Supporting international cooperation activities on agriculture soil contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation

Call updates:

27 June 2017 11:44

Call for proposals: H2020-Sustainable Food Security – Resilient and resource-efficient value chains (H2020-SFS-2017- 1, single stage).

The Commission and the REA Agency has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above-mentioned call and informed the applicants the 23rd June 2017. Evaluation results are summarized on the flash info under this topic:

SFS-50-2017 Supporting international cooperation activities on agriculture soil contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation

It is expected that the first grant agreements will be signed by October 2017.

15 February 2017 17:59

H2020-SFS-2017-1 call has closed on the 14th February 2017. 139 proposals have been submitted in response to this call. The breakdown for this topic is indicated below:

SFS-50-2017 CSA: 2 proposals

Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in June 2017.

11 January 2017 16:19

As of 1st January 2017, Switzerland is associated to the whole Horizon 2020 programme instead of the previous partial association. More information on this matter can be found here.

05 October 2016 15:58

The submission session is now available for:SFS-50-2017(CSA).

 TOPIC : Supporting international cooperation activities on agriculture soil contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation

Pillar: Societal Challenges
Work Programme Year: H2020-2016-2017
Work Programme Part: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Call : H2020-SFS-2016-2017

Topic Description

Specific Challenge:

Climate change is among one of the threats for the future capacity of agriculture to cope with increased demands on food production. This challenge can be addressed, among other options, by changes in land and soil management at the farm level. There is a strong direct link between the soil management and a significant contribution of agriculture sector to climate change mitigation and adaptation (i.e. outcome of the COP21, 4 per 1000 initiative, links to SDGs). There is a strong need to develop synergies on research in this area at EU and global level. The results of this activity should contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation debate and consider the ongoing work on Sustainable Development Goals implementation.

Scope:

Proposals should cover the topic of soil carbon sequestration and its links with climate change mitigation from the perspective of agricultural sector. Other areas to be tackled should include land (use) management within the scope of this topic. Participation of initiatives such as the Global Research Alliance (GRA), the Joint Programming Initiative on Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE) or the 4 per 1000 initiative is encouraged.

The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of up to EUR 2.5 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude the submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.

Expected Impact:

• Improved understanding of agricultural soil carbon sequestration in different pedo-climatic conditions.
• International Research Community on agricultural soil strengthened
• Provide the basis for a more structured approach towards the issue, for instance with the establishment of on International Research Consortium (IRC).

Cross-cutting Priorities:

International cooperation