An assessment of policies affecting Sustainable Soil Management in Europe and selected member states

This paper analyses soils-related policies in Europe and in selected member states and regions. Our approach breaks down policy packages at European, national and regional levels into strategic objectives, operational objectives, policy measures and expected impacts, and assesses the relationships b...

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Published in:Land use policy 2017-07, Vol.66 (66), p.241-249
Main Authors: Turpin, Nadine, ten Berge, Hein, Grignani, Carlo, Guzmán, Gema, Vanderlinden, Karl, Steinmann, Horst-Henning, Siebielec, Grzegorz, Spiegel, Adelheid, Perret, Eric, Ruysschaert, Greet, Laguna, Ana, Giráldez, Juan Vicente, Werner, Magdalena, Raschke, Isabell, Zavattaro, Laura, Costamagna, Chiara, Schlatter, Norman, Berthold, Helen, Sandén, Taru, Baumgarten, Andreas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural practices
Agro Field Technology Innovations
Energy management
Environmental Sciences
Europe
Farmers
Innovations
Institutions
Land use planning
Levels
Packages
Policies
Policy framework
PPO/PRI AGRO Field Technology Innovations
Renewable energy
Soil analysis
Soil management
Soil stakes
Soils
Sustainable development
Sustainable soil management
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Summary:This paper analyses soils-related policies in Europe and in selected member states and regions. Our approach breaks down policy packages at European, national and regional levels into strategic objectives, operational objectives, policy measures and expected impacts, and assesses the relationships between these elements and soil stakes. Four major policy packages, both at EU and national level (CAP-I, RDP, Environment, national initiatives) were analysed. A numerical scale was developed to quantify the level of “embeddedness” of soil stakes in these policy packages. We found that countries better embed soil stakes into their policies when they also put more efforts on environmental innovation. In turn, countries with a high embeddedness level, with high trust in European institutions and that make more efforts towards renewable energy, tend to propose a wider variety of management practices to farmers for dealing with soil stakes.
ISSN:0264-8377
1873-5754
DOI:10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.04.001