a synthesis of stakeholder recommendations", "description": "Abstract<p>Soil degradation threatens agricultural production and soil multifunctionality. Efforts for private and public governance are increasingly emerging to leverage sustainable soil management. They require consensus across science, policy, and practice about what sustainable soil management entails. Such agreement does not yet exist to a sufficient extent in agronomic terms; what is lacking is a concise list of soil management measures that enjoy broad support among all stakeholders, and evidence on the question what hampers their implementation by farmers. We therefore screened stakeholder documents from public governance institutions, nongovernmental organizations, the agricultural industry, and conventional and organic farmer associations for recommendations related to agricultural soil management in Germany. Out of 46 recommended measures in total, we compiled a shortlist of the seven most consensual ones: (1) structural landscape elements, (2) organic fertilization, (3) diversified crop rotation, (4) permanent soil cover, (5) conservation tillage, (6) reduced soil loads, and (7) optimized timing of wheeling. Together, these measures support all agricultural soil functions, and address all major soil threats except soil contamination. Implementation barriers were identified with the aid of an online survey among farmers (n = 78). Results showed that a vast majority of farmers (&gt; 80%) approved of all measures. Barriers were mostly considered to be economic and in some cases technological, while missing knowledge or other factors were less relevant. Barriers were stronger for those measures that cannot be implemented in isolation, but require a systemic diversification of the production system. This is especially the case for measures that are simultaneously beneficial to many soil functions (measures 2, 3, and 4). Results confirm the need for a diversification of the agricultural system in order to meet challenges of food security and climate change. The shortlist presents the first integrative compilation of sustainable soil management measures supporting the design of effective public or private governance.</p", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::630 | Landwirtschaft", " Veterin\u00e4rmedizin", "Diversification in agriculture", "Sustainable soil management", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil functions", "Agriculture in transition", "01 natural sciences", "soil functions ; sustainable soil management ; agriculture in transition ; diversifcation in agriculture ; soil health ; stakeholder recommendations", "12. 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Sustainability", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::640 | Hauswirtschaft und Familienleben", "Stakeholder recommendations", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13593-022-00864-7.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.15488/15460"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agronomy%20for%20Sustainable%20Development", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.15488/15460", "name": "item", "description": "10.15488/15460", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.15488/15460"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3389/fmicb.2024.1473666", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:21:33Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-10-24", "title": "Culturomics- and metagenomics-based insights into the soil microbiome preservation and application for sustainable agriculture", "description": "<p>Soil health is crucial for global food production in the context of an ever-growing global population. Microbiomes, a combination of microorganisms and their activities, play a pivotal role by biodegrading contaminants, maintaining soil structure, controlling nutrients\uffe2\uff80\uff99 cycles, and regulating the plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Microbiome-based solutions along the soil-plant continuum, and their scaling up from laboratory experiments to field applications, hold promise for enhancing agricultural sustainability by harnessing the power of microbial consortia. Synthetic microbial communities, i.e., selected microbial consortia, are designed to perform specific functions. In contrast, natural communities leverage indigenous microbial populations that are adapted to local soil conditions, promoting ecosystem resilience, and reducing reliance on external inputs. The identification of microbial indicators requires a holistic approach. It is fundamental for current understanding the soil health status and for providing a comprehensive assessment of sustainable land management practices and conservation efforts. Recent advancements in molecular technologies, such as high-throughput sequencing, revealed the incredible diversity of soil microbiomes. On one hand, metagenomic sequencing allows the characterization of the entire genetic composition of soil microbiomes, and the examination of their functional potential and ecological roles; on the other hand, culturomics-based approaches and metabolic fingerprinting offer complementary information by providing snapshots of microbial diversity and metabolic activities both in and ex-situ. Long-term storage and cryopreservation of mixed culture and whole microbiome are crucial to maintain the originality of the sample in microbiome biobanking and for the development and application of microbiome-based innovation. This review aims to elucidate the available approaches to characterize diversity, function, and resilience of soil microbial communities and to develop microbiome-based solutions that can pave the way for harnessing nature\uffe2\uff80\uff99s untapped resources to cultivate crops in healthy soils, to enhance plant resilience to abiotic and biotic stresses, and to shape thriving ecosystems unlocking the potential of soil microbiomes is key to sustainable agriculture. Improving management practices by incorporating beneficial microbial consortia, and promoting resilience to climate change by facilitating adaptive strategies with respect to environmental conditions are the global challenges of the future to address the issues of climate change, land degradation and food security.</p", "keywords": ["sustainable agriculture", "microbiome-based solutions; soil health; microbiome preservation; SynComs; NatComs; omics approaches; microbiome application; sustainable agriculture", "microbiome-based solutions", "omics approaches", "soil health", "microbiome preservation", "microbiome application", "NatComs", "Microbiology", "SynComs", "QR1-502"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Elisa Clagnan, Elisa Clagnan, Manuela Costanzo, Andrea Visca, Luciana Di Gregorio, Silvia Tabacchioni, Eleonora Colantoni, Filippo Sevi, Federico Sbarra, Federico Sbarra, Arianna Bindo, Arianna Bindo, Lorenzo Nolfi, Lorenzo Nolfi, Rosaria Alessandra Magarelli, Mario Trupo, Alfredo Ambrico, Annamaria Bevivino,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://air.unimi.it/bitstream/2434/1116082/2/fmicb-15-1473666.