Protecting agricultural soils from contamination

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How to prevent agricultural soil contamination and how to address the problem of contaminated soils?

The final report of this Focus Group has been published.

Find all the information at a glance in the 'Soil contamination' factsheet.

Tasks:

Identify the main soil pollutants in different regions and challenges each of them poses.
Review existing knowledge about ways to measure soil contamination and share information.
Identify innovative methods to prevent soil contamination in particular through improved management on farm.
Identify a set of good practices to prevent agricultural soil contamination from various sources and to remedy agricultural soil contamination.
Identify remaining research needs from practice and propose possible directions for further research on soil contamination.
Propose priorities for innovative actions by suggesting ideas for Operational Groups to test solutions for the prevention of soil contamination or remediation of contaminated soils and other ways to exchange the practical knowledge gathered beyond the Focus Group.

Results:

Other information:

Focus Group members:

Surname, first name	Profession	Country
Alvarenga, Paula Contact this member	Researcher	Portugal
Beriot, Nicolas Contact this member	Researcher	Spain
Bernal, Maria Pilar Contact this member	Researcher	Spain
Byrne, Fergal Contact this member	Farmer	Ireland
Campos, Isabel Contact this member	Researcher	Portugal
Carmody, Kate Contact this member	Farmer	Ireland
Christensen, Ove Gejl Contact this member	Representative of an NGO	Denmark
Lajos, Mihály Contact this member	Farmer	Hungary
Lang, Vince	Researcher	Hungary
Manoli, Chiara Contact this member	Industry	Italy
Mlakar, Gregor Contact this member	Farmer	Slovenia
Napoli, Marco	Researcher	Italy
Ortiz-Gama, Carlos Contact this member	Civil servant	Spain
Pogrzeba, Marta Contact this member	Researcher	Poland
Riikonen, Aila Contact this member	Farmer	Finland
Soja, Gerhard Contact this member	Researcher	Austria
Zhang, Lulu Contact this member	Researcher	Germany
Vukelić, Amalka Contact this member	Adviser	Croatia
Facilitation team
Zdruli, Pandi	Coordinating expert	Italy
Liisa Kübarsepp Contact this member	Task manager	Estonia
Guimarey Fernandez, Beatriz Contact this member	Backup	Spain

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EIP-AGRI related videos:

AGRI challenge: Protecting soils from contamination Video of AGRI challenge - Protecting soils from contamination
Paula Alvarenga - presentation at EIP-AGRI seminar 'Healthy soils for Europe' Video of Paula Alvarenga - presentation at EIP-AGRI seminar &#039;Healthy soils for Europe&#039;
Vince Lang - presentation on the Operational Group ‘Development of field soil test methods and rational cultivation techniques to reduce soil degradation’ at EIP-AGRI seminar 'Healthy soils for Europe' Video of Vince Lang - presentation at EIP-AGRI seminar &#039;Healthy soils for Europe&#039;