H2020 SIEUSOIL Project: China-EU Soil Observatory for Smart Land Use Management
- Type Project
- Status Filled
- Execution 2019 -2022
- Assigned Budget 4.985.475,00 €
- Scope Europeo
- Main source of financing H2020
- Project website SIEUSOIL
Climate change impacts agriculture and ecosystems, posing a threat to sustainable soil management. Improving soil quality to maximize land productivity and minimize environmental impact, which can be achieved through appropriate soil management systems, is a key requirement for sustainable agricultural production. SIEUSOIL, funded by the EU, is a joint EU-China project to explore ways to use soil wisely and propose appropriate management practices.
The project will create and develop an EU-China Web Observatory platform that will provide open and linked data on the state of soils and their potential threats. It will also support sustainable and smart soil management based on advanced technologies to increase productivity, reduce the environmental footprint, and contribute to policymaking.
SIEUSOIL will design, implement, and test a shared China-EU Web Observatory platform that will provide linked open data to monitor soil status and threats and assist in decision-making for the sustainable support of agroecosystem functions in light of projected climate change.
The Observatory's platform, through customizable modules, will support smart soil management at the field level and provide a showcase of good practices in soil management for both the EU and China. The ultimate goal will be to support sustainable soil management, sustainably increase land productivity, reduce crop yield variability over time and space, and support the policymaking process. SIEUSOIL will test innovative practices and tools, and assess their impact on improving soil fertility and land suitability.
- ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS (ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI)
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