Soils are the foundation of agricultural production, ecosystem functioning and human well\uffe2\uff80\uff90being. Bridging soil knowledge gaps and improving the knowledge system is crucial to meet the growing EU soil policy ambitions in the face of climate change and the ongoing trend in soil degradation. The objective of this article is to assess the current state of knowledge, knowledge use and knowledge gaps concerning sustainable soil management in Europe. This study is based on interviews with 791 stakeholders and 254 researchers and on a comprehensive review of >1800 documents carried out under the European Joint Programme on agricultural soils. Despite differences in stakeholder groups, the conclusions are rather consistent and complementary. We identified major knowledge gaps with respect to (1) soil carbon stocks, (2) soil degradation and fertility and (3) strategies for improved soil management. Transcending these three areas, particularly the loss of soil organic carbon, peatland degradation and soil compaction, are most critical, thus, we stress the urgency of developing more models and monitoring programmes on soils. Stakeholders further report that insufficient transfer of existing soil research findings to practitioners is a hindrance to the adoption of sustainable soil management practices. In addition to knowledge production, soil knowledge gaps may be addressed by considering seven recommendations from the stakeholders: (1) raising awareness, (2) strengthening knowledge brokers, (3) improving relevance of research activities and resource allocation for land users, (4) peer\uffe2\uff80\uff90to\uffe2\uff80\uff90peer communication, (5) targeting advice and information, (6) improving knowledge access, and (7) providing incentives. We argue that filling and bridging knowledge gaps should be a priority for policymakers and the insights provided in the article may help prioritise research and dissemination needs enabling a transition to more sustainable soil management in Europe.Avaliaram-se os par\uffc3\uffa2metros Corg\uffc3\uffa2nico, Cmicrobiano, atividades de celulase e amilase em amostras de uma Terra Roxa Estruturada sob mata natural (MN), nas \uffc3\uffa1reas sob pastagem por 20 anos (P20), pastagem por 25 anos P(25) e sob cultivo do algodoeiro por 10 anos (A10), obtidas no ver\uffc3\uffa3o nas profundidades de 0-10, 10-20 e 20-30 cm. Os teores de Corg\uffc3\uffa2nico, Cmicrobiano e as atividades de amilase e celulase foram muito semelhantes entre MN e nas \uffc3\uffa1reas P20 e P25. Somente foi observada redu\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o em 18% do Corg\uffc3\uffa2nico da P25, em rela\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o \uffc3\uffa0 MN, na profundidade de 0-10 cm. O cultivo convencional do algodoeiro por 10 anos provocou redu\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffb5es de 54 a 81 %, em rela\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o \uffc3\uffa0 MN, no Cmicrobiano e na atividade de amilase nas tr\uffc3\uffaas profundidades de amostragem, assim como apresentou valor da rela\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o Cmicrobiano/Corg\uffc3\uffa2nico menor que 1,0%, indicando redu\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o na din\uffc3\uffa2mica da mat\uffc3\uffa9ria org\uffc3\uffa2nica do solo. O Cmicrobiano e as atividades de amilase e celulase correlacionaram-se positiva e significativamente nas tr\uffc3\uffaas profundidades, enquanto o Corg\uffc3\uffa2nico, correlacionou-se com os par\uffc3\uffa2metros analisados somente na profundidade de 0-10 cm.