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1473666"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Microbiology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3389/fmicb.2024.1473666", "name": "item", "description": "10.3389/fmicb.2024.1473666", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1473666"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-10-24T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/agriculture12020137", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:21:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-01-21", "title": "Reconnecting Farmers with Nature through Agroecological Transitions: Interacting Niches and Experimentation and the Role of Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Sustainability transitions in agriculture are explored through an analysis of niche initiatives within a common production system, relying on sustainable transitions, multi-level perspectives, and agroecological frameworks, and involving multi-actor, agricultural knowledge, and innovation systems (AKIS). The article focuses on how experimental niches and sustainable activities affect farmers\u2019 relationships with nature, and the reconceptualisation of the production system in which they operate, particularly where this system is embedded in less sustainable conventional or dominant regimes and landscapes. The need for fundamental changes, in the way that humans interact with nature, is widely argued for in order to achieve sustainable development, and farmers occupy a central role through participation in complex networks of agri-food systems. They have also found themselves disconnected from nature through conventional agri-industrial production practices. Four niches (biological control, ecological restoration, soil health, and ecological pond management) within the greenhouse sector of Almeria (SE Spain) are explored in a case study. Our results indicate that a farmer\u2019s interaction with nature is functional, but through agroecological practices, a deeper understanding of the ecosystems in which greenhouse landscapes are embedded may be gained. As they become more connected to nature and benefit from ecosystem services, they can transition to more sustainable agricultural systems.</p></article>", "keywords": ["agroecology", "collective action", "Agriculture (General)", "pond naturalisation", "biological control", "sustainability transitions", "agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS)", "01 natural sciences", "S1-972", "12. Responsible consumption", "human nature connectedness; sustainability transitions; agricultural innovations; multi-level perspective; agroecology; agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS); conservative agriculture practices; knowledge co-production; mediterranean horticulture; integrated pest management; greenhouses; soil health; biological control; pond naturalisation; collective action; socio-ecological systems", "mediterranean horticulture", "greenhouses", "socio-ecological systems", "11. Sustainability", "multi-level perspective", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "agricultural innovations", "2. Zero hunger", "integrated pest management", "soil health", "9. Industry and infrastructure", "knowledge co-production", "multilevel perspective", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "conservative agriculture practices", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "human nature connectedness"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/2/137/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/2/137/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12020137"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/agriculture12020137", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/agriculture12020137", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/agriculture12020137"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-01-20T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/land11050599", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:21:45Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-04-20", "title": "Do Agricultural Advisory Services in Europe Have the Capacity to Support the Transition to Healthy Soils?", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>The need to provide appropriate information, technical advice and facilitation to support farmers in transitioning towards healthy soils is increasingly clear, and the role of the Agricultural Advisory Services (AAS) in this is critical. However, the transformation of AAS (plurality, commercialisation, fragmentation, decentralisation) brings new challenges for delivering advice to support soil health management. This paper asks: To what extent do agricultural advisory services have the capacity to support the transition to healthy soils across Europe? Using the \u2018best fit\u2019 framework, analytical characteristics of the AAS relevant to the research question (governance structures, management, organisational and individual capacities) were identified. Analysis of 18 semi-structured expert interviews across 6 case study countries in Europe, selected to represent a range of contexts, was undertaken. Capacities to provide soil health management (SHM) advice are constrained by funding arrangements, limited adviser training and professional development, adviser motivations and professional cultures, all determined by institutional conditions. This has resulted in a narrowing down of access and content of soil advice and a reduced capacity to support the transition in farming to healthy soils. The extent to which emerging policy and market drivers incentivise enhanced capacities in AAS is an important area for future research.