Expected Outcome:
Activities under this topic respond directly to the goal of the Mission 'A Soil Deal for Europe' of setting up 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition to healthy soils by 2030. They support the specific objectives of the Mission 'A Soil Deal for Europe' dealing with urgent soil health challenges (see in particular specific objectives 1 to 6 and 8 in the Mission implementation plan). Activities should thereby contribute to meeting the European Green Deal ambitions and targets, such as those related to food and nutrition security, climate, biodiversity, environment and rural areas [1].
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- Increased capacities for participatory, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary R&I across EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries, allowing for effective cooperation and collaboration among research, practice and policy to co-create and test solutions for soil health.
- Enhancement of soil health in rural or urban areas where living labs are deployed, based on an established monitoring framework.
- Practice-oriented knowledge and tools are more easily available to land managers and contribute to an enhanced consideration and uptake of effective solutions for soil health and related ecosystem services across territories and sectors, in regions where
