Soil Navigator decision support system (DSS) (original) (raw)
{Tool}Soil Navigator decision support system (DSS). Creator(s): Debeljak, Marko. Issuing Organisation(s): Jožef Stefan Institute. (2024)
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Document available online at: http://www.soilnavigator.eu/
Summary
The Soil Navigator helps to find the answer to the question: »How can I best manage my soil to fulfil most of the soil function expectations?« Farmers can also submit their ambition levels regarding the five functions and baseline soil and management information for a given field. Together this enables the Navigator to give advice on issues such as field margin management, nutrient management, fertilisation and agricultural lime supplementation.
| EPrint Type: | Practice tool |
|---|---|
| Teaser: | A Decision Support System for assessing and optimizing soil functions. |
| What problem does the tool address?: | Soil health in Europe is severely degraded on more than two-thirds of the land area. This widespread degradation threatens the ability of soils to support food production and provide important regulating and supporting ecosystem services. Agriculture and other soil-dependent sectors are therefore under increasing pressure to adopt more sustainable soil management practices, which requires extensive adaptation and innovation. |
| What solution does the tool offer?: | The Soil Navigator decision support system (DSS) was developed in the Horizon 2020 project LANDMARK. It assesses the initial capacities of five soil functions within a field, including primary productivity, nutrient cycling, water purification and regulation, carbon sequestration and climate regulation, as well as biodiversity and habitat provision. In addition, this evidence-based DSS offers targeted solutions and management recommendations to improve the supply of several soil functions simultaneously and assisting farmers and farm advisors to make the right decisions for long-term sustainability. |
| Country: | Slovenia |
| Type of Practice Tool: | Calculation tools |
| Keywords: | climate change, climate change adaptation, climate-smart agriculture, resilience, soil health, soil quality, soil management, soil conservation, nutrient management, nutrient cycling, nutrient cycles, soil fertility, organic fertilizers |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Englishclimate changehttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_1666Englishclimate change adaptationhttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_1374567058134Englishclimate-smart agriculturehttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_1361789093890Englishresiliencehttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_1374480530924Englishsoil qualityhttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_a9645d28Englishsoil health -> soil qualityhttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_a9645d28Englishsoil managementhttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_7176Englishsoil conservationhttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_7165Englishnutrient managementhttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_330697Englishnutrient cycling -> nutrient cycleshttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_12869Englishsoil fertilityhttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_7170Englishorganic fertilizershttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_4592 |
| Subjects: | Soil > Soil quality Soil > Nutrient turnover Environmental aspects |
| Research affiliation: | European Union > Horizon Europe > OrganicClimateNET > selected tools European Union > Organic Farm Knowledge Slovenia |
| Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 101136880 |
| Related Links: | https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/56035, https://organicclimatenet.eu/, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/55530, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/55534 |
| Project ID: | OFK |
| Deposited By: | Rüger, Madelaine Lea |
| ID Code: | 56035 |
| Deposited On: | 25 Jul 2025 13:26 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2026 14:07 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Published |
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