First SoilCare Policy Brief available

The first in a series of SoilCare policy briefs aimed at providing concise summaries on particular soil-related issues identified in the project with recommendations for policy options has been produced. 

New SoilCare Paper: Social capital factors affecting uptake of sustainable soil management practices: a literature review

27 April 2020 A team from the SoilCare project has published a new open access paper in Emerald Open Research: "Social capital factors affecting uptake of sustainable soil management practices: a literature review".  The narrative reviewed aimed to understand how social capital influences the adoption of sol management practices in developed nations.  The review found that the four components of social capital – trust, norms, connectedness and power – can all influence the decision of farmers to change their soil management.

Sixth SoilCare Newsletter Published

The 6th SoilCare newsletter has now been published and can be downloaded HERE. This issue covers a range of topics, including:

1. Developing Future Scenarios for Policy

2. New report: Demonstration activities in study sites

3. News from the field: German demonstration day of cover crops and reduced tillage

4. News from the field: Greek demonstration preventing soil loss and changing crops from oranges to avocados

5. News from the field: Italian demonstration day - deep-rooting cover crop using tillage radish

6. SICS Focus: Salinization-specific SICS

7. New SoilCare Videos

8. New SoilCare publications9. Past events/presentations