EFFECT Environmental public goods From Farming through Effective Contract Targeting
EFFECT aims to develop more effective agri-environmental programmes by developing new forms of contracts between farmers and agri-environmental agencies or other actors
LIFT Low-Input Farming and Territories – Integrating knowledge for improving ecosystem-based farming
The overall goal of LIFT was to identify potential benefits of the adoption of ecological farming in the European Union and to understand how socio-economic and policy factors impact the adoption, performance and sustainability of ecological farming at various scales, from farm- to regional level
SOILCARE – Soil care for profitable and sustainable crop production in Europe
The SOILCARE project developed the concept of soil-improving cropping systems (SICS) to advance the adoption of soil management while ensuring sustainability and profitability.
QuantiFarm – Assessing the impact of digital technology solutions in agriculture in real-life conditions
The overarching aim of the QuantiFarm project is to support the further deployment of digital technologies in agriculture (DATs) as key enablers for enhancing the sustainability performance and competitiveness of the agricultural sector. To achieve this goal, QuantiFarm aims to establish a comprehensive assessment framework for the independent qualitative and quantitative assessment of the multiple costs and benefits of DATs, as well as of their sustainability impact.
iSQAPER Interactive Soil Quality Assessment in Europe and China for Agricultural Productivity and Environmental Resilience
The main aim of iSQAPER was to develop an interactive soil quality assessment tool (SQAPP) for agricultural land users that integrates newly derived process understanding and accounts for the impact of agricultural land use and management on soil properties and functions, and related ecosystem services. For this purpose, >30 long-term experimental field trials in the […]