Monitoring soil health in practice: equipping stakeholders to sample, analyse, and interpret soil health indicators

This topic is a Coordination and Support Action (CSA).Soil health assessments will be key in the EU, especially with initiatives like the upcoming Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive. Assessments will provide critical data to support adaptive management practices that optimise soil health enhancing competitiveness and resilience.Soil analyses are subject to variabilities arising from sampling methods, handling and transport of soil samples, variations in laboratory equipment and calibration, lack of standardised testing methods, human error and the natural variability of soil properties. Moreover, [...]