CORDIS · SoilPATH
SOIL Practices Assessment and Transition for Health
- Code
SoilPATH- Programme
- HORIZON
- Call
HORIZON-MISS-2025-05-SOIL-06- Status
- SIGNED
- Period
- 2026-09-01 – 2031-08-31
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Participants
| Organisations | Role | Country | Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITEIT GENT | coordinator | BE | 872 769 € |
| WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY | participant | NL | 681 329 € |
| ARVALIS INSTITUT DU VEGETAL | participant | FR | 539 161 € |
| CENTRE WALLON DE RECHERCHES AGRONOMIQUES | participant | BE | 503 812 € |
| AGROVAR SS | participant | BG | 450 625 € |
| GREEN & DIGITAL IDIOTIKI KEFALAIOUCHIKI ETAIREIA | participant | EL | 367 500 € |
| NUTRIENTEN MANAGEMENT INSTITUUT NMIBV | participant | NL | 364 529 € |
| SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET | participant | SE | 340 250 € |
| REFRAME FOOD ASTIKI MI KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIRIA | participant | EL | 327 488 € |
| UNIVERSIDAD DE VIGO | participant | ES | 320 000 € |
| KMETIJSKI INSTITUT SLOVENIJE - AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA | participant | SI | 232 075 € |
| AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS IKE | participant | EL | 231 875 € |
| UNIWERSYTET PRZYRODNICZY W POZNANIU | participant | PL | 190 023 € |
| FUNDACION EMPRESA UNIVERSIDAD GALLEGA | participant | ES | 186 875 € |
| OKOLOGIAI MEZOGAZDASAGI KUTATOINTEZET KOZHASZNU NONPROFIT KFT | participant | HU | 158 875 € |
| CONSIGLIO PER LA RICERCA IN AGRICOLTURA E L'ANALISI DELL'ECONOMIA AGRARIA | participant | IT | 135 625 € |
| IMPACT | participant | BE | 97 188 € |
Description
Preserving and restoring European soil health requires a monitoring framework that translates directly into better farming and policy decisions. Existing frameworks weakly link soil indicators to the impact of farming practices or their combinations. SoilPATH will develop a harmonised EU model that assesses how single and combined management practices affect soil health and farm performance, and will integrate this model into practical tools and training for farmers, advisors and policymakers.SoilPATH will (i) collect and consolidate knowledge through systematic reviews, meta-analyses, national inventories, long-term field trials and multi-actor input to identify key indicators and evaluation rules; (ii) develop and refine a harmonised EU model based on the Open Soil Index, integrating multi-performance indicators and linking evidence to single and combined farming practices; and (iii) create the SOILpathways platform, embedding the model into practical decision-support tools, toolboxes and training modules for farmers, advisors and policymakers. These efforts will be supported by a multi-actor approach spanning 12 national networks across Europe’s main pedoclimatic zones, within a consortium of 17 partners across 11 countries, to co-create indicators and targets and iteratively refine the model with stakeholder feedback. In addition, implementation of AI is planned as a supportive layer, enhancing the model by forecasting soil health outcomes, aligning outputs with CAP indicators, and structuring tacit knowledge into the open knowledge base.SoilPATH directly supports the Soil Mission by enabling coherent soil health assessment and accelerating uptake of regionally tailored practices, while strengthening EU policy frameworks (CAP Strategic Plans, Soil Monitoring Law, Green Deal) with scalable maps, opportunity analyses and decision rules.
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