- Activities
- Opportunities for recreation, learning and other activities in landscapes.
- Biodiversity
- The variety of organisms and ecological communities.
- Blue water
- Water available in rivers, lakes and groundwater.
- Business model type
- The way the farm earns income or saves costs from better soil. See the guide.Read the guide
- Carbon sequestration
- Capturing and storing carbon in soil and vegetation.
- Combination status
- Designed: developed from the analysis of incentives and stakeholder interviews. Reviewed: tested with stakeholders in interviews, the Policy Delphi or workshops. Piloted: used in a SoilValues testing ground.
- Community of Practice (CoP)
- SoilValues set up Communities of Practice (CoPs) across European countries to exchange knowledge and experience among farmers, advisers, researchers and value-chain actors.
- Cultivated plants
- Crops grown for food, feed, fibre or other uses.
- Culture & heritage
- Cultural identity, traditions and heritage connected to landscapes.
- Ecosystem service
- A benefit that people receive from ecosystems, such as food, water regulation or biodiversity.
- Erosion control
- Keeping soil in place against water or wind.
- Evidence stars
- 0 to 3 stars show how strong the scientific evidence is.
- Fire protection
- Ecosystem contributions to reducing fire risk or spread.
- Flood control
- Slowing runoff and storing water to reduce flooding.
- Global climate regulation
- Ecosystem processes that affect greenhouse gases and the climate.
- Green water
- Water held in soil and used by plants.
- Habitat
- Places where organisms can live and reproduce.
- Income support
- Money that covers costs or pays for results, such as grants, payments per hectare or premium prices.
- Local climate regulation
- Effects of vegetation and soil on local temperature and moisture.
- Non-CO2 GHG regulation
- Regulation of greenhouse gases such as methane and nitrous oxide.
- Nutrient use efficiency
- How effectively nutrients support production rather than being lost.
- Payback period
- The number of years before the savings or extra income from a practice cover its initial investment.
- Pest & disease control
- Natural processes that limit pests and disease.
- Pollination
- Transfer of pollen that supports plant reproduction.
- Role
- Farmer or land manager: You manage land and decide on practices. Funder or policy actor: You provide money, rules or services that help farmers change practices.
- Scale
- Plot: A test strip or single parcel. Field: One or more fields. Farm: The whole farm. Landscape: Several farms or a whole area working together.
- Security support
- Tools that reduce risk, such as guarantees, insurance or longer contracts.
- Technical support
- Advice, training, data and equipment that help you apply the practice.
- Testing ground (TG)
- SoilValues ran six testing grounds (TGs) in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal, where partners co-designed and tested soil-health business models.
- Transition stage
- t0 Explore: You are looking for options and have not changed practices yet. t1 Validate: You are testing a practice on part of your land. t2 Consolidate: The practice works and you are extending it across the farm. t3 Scale: The practice is standard on your farm and you work with others to grow it.
- Waste decomposition
- Breakdown of organic residues by soil organisms.
- Waste filtration
- Removal or retention of pollutants as water passes through soil.
- Water quality
- Maintaining clean water through filtering and nutrient regulation.
