Fact sheets / Guides

Soil-improving farmer guides
Soil threat-specific SICS fact sheets
Experiment fact sheets
Fact sheets for researchers
Policy Briefs

 

The findings from all the SoilCare soil-improving cropping systems experiments are summarised in the fact sheets below:

 Soil-improving crops experiment fact sheets

 

 France: Early sown wheat for reducing soil erosion and nutrient loss 

FR

 France: Cover crops for reducing mechanical operations and weed control

FR

 Norway: Deep rooting cover crops for reducing soil compaction

NO

 Norway: Cover crops for improving soil health

NO

 Germany: Effects of cover crops and glyphosate on soil organisms

DE

 Greece: Comparing orange and avocado orchards in terms of soil erosion rates

EL

 Greece: Effects of vetch cover crops on soil erosion in vineyards

EL

 UK: Deep rooting grass leys for improved water infiltration and soil organic matter

 

 Denmark: Introducing cover crops into arable rotations

 

 Portugal: Winter cover crops and succession systems for improving soil health 

PT

 Portugal: Rotations for improving soil health 

PT

 Fertiliser / Amendment experiment fact sheets

 

 Belgium: Organic soil amendments for improving soil quality

NL

 Poland: Effects of liming, manure and cover crops on crop yields

PL

 Switzerland: Fertilisation and amendments for improving soil health

DE

 Switzerland: Green manures and minimum tillage for reducing glyphosate use 

DE

 Portugal: Applying urban sewage sludge to improve soil health

PT

 Hungary: Organic versus inorganic Nitrogen fertilisation for increasing soil organic carbon content

HU

 Soil cultivation experiment fact sheets

 

 Czech Republic: Effects of tillage and fertilisation on crops

CZ

 Belgium: Soil cultivation and cover crops

NL

 Greece: Effects of tillage practices on soil erosion in olive groves

EL

 Italy: Conservation tillage and deep rooting tillage radish to alleviate compaction

IT 

 Spain: SICS, including minimum tillage, for improving soil health

ES

 Spain: Irrigation, no-till, and cover crops for improving soil health

ES

 UK: No-till farming for alleviating soil compaction 

 

 Hungary: Monitoring and analysis of soil cultivation

HU

 Romania: Tillage for improving soil health

RO

 Alleviation of compaction experiment fact sheets

 

 UK: No-till farming for alleviating soil compaction 

 

 Italy: Conservation tillage and deep rooting tillage radish to alleviate compaction

IT

 Sweden: Incorporating straw into the upper subsoil to improve soil quality