</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "S1", "soil health", "agricultural advisers", "agricultural advisory services; soil health; governance; agricultural advisers; sustainable soil management; soil policy; advice", "S", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "Agriculture", "sustainable soil management", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "02 engineering and technology", "governance", "advice", "agricultural advisory services", "S589.7_Agricultural", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "soil policy"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/10944/3/10944-Ingram-et-al-%282022%29-Do-Agricultural-Advisory-Services.pdf"}, {"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/5/599/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/land11050599"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Land", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/land11050599", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/land11050599", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/land11050599"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-04-19T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/land11060943", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:21:45Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-06-19", "title": "The Effects of Soil Improving Cropping Systems (SICS) on Soil Erosion and Soil Organic Carbon Stocks across Europe: A Simulation Study", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Healthy soils are fundamental for sustainable agriculture. Soil Improving Cropping Systems (SICS) aim to make land use and food production more sustainable. To evaluate the effect of SICS at EU scale, a modelling approach was taken. This study simulated the effects of SICS on two principal indicators of soil health (Soil Organic Carbon stocks) and land degradation (soil erosion) across Europe using the spatially explicit PESERA model. Four scenarios with varying levels and combinations of cover crops, mulching, soil compaction alleviation and minimum tillage were implemented and simulated until 2050. Results showed that while in the scenario without SICS, erosion slightly increased on average across Europe, it significantly decreased in the scenario with the highest level of SICS applied, especially in the cropping areas in the central European Loess Belt. Regarding SOC stocks, the simulations show a substantial decrease for the scenario without SICS and a slight overall decrease for the medium level scenario and the scenario with a mix of high, medium and no SICS. The scenario with a high level of SICS implementation showed an overall increase in SOC stocks across Europe. Potential future improvements include incorporating dynamic land use, climate change and an optimal spatial allocation of SICS.</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "soil erosion", "soil health", "S", "scenarios", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "large-scale modelling; Europe; soil health; SOC stocks; soil erosion; scenarios; sustainable soil management", "Agriculture", "sustainable soil management", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "large-scale modelling", "SOC stocks", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption", "Europe", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/6/943/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/land11060943"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Land", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/land11060943", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/land11060943", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/land11060943"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-06-19T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.4141/cjss2013-093", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:22:06Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-05-05", "description": "<p>Van Eerd, L. L., Congreves, K. A., Hayes, A., Verhallen, A. and Hooker, D. C. 2014. Long-term tillage and crop rotation effects on soil quality, organic carbon, and total nitrogen. Can. J. Soil Sci. 94: 303\uffe2\uff80\uff93315. Long-term studies allow for quantification of the effects of crop production practices, such as tillage and crop rotation, on soil quality and soil C and N stores. In two experiments at Ridgetown, ON, we evaluated the long-term (11 and 15 yr) effect of tillage system and crop rotation on soil quality via the Cornell Soil Health Assessment (CSHA) at 0\uffe2\uff80\uff9315 cm and soil organic C (SOC) and total N at 5-, 10-, and 20-cm increments to 120 cm depth. The CSHA soil quality score and SOC and total N were higher with no-till (NT) than fall moldboard plough with spring cultivation (conventional tillage, CT) and rotations with winter wheat [soybean\uffe2\uff80\uff93winter wheat (S-W) and soybean\uffe2\uff80\uff93winter wheat\uffe2\uff80\uff93corn (S-W-C)] compared with rotations without winter wheat. In both long-term trials, NT had ca. 21 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921more or 14% higher SOC than CT in the 0- to 100-cm soil profile, a trend which contrasts previous research in eastern Canada. Thus, the two long-term trial results at Ridgetown suggest that to improve soil quality and storage of C and N, growers on clay loam soil in southwestern Ontario should consider adopting NT production practices and including winter wheat in the rotation.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "soybean-winter wheat-corn crop rotations", "Cornell Soil Health Assessment", "Ridgetown", "no-tillage", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "moldboard plow/plough tillage", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "continuous corn", "6. 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However, the transformation of AAS (plurality, commercialisation, fragmentation, decentralisation) brings new challenges for delivering advice to support soil health management. This paper asks: To what extent do agricultural advisory services have the capacity to support the transition to healthy soils across Europe? Using the \u2018best fit\u2019 framework, analytical characteristics of the AAS relevant to the research question (governance structures, management, organisational and individual capacities) were identified. Analysis of 18 semi-structured expert interviews across 6 case study countries in Europe, selected to represent a range of contexts, was undertaken. Capacities to provide soil health management (SHM) advice are constrained by funding arrangements, limited adviser training and professional development, adviser motivations and professional cultures, all determined by institutional conditions. This has resulted in a narrowing down of access and content of soil advice and a reduced capacity to support the transition in farming to healthy soils. The extent to which emerging policy and market drivers incentivise enhanced capacities in AAS is an important area for future research.</p></article>", "keywords": ["S1", "KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE", "agricultural advisers", "Environmental Studies", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "Environmental Sciences & Ecology", "sustainable soil management", "02 engineering and technology", "3301 Architecture", "4104 Environmental management", "SYSTEMS", "advice", "MANAGEMENT", "S589.7_Agricultural", "0502 Environmental Science and Management", "soil policy", "METAANALYSIS", "2. 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The paper presents the results and short analysis.