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Full project title: Interactive Soil Quality Assesment in Europe and China for Agricultural Productivity and Environmental Resilience

Acronym: iSQAPER
Duration: 2015-2020

Project website address: www.isqaper-project.eu
Information website address: www.isqaper-is.eu

The project has received funding from

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European Union

European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme
EU Call Identifier: H2020-SFS-04-2014 Soil quality and function
Grant agreement: 635750
Project Officer: Antonio Pérez-Rendón

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China

Ministry of Science and Technology
Grant no. 2016YFE011270
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Grant no. 16146KYSB20150001

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Switzerland

Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation.
Contract:  15.0170-1

Project coordinator: Wageningen University, Soil Physics and Land Management Group
EU project representative: Prof. Dr. Coen J. Ritsema (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Project leader: Dr. Luuk Fleskens (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

This website does not necessarily represent the opinion of the European Commission. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that might be made of the information contained herein.

 

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All the data and information contained in the iSQAPER Project Information System website (iSQAPERiS) have been subject to a series of rigorous quality assurance procedures. However please note the following.

  1. The editors and authors are not able to guarantee the topicality, accuracy, completeness or quality of any data, information or methodology provided herein.
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The iSQAPERiS website is a proprietary product of the integrated research project Interactive Soil Quality Assesment in Europe and China for Agricultural Productivity and Environmental Resilience (iSQAPER). This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (Grant agreement: 635750); the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences; the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (Contract: 15.0170-1) and is therefore protected by Copyright Law. The full ownership and all copyrights of all data, information and methodologies (including the text, images, audio and video files) contained in this website are reserved.

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  2. If the use of data, information or methodology is extensive, users must offer iSQAPER co-authorship of any proposed publication. iSQAPER will have the right to accept this offer, allow the user to publish in his/her own right, or refuse permission to publish.
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Carbon and nutrient management practices are used to increase nutrient availability for crops, increase soil organic matter, improve soil structure, provide protection to the soil from wind and water erosion, reduce evaporation and suppress weeds. They address the soil threats of poor soil structure and poor water holding capacity, erosion and soil organic matter decline.

SQAPP includes 53 examples of the world-wide use of the following soil managment practices.

»Organic amendments

  • Liquid manure or slurry
  • Animal manure
  • Compost
  • Biochar
  • Biofertilizers

»Inorganic amendments

  • Inorganic fertilizers

»Green manuring

  • Green manure
  • Leguminous crops

»Crop residue management

  • Retaining crop residues
  • In situ composting

»Mulching

  • Mulching with pruning materials
  • Straw mulching

 

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