Preparing for the EU Soil Framework Directive by optimal use of Information and Communication Technology across Europe
Project information
Preparing for the EU Soil Framework Directive by optimal use of Information and Communication Technology across EuropeCall: Integrated ICT and automation for sustainable agricultural production
Id: 34780
Acronym: Predictor
Consortium:
No | Partner | Contact | Country | Total 1000€ | Funded 1000€ | Funder |
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1 Coord. | Department of Agroecology Aarhus University | Per Schjønning | Denmark | 147.9 | 121.9 | Danish AgriFish Agency Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries |
2 | AgroTech A/S | Jørgen Pedersen | Denmark | 6.7 | 6.7 | Danish AgriFish Agency Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries |
3 | Soil Fertility and Soil Protection Natural Resources and Agriculture Agricultural Economics and Engineering Agroscope Reckenholz-Taenikon Research Station ART | Thomas Keller | Switzerland | 102.2 | 9.0 | Federal Office for Agriculture - Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft |
4 | Agrifood Technology Technology & Food Science Unit Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO) | Matthias Stettler | Switzerland | 66.6 | 48.4 | Federal Office for Agriculture - Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft |
5 | Department of Agricultural Sciences University of Helsinki | Laura Alakukku | Finland | 62.8 | 44.5 | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
6 | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland | Harri Lilja | Finland | 38.2 | 22.6 | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
7 | Soil Science Centre Alterra Wageningen UR | Jan J.H. van den Akker | Netherlands | 9.0 | 0.0 | None |
8 | University of Copenhagen | Henrik Breuning-Madsen | Denmark | 10.7 | 10.7 | Danish AgriFish Agency Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries |
9 | University Halle - Institut of crop science | Olaf Christen | Germany | 5.0 | 0.0 | None |
The PredICTor project has two main deliverables, i) an online decision support tool for evaluating an intended field traffic situation for a given soil condition and with given machinery (for farmers and agricultural advisers), and ii) an online tool for creating European-wide maps of the wheel load carrying capacity, which is defined as the maximum wheel load the soil can carry at given soil moisture conditions and for a given tyre and tyre inflation pressure (for authorities / soil protection offices). For both of these ICT applications, we update state-of-the-art models for the soil compaction process and combine them with national and European databases on soil properties and (at national level) meteorological data.
Soil quality is threatened by traffic with modern agricultural machinery. The PredICTor project had as its main deliverable an online decision support tool for assessing the risk of compaction for an intended field traffic situation (Terranimo®). Terranimo® is a web-based computer model primarily designed for farmers, agricultural contractors, consultants, and enforcement authorities, but has scientific applications as well. Terranimo® can help in optimising the use of agricultural machinery in the field and in preventing damage to the soil structure by indicating conditions under which there is a high risk of harmful compaction. The tool exists in two versions that can be accessed at www.terranimo.dk and www.terranimo.ch, respectively. The former version can be run in eight languages and provides access to six national sub-versions with their respective typical default soil types (Denmark, Norway, United Kingdom, France, Belgium-Flanders and Finland). In addition, a sub-version provides typical FAO-defined soil types. Since the summer of 2013, the latter version of Terranimo® has been the official tool in Switzerland for evaluating the soil compaction risk in the scope of the “Soil Protection in Agriculture” implementation guidance of the Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) and of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). The potential use of Terranimo® in policy options to mitigate the soil compaction threat was mentioned in a policy brief recently produced at the conclusion of the EU project RECARE (https://www.ecologic.eu/sites/files/publ ication/2018/2730_recare_subsoilcompaction_ web.pdf). The Terranimo® websites have been visited by more than 15,000 users in 2018 (~6,500 and ~9,000 for the .dk and .ch versions, respectively).