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "field test", " crop rotation", " soil health", " fertilization"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Banov, Martin, Nikolov, Dimitre, Boevsky, Ivan, Kostenarov, Krasimir, Tzvetanova, Ekatherina,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8089152"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5281/zenodo.8089152", "name": "item", "description": "10.5281/zenodo.8089152", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5281/zenodo.8089152"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-06-28T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.7910/DVN/1YZAQZ", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:25:28Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "Landscape-scale variability of soil health indicators: Effects of cultivation on soil organic carbon in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania", "description": "During the Phase I of the CCAFS project we conducted a systematic land and soil health assessment in Lushoto District in November 2012. These data were used to inform climate-smart agricultural interventions for the IFAD project as well as to parameterize DSSAT crop models for maize and beans. The land and soil health assessment that was carried out using the Land Degradation Surveillance Framework (LDSF). These data were also used to assess the effect of cultivation on soil organic carbon dynamics across the landscape. Finally, these data provide a biophysical assessment for the Lushoto CCAFS Climate Smart Village.", "keywords": ["Land and soil health assessment", "Soil organic matter", "land and soil health", "carbon", "landscape", "Soil degradation", "Carbon", "soil", "soil degradation", "soil organic matter", "Earth and Environmental Sciences", "Africa", "Land and soil health", "Soils", "Landscape"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Winowiecki, Leigh, V\u00e5gen, Tor Gunnar, Lyamchai, Charles, Sayula, George, Msoka, Elizabeth,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/1YZAQZ"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.7910/DVN/1YZAQZ", "name": "item", "description": "10.7910/DVN/1YZAQZ", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.7910/DVN/1YZAQZ"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10261/368118", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:25:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-09-14", "title": "Comparing LUCAS Soil and national systems: Towards a harmonized European Soil monitoring network", "description": "A recent assessment states that 60\u201370% of soils in Europe are considered degraded. Protecting such valuable resource require knowledge on soil status through monitoring systems. In Europe, different types of monitoring networks currently exist in parallel. Many EU Member states (MS) developed their own national soil information monitoring system (N-SIMS), some being in place for decades. In parallel in 2009, the European Commission extended the periodic Land Use/Land Cover Area Frame Survey (LUCAS) led by EUROSTAT to sample and analyse the main properties of topsoil in EU in order to develop a homogeneous dataset for EU.Both sources of information are needed to support European policies on soil health evaluation. However, a question remains whether the assessment obtained by using soil properties from both monitoring programs (N-SIMS and LUCAS Soil) are comparable, and what could be the limitations of using either one dataset or the other.Conducted in the context of European Joint Programme (EJP) SOIL, this study shows the results of a comparison between N-SIMS and LUCAS Soil programs among 12 different EU member states including BE, DE, DK, EE, ES, FR, DE, HU, IT, NL, PL, SE and SK. The comparison was done on: (i) the sampling strategies including site densities, land cover and soil type distribution; (ii) the statistical distribution of three soil properties (organic carbon, pH and clay content); (iii) two potential indicators of soil quality (i.e. OC/Clay ratio and pH classes). The results underlined substantial differences in soil properties statistical distributions between N-SIMS and LUCAS Soil in many member states, particularly for woodland and grassland soils, affecting the evaluation of soil health using indicators. Such differences might be explained by both the monitoring strategy and sampling or analytical protocols exposing the potential effect of data source on European and national policies. The results demonstrate the need to work towards data harmonization and in the light of the Soil Monitoring Law, to carefully design the future of soil monitoring in Europe taking into account both LUCAS Soil and N-SIMS considering the significant impact of the monitoring strategies and protocols on soil health indicators.", "keywords": ["Europe", "Soil health", "Science", "Q", "Soil monitoring", "Soil monitoring ; Soil health ; Policies ; Europe ; LUCAS Soil", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "Policies", "630", "LUCAS Soil"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10261/368118"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10261/368118", "name": "item", "description": "10261/368118", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10261/368118"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "11563/181221", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:26:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-01-26", "title": "Soil bulk density assessment in Europe", "description": "The topsoil Land Use and Cover Area frame Statistical survey (LUCAS) aims at collecting harmonised data about the state of soil health over the extent of European Union (EU). In the LUCAS 2018 survey, bulk density has been analysed for three depths, i.e., 0-10 cm = 6140 sites; 10-20 cm = 5684 sites and 20-30 cm =139 sites. The laboratory analysis and the assessment of the results conclude that the bulk density at 10-20 cm is 5-10% higher compared to 0-10 cm for all land uses except woodlands (20%). In the 0-20 cm depth, croplands have 1.5 times higher bulk density (mean: 1.26 g cm -3) compared to woodlands (mean: 0.83 g cm -3). The main driver for bulk density variation is the land use which implies that many existing pedotransfer rules have to be developed based on land use. This study applied a methodological framework using an advanced Cubist rule-based regression model to optimize the spatial prediction of bulk density in Europe. We spatialised the circa 6000 LUCAS samples and developed the high -resolution map (100 m) of bulk density for the 0-20 cm depth and the maps at 0-10 and 10-20 cm depth. The modelling results showed a very good prediction (R2: 0.66) of bulk density for the 0-20 cm depth which outperforms previous assessments. The bulk