Background

The Soil-X-Change project is initiating a gap-filling dialogue and cooperation between soil management actors to make an impact on European Soil Management through increasing the flow of state-of-art soil management knowledge in the context of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP).

We are collaborating with EIP Operational Groups (OGs) from nine EU countries to establish a thematic network that will function as a platform for actors involved in sustainable soil management to meet, exchange knowledge, and identify partners for future collaborations. OGs are dedicated partnerships to transforming ideas and innovations for sustainable soil management into technologies and practices that can be implemented on a large scale.

Goals

The overall goal of this event is to celebrate multistakeholder collaborations on soil-health-oriented innovations and improve the dialogue between OGs, farmers, foresters, advisors, researchers and other relevant actors in agriculture and forestry innovation, and rural development across Europe. Through insightful panel discussions with selected OGs, the Budapest Soil Health Forum will demonstrate these collaborations’ potential, whose partners bring together relevant complementary knowledge to improve soil health. We are inviting Operational Groups from Germany, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Poland, Italy and Hungary to share and exchange their experience on two themes:

Panel 1 will present how a single idea transforms into a functional innovation. Panellists will discuss the journey of their projects, reflecting on the challenges and levers that have eventually driven them to success. This panel will offer valuable insight into the “everyday operation” of Operational Groups.

Panel 2 will focus on the various forms of collaboration linking science and agricultural practice. Operational Groups have significant potential to connect research and farming communities by resolving practical issues while facilitating farmers’ active participation in innovation co-creation. This panel will help us explore the scientific potential of these collaborations in the development of soil protection and restoration.

Registration

We welcome all those interested in soil health and soil management practices to meet and network with the Soil-x-Change project members and OGs across Europe.

If you would like to attend the panel discussions, please register here!

Organisers

Soil-X-Change consortia.

If you have any question please contact kiraly.gabor@aki.gov.hu or fekete.anett@aki.gov.hu !

Funders

Soil-X-Change has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Framework Programme, Coordination and Support Actions under grant agreement No. 101133914.