SOILS4MED
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SOIL health monitoring and information systems FOR sustainable soil management in the MEDiterranean region
Total cost € 4 100 000.00 EU contribution € N/A Funding Programme PRIMA

SOILS4MED has the following objectives: 1) engage with stakeholders in line with the Living Lab ap-proach and raise awareness on the benefits deriving from increased investment in soil data and in-formation (SDI); 2) develop policy relevant integrated in- dicator sets and monitoring protocols adapted to the environmental specificities and stakeholder needs of the Mediterranean Region; 3) validate the protocols in study areas representing major agro-ecological regions and soil types, generating the first region-wide harmonized soil health dataset for the Mediterranean Region; 4) demon- strate the capacity of the SDI produced by the protocols, integrated by legacy soil data, to feed state-of-the-art tools to support sustainable soil and water management, land degradation neutrality, and to en-hance regional soil condition mapping including carbon stock mapping; and 5) design and implement standardized country-based soil information systems (SIS) for the effective management and use of SDI.

Call 2022 - Farming System

Thematic areas

Awareness and engagement Biodiversity Soil monitoring and indicators

Project contribution to Mission Soil’s:

Specific objectives

  • 1. Reduce land degradation relating to desertification
    Partially targeted
  • 2. Conserve and increase soil organic carbon stocks
    Partially targeted
  • 3. No net soil sealing and increase the reuse of urban soils
    Not targeted
  • 4. Reduce soil pollution and enhance restoration
    Not targeted
  • 5. Prevent erosion
    Not targeted
  • 6. Improve soil structure to enhance habitat quality for soil biota and crops
    Partially targeted
  • 7. Reduce the EU global footprint on soils
    Not targeted
  • 8. Increase soil literacy in society across Member States
    Not targeted

Operational objectives

  • 1. Build capacities and the knowledge base for soil stewardship
    Not targeted
  • 2. Co-create and upscale place-based innovations to improve soil health in all places
    Partially targeted
  • 3. Develop an integrated EU soil monitoring system and track progress towards soil health
    Targeted
  • 4. Engage with the soil user community and society at large
    Targeted

Innovation hotspots

  • 1. Carbon farming
    Not targeted
  • 2. Soil pollution and restoration
    Not targeted
  • 3. Soil biodiversity including the microbiome
    Targeted
  • 4. Circular economy solutions
    Not targeted

Cross-cutting dimensions

  • 1. Business
    Not targeted
  • 2. Digital
    Partially targeted
  • 3. Territorial
    Partially targeted
  • 4. International
    Partially targeted

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