Project: Mapping and alleviating soil compaction in a climate change context

Acronym	SoilCompaC
Duration	01/11/2021 - 31/10/2024
Project Topic	Soil compaction is a major threat to soil productivity and ecological and hydrological soil functioning. Although adverse impacts of compaction on soil properties and functions are relatively well documented, estimates of the extent and severity of compaction in Europe remain elusive, we have limited knowledge on how compaction changes the carbon cycle, and we lack information on compaction risks for different pedo-climatic zones and cropping systems in Europe and how the risks evolve due to climate change. SoilCompaC directly addresses these knowledge gaps. SoilCompaC will quantify interactions between soil compaction and climate, and present information on how to assess, detect, recover and minimize soil compaction, thereby providing a basis for sustainable soil management in Europe.
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Network	EJP SOIL
Call	2nd EJP SOIL internal Call for proposals

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
1	Aarhus University	Coordinator	Denmark
2	Wageningen Research	Partner	Netherlands
3	University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences	Partner	Austria
4	Federal Agency of Water Management	Partner	Austria
5	Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Partner	Belgium
6	Estonian University of Life Sciences	Partner	Estonia
7	Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute	Partner	Germany
8	Agriculture and Food Research Organisation	Partner	Ireland
9	Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry	Partner	Lithuania
10	National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology	Partner	Spain
11	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	Partner	Sweden
12	Agroscope	Partner	Switzerland
13	Agricultural Research and Policy General Directorate	Partner	Turkey