Survey - Mission Soil health and food
Complete the survey and let us know what you think by 19 January 2020.
What this mission area deals with
The importance of soil health and food
Land and soils are essential for all life-sustaining processes on our planet. They are the basis for the food we grow as well as for many other products such as feed, textiles, or wood.
Soils also provide a range of ecosystem services which are important for clean water, supporting biodiversity or for cycling nutrients and regulating climate.
Soils are highly dynamic and fragile systems - and they are a finite resource. It can take up to 1,000 years to produce 1cm of soil.
Soils are facing pressures from an increasing population with demands on land for production, settlement and industries. Soils are also heavily affected by climate change, erosion and sea level rises. Approximately 33% of our global soils are degraded and in the EU, erosion is affecting 25% of agricultural land.
Aims of missions in this area
A mission in the area of soil health and food will provide a powerful tool to raise awareness on the importance of soils, engage with citizens, create knowledge and develop solutions for restoring soil health and soil functions.
This will allow full use of the potential of soils to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Results will have a direct impact on the success of the new European Commission's Green Deal and its ambition to progress on climate, biodiversity and sustainable food.
Your opinion counts
What do you know about soils? What do you expect from a mission in the area of Soil health and food?
Complete the survey and let us know what you think by 19 January 2020.
How specific missions will be identified
This mission area has a mission board tasked with identifying one or more specific missions for implementation under Horizon Europe. The mission board consists of 15 experts, including the chair, and is supported by a mission secretariat and an assembly.
They will have to propose concrete targets and timelines for each mission by the end of 2019.
More information
- mission-oriented policy for Horizon Europe
- Horizon Europe
- EU sponsored research and innovation on soils
- co-design session videoon soils mission at Research and Innovation Days
- Video: Soil matters
12.-13.9.2023
30th Conference of the Working Group Sustainability / Soil Protection of the Working Community of t...
mehr ...24.02.2023
Austria: on the road to the EU missions
mehr ...26.01.2023
70. Wintertagung, Fachtag Grünland- und Viehwirtschaft
mehr ...25.01.2023
70. Wintertagung, Fachtag Gemüse, Obst- und Gartenbau, Fachtag Schweinehaltung
mehr ...24.01.2023
70. Wintertagung, Fachtag Geflügelhaltung, Fachtag Ackerbau
mehr ...23.01.2023
70. Wintertagung, Fachtag Landtechnik, Fachtag Berg & Wirtschaft
mehr ...20.01.2023
70. Wintertagung, Fachtag Waldwirtschaft
mehr ...18.01.2023
70. Wintertagung, Fachtag Kommunikation
mehr ...17.01.2023
70. Wintertagung, Eröffnungstag Agrarpolitik
mehr ...02.12.2022
Seminar Humusfördernde Maßnahmen bewerten - für eine gesunde und trockenheitsangepasste Bewirtschaf...
mehr ...29.11.2022
Feld- und Wiesenvögel: Sorgenkinder des Vogelschutzes? Gefährdungsfaktoren in der Agrarlandschaft u...
mehr ...25.11.2022
Horizon Europe: Museums Cloud
mehr ...22.11.2022
Seminar Stickstoffdynamik verstehen und nutzen - für eine gesunde und trockenheitsangepasste Bewirt...
mehr ...22.11.2022
Horizon Europe: PONY EARTH The art of biodiversity
mehr ...18.11.2022
Online-Wokshop: Wasser in der Landschaft - Wasserrückhalt in der Fläche
mehr ...17.11.2022
Webinar Ökologischer Pflanzenschutz im Garten
mehr ...16.11.2022
93. Sitzung der ARGE ländliche Sozialforschung als Zoom Meeting
mehr ...16.11.2022
Webinar Standort- und fruchtfolgeangepasste Begrünungen, vielfältige Wirkung
mehr ...16.11.2022
Horizon Europe: Das European Mission Network (EMiN)
mehr ...09.+10.11.2022
13. Int. Fachtage für Ökologische Pflege
mehr ...