density maps can be used to estimate packing density which is a proxy to estimate soil compaction. Therefore, this work contributes to monitoring soil health and refine estimates on carbon and nutrients stocks in the EU topsoil.", "keywords": ["550", "Packing density; Soil physics; Texture; Soil health; LUCAS; Soil compaction", "630"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Panagos, Panos, De Rosa, Daniele, Liakos, Leonidas, Labouyrie, Maeva, Borrelli, Pasquale, Ballabio, Cristiano,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/11563/181221"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%2C%20Ecosystems%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "11563/181221", "name": "item", "description": "11563/181221", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/11563/181221"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10835/13147", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:25:54Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-01-20", "title": "Reconnecting Farmers with Nature through Agroecological Transitions: Interacting Niches and Experimentation and the Role of Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Sustainability transitions in agriculture are explored through an analysis of niche initiatives within a common production system, relying on sustainable transitions, multi-level perspectives, and agroecological frameworks, and involving multi-actor, agricultural knowledge, and innovation systems (AKIS). The article focuses on how experimental niches and sustainable activities affect farmers\u2019 relationships with nature, and the reconceptualisation of the production system in which they operate, particularly where this system is embedded in less sustainable conventional or dominant regimes and landscapes. The need for fundamental changes, in the way that humans interact with nature, is widely argued for in order to achieve sustainable development, and farmers occupy a central role through participation in complex networks of agri-food systems. They have also found themselves disconnected from nature through conventional agri-industrial production practices. Four niches (biological control, ecological restoration, soil health, and ecological pond management) within the greenhouse sector of Almeria (SE Spain) are explored in a case study. Our results indicate that a farmer\u2019s interaction with nature is functional, but through agroecological practices, a deeper understanding of the ecosystems in which greenhouse landscapes are embedded may be gained. As they become more connected to nature and benefit from ecosystem services, they can transition to more sustainable agricultural systems.</p></article>", "keywords": ["agroecology", "collective action", "Agriculture (General)", "pond naturalisation", "biological control", "sustainability transitions", "agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS)", "01 natural sciences", "S1-972", "12. Responsible consumption", "human nature connectedness; sustainability transitions; agricultural innovations; multi-level perspective; agroecology; agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS); conservative agriculture practices; knowledge co-production; mediterranean horticulture; integrated pest management; greenhouses; soil health; biological control; pond naturalisation; collective action; socio-ecological systems", "mediterranean horticulture", "greenhouses", "socio-ecological systems", "11. Sustainability", "multi-level perspective", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "agricultural innovations", "2. Zero hunger", "integrated pest management", "soil health", "9. Industry and infrastructure", "knowledge co-production", "multilevel perspective", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "conservative agriculture practices", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "human nature connectedness"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/2/137/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/2/137/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10835/13147"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10835/13147", "name": "item", "description": "10835/13147", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10835/13147"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-01-20T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "11568/1271387", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-23T16:26:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-10-16", "title": "Soils and ecosystem services: policy narratives and instruments for soil health in the EU", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>European soils and their status is a matter of concern that has entered the policy arena and the objective to restore soil health is part of the Soil strategy to 2030. Aim of this study is to explore the integration of the concept of soil health and the provision of soil ecosystem service by conducting i) a content analysis of EU policies and ii) a scoping review of literature over policy instruments for soil governance. Results show a focus on soil fertility, mainly soil organic matter, while services such as conservation of biodiversity or cultural heritage still appear underrepresented. Findings are reinforced by the gap in literature, providing little evidence of policy instruments contributing to soil health. A more coordinated effort among policy sectors is required to prioritize soil health in the EU; invesitgating the role of market-based instruments could complement what public policies are lacking.</p></article>", "keywords": ["ecosystem services; incentives; policy instruments; soil health; soil monitoring law", "Q10", "soil health", "policy instruments", "Soil Monitoring Law", "ddc:330", "incentives", "Q15", "SH1-691", "Forestry", "SD1-669.5", "Q57", "soil health", " ecosystem services", " policy instruments", "incentives", " Soil Monitoring Law", "Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling", "ecosystem services"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://sfera.unife.it/bitstream/11392/2593331/1/W00119_75-92_05-15466-Winkler.