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Article Dans Une Revue European Journal of Soil Science Année : 2024

Towards enhanced adoption of soil‐improving management practices in Europe

Olivier Heller (1) , Claudia Di Bene (2) , Pasquale Nino (2) , Bruno Huyghebaert (3) , Aušra Arlauskienė (4) , Nádia Castanheira (5) , Suzanne Higgins (6) , Agota Horel (7) , Alev Kir (8) , Miriam Kizeková (9, 10) , Marine Lacoste (11, 12) , Lars Munkholm (13) , Lilian O'Sullivan (14, 15) , Paweł Radzikowski (16) , M. Sonia Rodríguez-Cruz (17, 18) , Taru Sandén (19) , Lina Šarūnaitė (4) , Felix Seidel (20) , Heide Spiegel (19) , Jarosław Stalenga (16) , Jaana Uusi-Kämppä (21) , Wieke Vervuurt (22) , Thomas Keller (1) , Frédéric Vanwindekens (23)
1 Agroscope
2 CREA - Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria = Council for Agricultural Research and Economics
3 CRA-W - Centre wallon de Recherches Agronomiques [Belgique] = Walloon Agricultural Research Centre [Belgium]
4 LAMMC - Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
5 INIAV - Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária = National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinary Research [Oeiras, Portugal]
6 Agri Food and Biosciences Institute
7 ATK TAKI - Institute for Soil Sciences and Agricultural Chemistry
8 Olive Research Institute
9 National Agricultural and Food Centre
10 Grassland and Mountain Agriculture Research Institute
11 URSols - Unité de Science du Sol (Orléans)
12 Info&Sols - Info&Sols
13 Aarhus University [Aarhus]
14 Crops, Environment and Land Use Programme
15 Teagasc - Teagasc - The Agriculture and Food Development Authority
16 IUNG - Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation
17 IRNASA - Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca
18 CSIC - Spanish National Research Council [Santiago de Compostela]
19 Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES)
20 Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture
21 LUKE - Natural Resources Institute Finland
22 WUR - Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
23 Walloon Agricultural Research Centre
Olivier Heller
Agroscope
Claudia Di Bene
Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria = Council for Agricultural Research and Economics
Pasquale Nino
Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria = Council for Agricultural Research and Economics
Bruno Huyghebaert
Centre wallon de Recherches Agronomiques [Belgique] = Walloon Agricultural Research Centre [Belgium]
Aušra Arlauskienė
Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
Nádia Castanheira
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária = National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinary Research [Oeiras, Portugal]
Suzanne Higgins
Agri Food and Biosciences Institute
Agota Horel
Institute for Soil Sciences and Agricultural Chemistry
Alev Kir
Olive Research Institute
Miriam Kizeková
National Agricultural and Food Centre
Grassland and Mountain Agriculture Research Institute
Marine Lacoste
Unité de Science du Sol (Orléans)
Info&Sols
CV
Lars Munkholm
Aarhus University [Aarhus]
Lilian O'Sullivan
Crops, Environment and Land Use Programme
Teagasc - The Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Paweł Radzikowski
Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation
M. Sonia Rodríguez-Cruz
Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca
Spanish National Research Council [Santiago de Compostela]
Taru Sandén
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES)
Lina Šarūnaitė
Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
Felix Seidel
Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture
Heide Spiegel
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES)
Jarosław Stalenga
Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation
Jaana Uusi-Kämppä
Natural Resources Institute Finland
Wieke Vervuurt
Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
Thomas Keller
Agroscope
Frédéric Vanwindekens
Walloon Agricultural Research Centre

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Abstract Sustainable agricultural soil management practices are key to restore, maintain and improve soil health. The European Joint Programme for SOIL (EJP SOIL) has identified twelve main soil challenges in Europe. To assess the potential and eventually increase the adoption of soil‐improving management practices, it is necessary to know (i) the current levels of adoption of the practices, (ii) socio‐technical barriers influencing their adoption, and (iii) their bio‐physical limits. This study compiled an inventory of soil‐improving management practices relevant to European conditions, and used a survey among soil scientists to assess the levels of adoption of these practices in Europe. In total, 53 soil management practices were identified that address one or several of the soil challenges. The adoption of most practices was low or spatially heterogeneous across Europe, highlighting region‐specific limitations to sustainable soil management. Qualitative interviews were conducted to explore the importance of socio‐technical aspects of adoption. Using conservation agriculture as an example, factors that can hinder adoption included the availability of knowledge and adequate machinery, financial risks, and farming traditions. Through a modelling approach, 54% of arable land in Europe was found to be suitable for cover cropping, indicating that the adoption of soil management practices is frequently limited by climatic constraints. We propose a region‐specific approach that recognizes the importance of identifying and overcoming socio‐technical barriers, and by acknowledging bio‐physical limits that may be expanded by innovation.

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hal-04642256 , version 1 (09-07-2024)

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Olivier Heller, Claudia Di Bene, Pasquale Nino, Bruno Huyghebaert, Aušra Arlauskienė, et al.. Towards enhanced adoption of soil‐improving management practices in Europe. European Journal of Soil Science, 2024, 75 (2), ⟨10.1111/ejss.13483⟩. ⟨hal-04642256⟩

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