Supporting the implementation of the Soil Deal for Europe Mission · Long-term drivers and consequences of soil degradation: learning from the past to improve future soil health

Activities under this topic will help progress towards the objectives and targets of the Mission Soil (https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe/eu-missions-horizon-europe/soil-deal-europe_en) and the EU Soil Strategy for 2030 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52021DC0699). Moreover, activities should also contribute to meeting the ambitions of the Sustainable…

Since the beginning of agriculture, human activities worldwide have contributed to soil degradation, including soil erosion, soil compaction and loss of soil organic carbon among others. This caused problems to farmers and landowners, as well as to society in general. However, our knowledge of changes in soil health over the past centuries to millennia is limited, and available datasets span only the past two or three decades. This knowledge gap hinders a thorough…