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/11568/1271387"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Bio-based%20and%20Applied%20Economics", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "11568/1271387", "name": "item", "description": "11568/1271387", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/11568/1271387"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-09-10T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "11590/469733", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-23T16:26:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-02-26", "title": "A 1 billion euro mission: A Soil Deal for Europe", "description": "Abstract                   <p>Soils have achieved prominence in the political agenda of the European Commission with the proposal for a Soil Monitoring Law and the ambitious Soil Mission research framework. The EU Soil Observatory (EUSO) used the latest state\uffe2\uff80\uff90of\uffe2\uff80\uff90the\uffe2\uff80\uff90art pan\uffe2\uff80\uff90European datasets to propose a preliminary assessment of soil health in the EU based on 18 soil degradation proxy indicators. The body of knowledge will soon be enriched thanks to the investment of 1\uffe2\uff80\uff89billion euros towards the Mission \uffe2\uff80\uff98A Soil Deal for Europe\uffe2\uff80\uff99, which has the ambition to promote the development of new harmonized bottom\uffe2\uff80\uff90up and top\uffe2\uff80\uff90down soil health indicators. New data and knowledge are also anticipated through the national soil monitoring schemes to support the implementation of the Soil Monitoring Law. We present the Soil Mission roadmap towards assessing and achieving soil health in the EU by 2030 to meet Green Deal objectives. We introduce the EUSO Soil Health Dashboard, a soil degradation indicator tool using soil health indicators developed by the European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) (2012\uffe2\uff80\uff932023) that will contribute to Soil Monitoring Law assessments.</p", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "soil health", "13. Climate action", "land degradation", "soil monitoring law", "11. Sustainability", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "land degradation; soil health; soil mission; soil monitoring law", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "soil mission", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/11590/469733"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "11590/469733", "name": "item", "description": "11590/469733", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/11590/469733"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "20.500.12079/84487", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:26:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-10-24", "title": "Culturomics- and metagenomics-based insights into the soil microbiome preservation and application for sustainable agriculture", "description": "<p>Soil health is crucial for global food production in the context of an ever-growing global population. Microbiomes, a combination of microorganisms and their activities, play a pivotal role by biodegrading contaminants, maintaining soil structure, controlling nutrients\uffe2\uff80\uff99 cycles, and regulating the plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Microbiome-based solutions along the soil-plant continuum, and their scaling up from laboratory experiments to field applications, hold promise for enhancing agricultural sustainability by harnessing the power of microbial consortia. Synthetic microbial communities, i.e., selected microbial consortia, are designed to perform specific functions. In contrast, natural communities leverage indigenous microbial populations that are adapted to local soil conditions, promoting ecosystem resilience, and reducing reliance on external inputs. The identification of microbial indicators requires a holistic approach. It is fundamental for current understanding the soil health status and for providing a comprehensive assessment of sustainable land management practices and conservation efforts. Recent advancements in molecular technologies, such as high-throughput sequencing, revealed the incredible diversity of soil microbiomes. On one hand, metagenomic sequencing allows the characterization of the entire genetic composition of soil microbiomes, and the examination of their functional potential and ecological roles; on the other hand, culturomics-based approaches and metabolic fingerprinting offer complementary information by providing snapshots of microbial diversity and metabolic activities both in and ex-situ. Long-term storage and cryopreservation of mixed culture and whole microbiome are crucial to maintain the originality of the sample in microbiome biobanking and for the development and application of microbiome-based innovation. This review aims to elucidate the available approaches to characterize diversity, function, and resilience of soil microbial communities and to develop microbiome-based solutions that can pave the way for harnessing nature\uffe2\uff80\uff99s untapped resources to cultivate crops in healthy soils, to enhance plant resilience to abiotic and biotic stresses, and to shape thriving ecosystems unlocking the potential of soil microbiomes is key to sustainable agriculture. Improving management practices by incorporating beneficial microbial consortia, and promoting resilience to climate change by facilitating adaptive strategies with respect to environmental conditions are the global challenges of the future to address the issues of climate change, land degradation and food security.</p", "keywords": ["sustainable agriculture", "microbiome-based solutions; soil health; microbiome preservation; SynComs; NatComs; omics approaches; microbiome application; sustainable agriculture", "microbiome-based solutions", "omics approaches", "soil health", "microbiome preservation", "microbiome application", "NatComs", "Microbiology", "SynComs", "QR1-502"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://air.unimi.it/bitstream/2434/1116082/2/fmicb-15-1473666.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/20.500.12079/84487"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Microbiology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "20.500.12079/84487", "name": "item", "description": "20.500.12079/84487", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/20.500.12079/84487"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-10-24T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "20.500.14243/469825", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:26:33Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-03-14", "title": "Participatory soil citizen science: An unexploited resource for European soil research", "description": "Abstract                   <p>Soils are key components of our ecosystems and provide 95%\uffe2\uff80\uff9399% of our food. This importance is reflected by an increase in participatory citizen science projects on soils. Citizen science is a participatory research method that actively involves and engages the public in scientific enquiry to generate new knowledge or understanding. Here, we review past and current citizen science projects on agricultural soils across Europe. We conducted a web\uffe2\uff80\uff90based survey and described 24 reviewed European citizen science projects in the light of the 10 principles of citizen science and identified success factors for citizen science. Over 66% of the projects generated soil biodiversity data; 54% and 42% of the projects generated data on vegetation cover and soil organic carbon, respectively. Our findings show that soil citizen science projects aligned with the 10 principles of citizen science offer an unexploited resource for European soil health research. We conclude that promoting co\uffe2\uff80\uff90creation, fostering knowledge\uffe2\uff80\uff90sharing networks and enabling long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term communication and commitment with citizens are success factors for further development of citizen science on soils.