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.
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 |