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SANCHOSTHIRST (https://projects.au.dk/ejpsoil/soil-research/second-external-call-international-call/sanchosthirst) aims to address soil degradation in semi-arid vineyards and olive groves by assessing how cover crops affect soil health, carbon sequestration and ecosystem services under current and future climate conditions. Through field monitoring, modelling, remote sensing and farmer-focused outreach, the project promotes more sustainable land-management practices in Mediterranean woody crops. This dataset represents two vineyards, one managed with spontaneous cover crops for 13 years, and the other with tillage (TILL). They are located on sandstones and conglomerates. 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SANCHOSTHIRST (https://projects.au.dk/ejpsoil/soil-research/second-external-call-international-call/sanchosthirst) aims to address soil degradation in semi-arid vineyards and olive groves by assessing how cover crops affect soil health, carbon sequestration and ecosystem services under current and future climate conditions. Through field monitoring, modelling, remote sensing and farmer-focused outreach, the project promotes more sustainable land-management practices in Mediterranean woody crops. The Enc\u00edn vineyard is located on gravels and sands and classified as a Calcaric Luvisol with loamy sand texture. 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Data represent soil physicochemical and biological properties collected once in autumn 2023 at two depths (10 and 30 cm). Measurements include pH, EC, soil texture, organic carbon, nitrogen, water retention parameters, bulk density, microbial activity (\u03b2-glucosidase), and above-ground biomass. Each record contains site-specific coordinates, management information, and cover crop history.Data are provided as Excel files and follow FAIR data principles under CC BY 4.0, ensuring transparency, long-term access, and reuse. This practice follows the FAIR data principles and aligns with the EU Open Data Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1024), supporting transparency, long-term accessibility and the reuse of publicly funded research outputs. SANCHOSTHIRST (https://projects.au.dk/ejpsoil/soil-research/second-external-call-international-call/sanchosthirst) aims to address soil degradation in semi-arid vineyards and olive groves by assessing how cover crops affect soil health, carbon sequestration and ecosystem services under current and future climate conditions. Through field monitoring, modelling, remote sensing and farmer-focused outreach, the project promotes more sustainable land-management practices in Mediterranean woody crops. These olive orchards lie on sands, pebbles, and arkoses and is classified as a Haplic Luvisol with sandy to sandy loam texture. 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SANCHOSTHIRST (https://projects.au.dk/ejpsoil/soil-research/second-external-call-international-call/sanchosthirst) aims to address soil degradation in semi-arid vineyards and olive groves by assessing how cover crops affect soil health, carbon sequestration and ecosystem services under current and future climate conditions. Through field monitoring, modelling, remote sensing and farmer-focused outreach, the project promotes more sustainable land-management practices in Mediterranean woody crops. This site lies on oolitic limestones, dolomites and clays, with soils classified as Calcaric and Leptic Cambisols and loam texture.\u00a0Two plots were monitored: one plot with spontaneous cover crops (CC) maintained for more than 20 years and a paired plot under tillage (TILL).", "keywords": ["Soil sciences", "Soil water", "Organic matter", "Soil use", "Soil improvement"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Marqu\u00e9s P\u00e9rez, MariaJose", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17871348"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5281/zenodo.17871348", "name": "item", "description": "10.5281/zenodo.17871348", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5281/zenodo.17871348"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-12-09T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5281/zenodo.17871428", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "unspecified", "updated": "2026-10-06T16:21:17Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "EJP SOIL SANCHOSTHIRST Soil Dataset \u2013 Ochoa / Tafalla (Navarra)", "description": "This dataset forms part of the H2020 EJP-SOIL project SANCHOSTHIRST, which investigates soil degradation and the role of cover crops in semi-arid vineyards and olive groves across 15 sites in Spain. Data represent soil physicochemical and biological properties collected once in autumn 2023 at two depths (10 and 30 cm). Measurements include pH, EC, soil texture, organic carbon, nitrogen, water retention parameters, bulk density, microbial activity (\u03b2-glucosidase), and above-ground biomass. Each record contains site-specific coordinates, management information, and cover crop history.Data are provided as Excel files and follow FAIR data principles under CC BY 4.0, ensuring transparency, long-term access, and reuse. This practice follows the FAIR data principles and aligns with the EU Open Data Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1024), supporting transparency, long-term accessibility and the reuse of publicly funded research outputs. SANCHOSTHIRST (https://projects.au.dk/ejpsoil/soil-research/second-external-call-international-call/sanchosthirst) aims to address soil degradation in semi-arid vineyards and olive groves by assessing how cover crops affect soil health, carbon sequestration and ecosystem services under current and future climate conditions. Through field monitoring, modelling, remote sensing and farmer-focused outreach, the project promotes more sustainable land-management practices in Mediterranean woody crops. This dataset represents the Ochoa / Tafalla (Navarra, Spain) vineyard site in the SANCHOSTHIRST project, located on gravels and sands and classified as a Calcaric Cambisol with loamy sand texture. 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SANCHOSTHIRST (https://projects.au.dk/ejpsoil/soil-research/second-external-call-international-call/sanchosthirst) aims to address soil degradation in semi-arid vineyards and olive groves by assessing how cover crops affect soil health, carbon sequestration and ecosystem services under current and future climate conditions. 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In order to fill this knowledge gap, we studied the cropping patterns in different soils of European climate zones with regards to the shares of their crop types in a comparative manner. The study highlights the main features of farming by soil in Europe. Farming by soil in this context means the consideration of soil characteristics when selecting crop types and cropping patterns.
