Project: Scenario modelling for assessing impacts of policy changes and socio-economic effects on ecosystem services of soils
| Acronym | SIMPLE |
| Duration | 01/11/2022 - 30/10/2024 |
| Project Topic | Agricultural soils provide a wide array of ecosystem services that need to be maintained and enhanced if agriculture is to be made more sustainable and climate-friendly. Building on carbon sequestration rates provided by the CarboSeq project, we expand the potential for climate-smart soil management through reductions in fertilization rates to decrease N2O emissions and to comply with the Farm to Fork Strategy. Potential trade-offs on soil carbon storage will be analyzed using a modelling framework that links soil carbon modelling with nitrogen flow and agro-economic modelling. Our results will identify risks and benefits of reduced fertilization and support the selection of best measures. The modelling framework will serve as a basic structure for scenario modelling in future studies. |
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| Network | EJP SOIL |
| Call | 3rd EJP SOIL internal Call for proposals |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agroscope | Coordinator | Switzerland |
| 2 | Stichting Wageningen Research | Partner | Netherlands |
| 3 | Thünen Institute | Partner | Germany |
| 4 | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Partner | Sweden |
| 5 | Instituut voor Landbouw, Visserij en Voedingsonderzoek | Partner | Belgium |
| 6 | General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies | Partner | Türkiye |
| 7 | University of Latvia | Partner | Latvia |