i-SoMPE - Innovative Soil Management Practices across Europe

Innovative SMPs will be at the core of the project. Some innovative soil management and farming practices can address major EJP SOIL targets “good agricultural soil management for: climate change mitigation and adaptation, sustainable production, ecosystem services and less soil degradation”. Many European farmers are open to introduce technological innovations and sustainable management practices to make their farms more climate-smart and sustainable, but need guidelines on effective pathways to do so. Moreover, innovative technical solutions (e.g. precision farming) are often not affordable for the farmers and other barriers can also occur (e.g. no market for innovative agricultural products, climatic constraints or socio-cultural lock-ins).

The project will produce an inventory of innovative and well-known SMPs for climate-smart and sustainable soil management. Furthermore we will produce an interactive tool and maps that allow the investigation of the SMPs potentials.