The AllEcoSys project aims to promote sustainable and resilient agricultural systems by implementing a network of living labs across Europe, that will facilitate the adoption of agroecological practices that enhance soil health, increase biodiversity, and foster natural pest and disease control. Through these practices, AllEcoSys seeks to create prosperous agro-businesses that contribute to sustainable food production and environmental conservation. The co-creation process, and combining traditional and indigenous knowledge with scientific insights, highlighting the role of producers' expertise and their close collaboration with the research infrastructure is at the core of AllEcoSys project.
The project's specific objectives are to increase soil health and carbon storage, promote crop diversification for resilience against environmental stresses, enhance functional biodiversity for natural regulation, reduce energy, water, and nutrient losses, and strengthen key ecological processes through biological interactions. Additionally, AllEcoSys will assess the socioeconomic impact of agroecology-led farming methods, focusing on drivers, trade-offs, and barriers to implementing new practices.
Project contribution to Mission Soil’s:
Specific objectives
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1. Reduce land degradation relating to desertification
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2. Conserve and increase soil organic carbon stocks
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3. No net soil sealing and increase the reuse of urban soils
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4. Reduce soil pollution and enhance restoration
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5. Prevent erosion
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6. Improve soil structure to enhance habitat quality for soil biota and crops
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7. Reduce the EU global footprint on soils
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8. Increase soil literacy in society across Member States
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Operational objectives
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1. Build capacities and the knowledge base for soil stewardship
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2. Co-create and upscale place-based innovations to improve soil health in all places
Targeted
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3. Develop an integrated EU soil monitoring system and track progress towards soil health
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4. Engage with the soil user community and society at large
Partially targeted
Innovation hotspots
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1. Carbon farming
Targeted
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2. Soil pollution and restoration
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3. Soil biodiversity including the microbiome
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4. Circular economy solutions
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Cross-cutting dimensions
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1. Business
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2. Digital
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3. Territorial
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4. International
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