Deadline: 24-Mar-22
The European Commission is calling for proposals for Incentives and business models for soil health.
Scope
Healthy soils are the basis of many ecosystems services that they take for granted such as sufficient and safe food, clean water, clean air and an abundant biodiversity. They also underpin sustainable and resilient value chains (food and non-food) and contribute to their quality of life in urban and rural areas. The importance of soil health and the wider environmental, social and economic risks and consequences of land degradation are increasingly recognised across society (e.g. land managers, businesses incl. the financial and insurance sectors, local authorities and citizens overall).
Funding Information
The check will normally be done for the coordinator if the requested grant amount is equal to or greater than EUR 500 000, except for:
- public bodies (entities established as a public body under national law, including local, regional or national authorities) or international organisations; and
- cases where the individual requested grant amount is not more than EUR 60 000 (lowvalue grant).
Expected Outcomes
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- increased awareness about the value of investing in soil health and its various co-benefits for land managers, businesses (incl. the financial and insurance sectors), local authorities and civil society;
- increased opportunities for investments in soil health across value chains;
- novel opportunities for developing and diversifying income for land managers;
- enhanced cooperation and new partnerships across different sectors to significantly improve soil health and support the manifold soil functions;
- emergence of new value chains and products based on sustainable soil practices allowing consumers to make more informed decisions.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions;
- the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States;
- eligible non-EU countries
- countries associated to Horizon Europe
- low- and middle-income countries
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