MethodsWe first assessed the dissimilarity between the cropping compositions of different pedoclimatic zones in Europe. Next, we assessed the differences of crop distribution in the climate zones by soil types and main crop types by analyzing the degree of association of crops to soil types. A detailed country scale assessment was performed using crops-specific soil productivity maps and land use survey data from Hungary.
ResultsResults suggest that, in general, farmers consciously take pedoclimatic condition of farming into account when selecting their cropping patterns. In other words, farming by soil is a common practice in the different climatic regions of Europe. However, we have strong reasons to believe that soil suitability-based cropping is not practiced to its full potential over the continent. For example, the findings of our European assessment suggest that production areas of legumes are not always optimized for the local pedoclimatic conditions in some zones. These findings also underline that economic drivers are decisive, when farmers adopt their cropping (eg. oil crops on Albeluvsiols in Europe). Win-win situations of economic considerations and soil suitability based management are observed in all pedoclimatic zones of Europe. The country analysis shows that cropping is progressively practiced on more suitable areas, depending also the crop tolerance to variable pedoclimatic conditions In conclusion, we can assume that pedoclimatic conditions of cropping are respected in most of Europe and farmers crops according to edaphic conditions whenever economic considerations do not override the ecological concerns of farming.
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MethodsWe first assessed the dissimilarity between the cropping compositions of different pedoclimatic zones in Europe. Next, we assessed the differences of crop distribution in the climate zones by soil types and main crop types by analyzing the degree of association of crops to soil types. A detailed country scale assessment was performed using crops-specific soil productivity maps and land use survey data from Hungary.
ResultsResults suggest that, in general, farmers consciously take pedoclimatic condition of farming into account when selecting their cropping patterns. In other words, farming by soil is a common practice in the different climatic regions of Europe. However, we have strong reasons to believe that soil suitability-based cropping is not practiced to its full potential over the continent. For example, the findings of our European assessment suggest that production areas of legumes are not always optimized for the local pedoclimatic conditions in some zones. These findings also underline that economic drivers are decisive, when farmers adopt their cropping (eg. oil crops on Albeluvsiols in Europe). Win-win situations of economic considerations and soil suitability based management are observed in all pedoclimatic zones of Europe. The country analysis shows that cropping is progressively practiced on more suitable areas, depending also the crop tolerance to variable pedoclimatic conditions In conclusion, we can assume that pedoclimatic conditions of cropping are respected in most of Europe and farmers crops according to edaphic conditions whenever economic considerations do not override the ecological concerns of farming.
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MethodsWe first assessed the dissimilarity between the cropping compositions of different pedoclimatic zones in Europe. Next, we assessed the differences of crop distribution in the climate zones by soil types and main crop types by analyzing the degree of association of crops to soil types. A detailed country scale assessment was performed using crops-specific soil productivity maps and land use survey data from Hungary.
ResultsResults suggest that, in general, farmers consciously take pedoclimatic condition of farming into account when selecting their cropping patterns. In other words, farming by soil is a common practice in the different climatic regions of Europe. However, we have strong reasons to believe that soil suitability-based cropping is not practiced to its full potential over the continent. For example, the findings of our European assessment suggest that production areas of legumes are not always optimized for the local pedoclimatic conditions in some zones. These findings also underline that economic drivers are decisive, when farmers adopt their cropping (eg. oil crops on Albeluvsiols in Europe). Win-win situations of economic considerations and soil suitability based management are observed in all pedoclimatic zones of Europe. The country analysis shows that cropping is progressively practiced on more suitable areas, depending also the crop tolerance to variable pedoclimatic conditions In conclusion, we can assume that pedoclimatic conditions of cropping are respected in most of Europe and farmers crops according to edaphic conditions whenever economic considerations do not override the ecological concerns of farming.
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