</p", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "570", "web-based survey", "soil health", "soil biodiversity", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "333", "12. Responsible consumption", "03 medical and health sciences", "13. Climate action", "EJPSOIL", "EJPSOIL", " European agroecosystems", " participatory research", " soil biodiversity", " soil health", " web-based survey", "11. Sustainability", "European agroecosystems", "participatory research", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.cnr.it/bitstream/20.500.14243/469825/1/2024_European%20J%20Soil%20Scienc_Mason.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/20.500.14243/469825"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "20.500.14243/469825", "name": "item", "description": "20.500.14243/469825", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/20.500.14243/469825"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "2318/2070010", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-23T16:26:47Z", "type": "Report", "title": "Analysis of socioeconomic and environmental problems in farms applying soil health practices in EU", "description": "Open AccessPeer reviewed", "keywords": ["Socioeconomic problems", "Cluster analysis", "soil health", "principal component analysis", "Soil health", "Principal component analysis", "socioeconomic problems", "farm typology; principal component analysis; cluster analysis; soil health; agricultural systems; socio-economic problems", "Agricultural systems", "agricultural systems", "Farm typology", "farm typology", "cluster analysis"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Nikolov, D, Tzvetanova, E, Boevsky, I, Kostenarov, K, Banov, M, Huliyan, M, Zavattaro, L, Krasa, J, Dostal, T, Liebhard, GC, Strauss, P, Bakacsi, Z, Go\u0301mez, J,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://tudi-project.org/storage/app/uploads/public/671/f56/48e/671f5648e3d95502748133.pdf"}, {"href": "https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/2070010/1/A58%20Ekatherina.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/2318/2070010"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "2318/2070010", "name": "item", "description": "2318/2070010", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/2318/2070010"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "2434/1116082", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:26:48Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-10-24", "title": "Culturomics- and metagenomics-based insights into the soil microbiome preservation and application for sustainable agriculture", "description": "<p>Soil health is crucial for global food production in the context of an ever-growing global population. Microbiomes, a combination of microorganisms and their activities, play a pivotal role by biodegrading contaminants, maintaining soil structure, controlling nutrients\uffe2\uff80\uff99 cycles, and regulating the plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Microbiome-based solutions along the soil-plant continuum, and their scaling up from laboratory experiments to field applications, hold promise for enhancing agricultural sustainability by harnessing the power of microbial consortia. Synthetic microbial communities, i.e., selected microbial consortia, are designed to perform specific functions. In contrast, natural communities leverage indigenous microbial populations that are adapted to local soil conditions, promoting ecosystem resilience, and reducing reliance on external inputs. The identification of microbial indicators requires a holistic approach. It is fundamental for current understanding the soil health status and for providing a comprehensive assessment of sustainable land management practices and conservation efforts. Recent advancements in molecular technologies, such as high-throughput sequencing, revealed the incredible diversity of soil microbiomes. On one hand, metagenomic sequencing allows the characterization of the entire genetic composition of soil microbiomes, and the examination of their functional potential and ecological roles; on the other hand, culturomics-based approaches and metabolic fingerprinting offer complementary information by providing snapshots of microbial diversity and metabolic activities both in and ex-situ. Long-term storage and cryopreservation of mixed culture and whole microbiome are crucial to maintain the originality of the sample in microbiome biobanking and for the development and application of microbiome-based innovation. This review aims to elucidate the available approaches to characterize diversity, function, and resilience of soil microbial communities and to develop microbiome-based solutions that can pave the way for harnessing nature\uffe2\uff80\uff99s untapped resources to cultivate crops in healthy soils, to enhance plant resilience to abiotic and biotic stresses, and to shape thriving ecosystems unlocking the potential of soil microbiomes is key to sustainable agriculture. Improving management practices by incorporating beneficial microbial consortia, and promoting resilience to climate change by facilitating adaptive strategies with respect to environmental conditions are the global challenges of the future to address the issues of climate change, land degradation and food security.</p", "keywords": ["microbiome-based solutions; soil health; microbiome preservation; SynComs; NatComs; omics approaches; microbiome application; sustainable agriculture", "microbiome-based solutions", "omics approaches", "soil health", "microbiome preservation", "NatComs", "Microbiology", "SynComs", "QR1-502"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://air.unimi.it/bitstream/2434/1116082/2/fmicb-15-1473666.