Project Goals
This project represents an exploratory effort to couple the stoichiometric drivers to microbial populations related to C, N, and P cycling and stocks, and GHG emission under diverse agricultural practices.
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This project will build a worldwide database of C and N stocks, bulk density, soil fertility and GHG emissions across different ecosystems and under differential agricultural management.
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Furthermore, the project will determine to what extent climatic conditions, net primary production of the cropping systems and soil type affect C and N stocks, nutrient dynamics and GHG emissions.
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The final product of the project will be to recommend best management practices for production of food crops which would promote soil C accumulation, without increasing GHG emissions thus contributing to the sustainability and resilience of agriculture.
Project Results
The final product of the project will be to recommend best management practices for production of food crops which would promote soil C accumulation, without increasing GHG emissions thus contributing to the sustainability and resilience of agriculture.
Participants
There are participants from 12 different countries with a total of 37 field sites with different chrono-sequences or contrasting agricultural management.
Funder: Ministry of Rural Affairs.
Funding program: Horizon 2020 Programme.
Funding program description: EJP SOIL.
Project Information
02.05.2023–30.04.2025
