Focus Group 'Regenerative agriculture for soil health'
How can regenerative agriculture practices help farmers to restore, protect and improve soil health and productivity?
Tasks
- Take stock of the state of the art in regenerative agricultural practices, and highlight their benefits, challenges and opportunities from environmental, economic and societal points of view.
- Discuss and identify potential solutions to the identified challenges and propose potential innovative solutions.
- Collect and present success stories of regenerative agriculture practices in different regions and cropping systems across Europe.
- Identify and collect practitioners’ needs for technical knowledge and advice for the successful implementation of regenerative agricultural practices.
- Collect and identify innovative ways for knowledge exchange and dissemination related to regenerative agriculture.
- Identify research needs from practice and possible knowledge gaps on regenerative agriculture and propose directions for further research.
- Suggest innovative ideas for EIP-AGRI Operational Groups and other innovative projects.
EIP-AGRI Challenge
Frederik Vilhelm Larsen is an arable farmer from Denmark applying the main principles that underpin regenerative agriculture. These include minimising soil disturbance, maintaining healthy crop rotations and protecting their soils from erosion and severe weather.
Working documents
Five Mini Papers have been developed within the frame of the EU CAP Network Focus Group ‘Regenerative agriculture for soil health’ with the purpose of providing input to the Focus Group discussions and final report.
The information and views set out in these Mini Papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the Commission. The Commission does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this Mini Papers. Neither the Commission nor any person acting on the Commission’s behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein.
If you wish to cite these Mini Papers, please refer to them as ‘Annexes to the final report of the EU CAP Network Focus Group ‘Regenerative agriculture for soil health’, 2024’.
Focus Group members
| Mr/Ms | Surname | First name | Profession | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms. | Almagro | María | Researcher | Spain |
| Ms. | Bajohr | Christine | Farm manager or owner | Germany |
| Mr. | Bay-Smidt | Knud | Farm manager or owner | Denmark |
| Mr. | De Neve | Stefaan | Researcher | Belgium |
| Mr. | Félix | Noblia | Farmer | France |
| Mr. | Fortino | Gabriele | Farm advisor | France |
| Mr. | Grand | Alfred | Farmer | Austria |
| Mr. | Klem | Karel | Researcher | Czechia |
| Mr. | Koster | Howard | Farmer | Netherlands |
| Ms. | Külvet | Airi | Farmer | Estonia |
| Mr. | Marhavy | Lubomir | Farm advisor | Slovak Republic |
| Ms. | Nielsen | Claudia | Farm manager or owner | Denmark |
| Ms. | Petrutis | Karme | Expert from an organisation, network, group or enterprise | Estonia |
| Ms. | Pinto-Correia | Teresa | Researcher | Portugal |
| Ms. | Orsolya | Nyárai | Expert from an organisation, network, group or enterprise | Hungary |
| Ms. | Reis | Francisca | Expert from an organisation, network, group or enterprise | Portugal |
| Mr. | Román-Vázquez | Julio | Researcher | Spain |
| Ms. | Trstenjak | Magdalena | Farm advisor | Croatia |
| Mr. | Vasilikiotis | Christos | Researcher | Greece |
| Mr. | Weber | Thomas Maximilian | Expert from an organisation, network, group or enterprise | Austria |
Facilitation team
| Mr. | Boulestreau | Yann | Coordinating expert |
| Ms. | Ulm | Liina | Task manager |
| Mr. | Verwimp | Bavo | Co-task manager |