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/2434/1116082"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Microbiology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "2434/1116082", "name": "item", "description": "2434/1116082", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/2434/1116082"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-10-24T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "35104520", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:27:34Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-01-29", "title": "Systems knowledge for sustainable soil and land management", "description": "While soils and land are pivotal elements of many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and societal challenges, they face degradation and reduction of related functions and services worldwide. Societal demands on soils and land are increasing, including contributions to climate change mitigation and adaptation, ecosystem services, biodiversity and biomass production for food, feed, fiber and energy. This adverse combination of reducing capacities and increasing demands requires rapid transition towards sustainable soil and land management that mitigates trade-offs and creates synergies. Likewise, a transformation of soil and land research is required to scientifically support the sustainable transformation. Based on a literature analysis combined with engagement of soil and land scientists, we developed a systemic research framework for sustainable soil and land management to support the implementation of the Horizon Europe Mission 'A Soil Deal for Europe'. The framework summarizes soil and land related topics into six societal challenges and associates them with eight knowledge types that outline integrated research for development and implementation of sustainable soil and land management. We propose that research should be aligned with living labs and lighthouses to leverage local solutions, innovation, training and education. We outline the role of experimentation, data analysis, assessment, modelling and the importance of research for institutions, governance and policy support. For encouraging a swift transition towards a systems approach for sustainable soil and land management, we concluded that among all knowledge types, those addressing socio-economic interrelations with soil health and related policies currently represent the biggest bottleneck.", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Ecosystem service", "Climate Change", "Holistic", "Sustainable Development", "15. 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Sustainability", "Ecosystem", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/35104520"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Science%20of%20The%20Total%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "35104520", "name": "item", "description": "35104520", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/35104520"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "PMC11617959", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-23T16:29:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-10-24", "title": "Drivers of soil health across European Union \u2013 Data from the literature review", "description": "Soil health in Europe has reached a critical point: it is estimated that 60-70% of European soils are unhealthy. Changes in land use, its intensity and the quality of management have significant impacts on soil health and soil related ecosystem services. A systems analysis of soil health dynamics requires an understanding of the drivers inducing changes in land use and management. The DPSIR framework was adapted to the context of soil health in the European Union (EU) and used as an analytical framework for identifying the drivers for soil health. A scoping literature review, divided in four parts based on different land use types (urban and industrial, agriculture, forest, and nature), was conducted using the PRISMA protocol. The identified drivers across all land uses have been adjusted and standardised in in-person and online workshops. This metadata set presents the typology of drivers sorted according to the EU soil mission's soil health objectives, land use type, and location. The literature review was conducted as part of SOLO (Soils for Europe), a EU\u00b4s Horizon Europe funded project and the dataset will support the co creation and knowledge developing platforms (think tanks) for each EU soil mission objectives.", "keywords": ["meta-analysis", "EU soil mission", "330", "EU soil mission ; Soil health objectives ; Land use ; Meta-analysis ; DPSIR", "DPSIR", "land use", "soil health objectives", "Data Article"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/PMC11617959"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Data%20in%20Brief", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "PMC11617959", "name": "item", "description": "PMC11617959", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PMC11617959"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "PMC10866023", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:29:41Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-06-29", "title": "Construction and Characterisation of a Structured, Tuneable, and Transparent 3D Culture Platform for Soil Bacteria", "description": "2.Abstract<p>We have developed a tuneable workflow for the study of soil microbes in an imitative 3D soil environment that is compatible with routine and advanced optical imaging, is chemically customisable, and is reliably refractive index matched based on the metabolic profile of the study organism. We demonstrate our transparent soil pipeline with two representative soil organisms,Bacillus subtilisandStreptomyces coelicolor, and visualise their colonisation behaviours using fluorescence microscopy and mesoscopy. This spatially structured, 3D approach to microbial culture has the potential to further study the behaviour of other difficult-to-culture bacteria in conditions matching their native environment and could be expanded to study microbial interactions, such as interaction, competition, and warfare.</p>3.Graphical Abstract<p>A step-by-step method for creating a tailored 3D culture medium for study of soil microbes.</p><p>The complete workflow can be split into three parts: Growth and observation, metabolic profiling to provide a stable refractive index matching solution, and production of the 3D soil environment. The 3D culture scaffold was created by cryomilling Nafion\uffe2\uff84\uffa2 resin pellets and size filtration. Chemical processing altered the surface chemistry of Nafion\uffe2\uff84\uffa2 particles and facilitated nutrient binding by titration of a defined liquid culture medium. Metabolic profiling determined non-metabolisable sugars and provided an inert refractive index matching substrate, which was added to the final nutrient titration. Inoculation and growth of the test strain allowed for downstream assessment of colonisation behaviours and community dynamicsin situby, for example, optical microscopy.</p", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "570", "0303 health sciences", "Plant Microbiology and Soil Health (formerly Environmental Biology)", "15. 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