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Soil quality

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25.06.25

Protecting soil with art

How can the importance of soil for humans and the environment be expressed artistically? This is the…

05.11.24

TransforMed project: promoting agroforestry to regenerate degraded soils in the Southern Mediterranean basin

After decades of intensive farming practices that have degraded soil quality and fertility, as well…

12.06.24

Become a citizen scientist – give your input in a current survey in the project "Waste4Soil"

The ability to appropriately recycle food processing waste and the promotion of healthy soils are…

22.03.24

Benefits of agroforestry in the Sahel

Agroforestry in arid regions like the Sahel have a wide range of benefits for farms. They can…

09.02.24

New project for healthier soils launched

In mid-January 2024, FiBL Europe and ÖMKi participated in the kick-off meeting of the SOILL Startup…

30.11.23

Inoculation against diseased fields

Farmland often harbours a multitude of pathogens which can attack plants and reduce yields. A Swiss…

03.04.23

Launch of Europe-wide research project on soil health

In mid-February, the transdisciplinary project BENCHMARKS was launched at Wageningen University. The…

05.12.22

Study reveals intensive grassland management hampers the recovery of soil food webs from drought

New research led by Mathilde Chomel of FiBL France has shown that intensive grassland management…

06.04.22

Updated fact sheet "Soil and Climate" on the climate impact of organic soil management

The updated publication addresses the adaptability of organic agriculture to changes caused by…

04.10.21

New EU project to explore the impacts of plastic debris on soil health and agricultural productivity

The impacts of plastic debris on soil health are largely unknown, although equal or possibly greater…
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Status	FiBL	Title	Start	End
ongoing	CH	Encapsulation of bacterial-fungal consortia for agricultural applications (ENHANCE)	01.01.2025	31.12.2028
ongoing	CH	Good grunting	01.12.2024	31.12.2027
ongoing	CH	Deploying ecosystemic solutions to improve soil health and uncovering subsoil functions in the critical zone (DeepHorizon)	01.09.2024	31.08.2028
ongoing	CH	Cowpea – an underutilised and drought-resistant grain legume for diverse nutrition and climate-friendly agriculture in Switzerland	01.01.2024	31.01.2026
ongoing	CH	Linking soil biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services in different land uses: from the identification of drivers, pressures and climate change resilience to their economic valuation (BIOservicES)	01.09.2023	31.08.2028
ongoing	CH	Optimizing soil cover for fruit crops (OptiC fruits)	01.01.2023	31.12.2025
ongoing	CH	Monetary valuation of soil ecosystem services and creation of initiatives to invest in soil health (InBestSoil)	01.01.2023	31.12.2026
ongoing	CH	Development and optimization of new mixtures of temporary overwintering plant cover adapted to the different constraints and configurations of the vineyards of the canton of Vaud (Vaud-Couverts-Viti)	15.10.2022	15.10.2025
completed	FR	Agroecological leverages for low-input fruit tree nurseries (Pépinière bas intrant – Veauvy)	01.10.2022	01.10.2024
completed	AT	"The Viennese Succession"	01.01.2022	31.12.2023
completed	CH	Microplastics from road traffic and biogas slurry in soil (BLW-Mikroplastik)	01.12.2021	31.01.2024
ongoing	CH	Black goes green: Influence of biochar on soil water balance and chemical soil quality	01.09.2021	31.08.2025
ongoing	AT CH	MIcro- and NAno-Plastics in AGRIcultural Soils: sources, environmental fate and impacts on ecosystem services and overall sustainability (MINAGRIS)	01.09.2021	31.08.2026
completed	CH EU	BIOdiversity of soils and FArming Innovations for improved Resilience in European wheat agrosystems (BIOFAIR)	01.04.2021	31.03.2024
ongoing	CH	Synergistic use and protection of natural resources for rural livelihoods through systematic integration of crops, shrubs and livestock in the Sahel (SustainSAHEL)	01.09.2020	01.09.2025
completed	CH	C-sequestration in soils: potentials and limits to quantify, requirements for incentive programs and proof of their effectiveness (Postulat Bourgeois Q4)	01.07.2020	30.04.2021
completed	CH	Let’s Talk About BetterGardens	01.04.2020	30.04.2022
completed	CH	PROMISE – Sustainable protein supply with species mixtures in Switzerland – focus on pea and lentil (PROMISE)	01.02.2020	31.01.2024
completed	CH	Bodenqualitätsindikatoren BQI-CH Perspektivmethode Infrarot-Spektroskopie	01.11.2019	01.02.2021
completed	CH	Konzeption und Umsetzung des Klimafolgen-Bodenmonitoring-Verbunds für die Themen Bodenbiologie und organische Bodensubstanz (Verbund20: Klimafolgen-Bodenmonitoring)	14.10.2019	31.12.2020
completed	CH	Microbial nitrogen cycling and functional diversity of soil microbes in organic and conventional farming systems under temperate and tropical climates	01.01.2019	30.06.2022
completed	CH	Dynamics of carbon sequestration and stabilisation in a long-term agricultural trial (DynaCarb)	01.01.2019	31.12.2022
completed	CH	Soil quality indicators: Applied soil quality concepts and how they are useful to reach sustainable development goals	01.08.2018	15.12.2018
completed	CH	Managing soil biodiversity and ecosystem services in agroecosystems across Europe under climate change (SOILCLIM)	01.01.2017	31.12.2019
completed	CH	Treibhausgasbilanz: Treibhausgas-Emissionen aus landwirtschaftlichen Böden in der Schweiz	01.12.2016	30.11.2017
completed	CH	Thematische Synthese “Boden und Umwelt” (NFP 68)	01.12.2016	30.11.2017
completed	CH	Indicators and monitoring of agricultural soil biodiversity (BioDivSol)	01.02.2016	31.12.2022
completed	CH	Sustainable provisioning of multiple ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes (ECO-SERVE) (ECO-SERVE)	01.01.2015	31.12.2017
completed	CH	Structure and function of N2O producing and reducing microbial communities as influenced by soil management (NFP 68 – denitrification)	01.04.2013	30.03.2016
completed	CH	Determination of sources and sinks of greenhouse gases in Swiss arable soils	01.04.2012	31.03.2016
completed	CH	Burden on the soil ecosystem of natural and genetically modified organisms – effects, methods and definition of damage as a contribution to risk assessment (BoBios)	01.01.2004	31.12.2008
completed	CH	Harmonised environmental Indicators for pesticide Risk (HAIR)	01.01.2004	31.03.2007

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Soil quality

What FiBL is doing on this theme

News on the theme

Protecting soil with art

TransforMed project: promoting agroforestry to regenerate degraded soils in the Southern Mediterranean basin

Become a citizen scientist – give your input in a current survey in the project "Waste4Soil"

Benefits of agroforestry in the Sahel

New project for healthier soils launched

Inoculation against diseased fields

Launch of Europe-wide research project on soil health

Study reveals intensive grassland management hampers the recovery of soil food webs from drought

Updated fact sheet "Soil and Climate" on the climate impact of organic soil management

New EU project to explore the impacts of plastic debris on soil health and agricultural productivity

Relevant publications for practitioners

Projects on the theme

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