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Presentation: Speech
Date: 26 September 2023
Location: Grebenstein, Germany
Speech: Holger Gerdes

Dr. Zoritza Kiresiewa

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Holger Gerdes

Coordinator Bioeconomy

Senior Fellow

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Event:Workshop

Within the field day "Alfalfa Cultivation and Climate Adaptation," Holger Gerdes and Zoritza Kiresiewa (Ecologic Institute) presented a draft policy paper on sustainable subsoil management in Germany. The objective was to collaboratively develop core recommendations – together with farmers, soil experts, and policy stakeholders – on how to more effectively promote deep-rooting crops, particularly alfalfa. Discussions centered on strategies for securing yields during drought years and on adapting political frameworks to make alfalfa cultivation more attractive.

How Can the Cultivation of Deep-rooted Crops be Promoted?

26 September 2023
Hessische Staatsdomäne Frankenhausen, Germany

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Publication:Report

How does subsoil management affect the provision of ecosystem services – and what is its economic value to society? These questions are at the heart of a study by Sophie Ittner, Holger Gerdes and Zoritza Kiresiewa from Ecologic Institute. Using a Benefit Transfer approach, the authors assess the societal costs and benefits of two subsoil management practices in German agriculture. The results demonstrate that sustainable subsoil management can generate not only ecological, but also substantial economic value – offering important insights for targeted support through agri-environmental policy.

The Impact of Subsoil Management on the Delivery of Ecosystem Services

An economic valuation for Germany

Year 2022

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Publication:Report

A report cover with the title “Regionalised factors for successful implementation of subsoil management: Evidence from three case studies in Germany.”

This paper analyses relevant enabling and hindering factors for the implementation of subsoil management in a regional context, focusing on (i) geophysical conditions and (ii) relevant socio-economic criteria in selected regions of Germany.

Regionalised Factors for Successful Implementation of Subsoil Management

Evidence from three case studies in Germany

Year 2024

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Publication:Policy Brief

Cover page of the report titled 'Empfehlungen für die Umsetzung eines nachhaltigen und gesellschaftlich akzeptierten Unterbodenmanagements in Deutschland' (Recommendations for the Implementation of a Sustainable and Socially Accepted Subsoil Management in Germany). Key recommendations are listed, focusing on political frameworks, value chains, collaboration with practitioners, legal clarity, and further research support.

This policy brief outlines recommendations for sustainable and socially accepted subsoil management in Germany. Subsoil, located below the plowed topsoil layer, holds essential nutrients and water reserves crucial for plant growth and sustainable bioeconomy practices. The Soil³ project (2015–2025) investigated methods to enhance subsoil usage, focusing on increasing plant root access to this layer without compromising its ecological functions.

Empfehlungen für die Umsetzung eines nachhaltigen und gesellschaftlich akzeptierten Unterbodenmanagements in Deutschland

Year 2024

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Project

Fertile soils are an indispensable resource for agriculture and the Bioeconomy as a whole. Subsoils contain a major part of the nutrients essential for plants, a resource potential that has thus far not yet been fully understood nor used. In order to harness this untapped potential, the Soil³ project examines the subsoil processes and application of alternative subsoil management measures. The Ecologic Institute will conduct research on the costs, benefits and social acceptance of these measures.

Sustainable Subsoil Management as Part of the Bioeconomy (Soil³)

Oct 2015 - Jan 2025

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Organizer: University Kassel, Section Organic Farming and Cropping Systems (FÖL), Germany

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin), Germany

Ecologic Institute, Germany
Speech: Holger Gerdes

Dr. Zoritza Kiresiewa
Date: 26 September 2023
Location: Grebenstein, Germany
Language: German
Project: Sustainable Subsoil Management as Part of the Bioeconomy (Soil³)
Project ID: 30015
Keywords: Agriculture

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EventWorkshopUsing the Subsoil to Be Better Prepared for Droughts – An Acceptance Analysis of Measures to Upgrade the Subsoil

| Gruppenbild der Workshopteilnehmenden © Soil³

In January 2019, the stakeholder workshop "Using the Subsoil to Better Prepare for Droughts – An Acceptance Analysis of Measures to Enhance the Subsoil" of the BMBF-funded BonaRes project "Soil³ – Sustainable Subsoil Management" took place in Bonn. The aim of... Read more

Workshop:Using the Subsoil to Be Better Prepared for Droughts – An Acceptance Analysis of Measures to Upgrade the Subsoil

Date: 15 January 2019
Location: Bonn, Germany

PresentationSpeechThe Invisible Subsoil: Social acceptance of measures to improve the subsoil in agriculture

| © Universität Bonn

The BONARES conference "Soil as a Sustainable Resource" took place in Berlin from 26 to 28 February 2018. Ecologic Institute staff attended the conference and presented the interim results of the Soil³ project – Sustainable Subsoil Management. Dr. Ana Frelih-Larsen,... Read more

Speech:The Invisible Subsoil: Social acceptance of measures to improve the subsoil in agriculture

Date: 28 February 2018
Location: Berlin, Germany

PublicationArticleThe "Invisible" Subsoil

Hidden beneath the humus-rich topsoil, the subsoil usually receives little attention in agricultural practice. Yet, plants cover between 10 and 80% of their nutrient and water needs from subsoils. Measures to improve the subsoil could help in bridging droughts and... Read more

Frelih-Larsen, A.; Hinzmann, M.; Ittner, S. (2018). The 'Invisible' Subsoil: An Exploratory View of Societal Acceptance of Subsoil Management in Germany. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3006.

doi:10.3390/su10093006

PublicationPolicy BriefSubsoil Compaction – A threat to sustainable food production and soil ecosystem services

RECARE Policy Brief

The persistent damaging impacts of subsoil compaction call for policy intervention in order to secure yields and adapt to climate change, as well as to sustain soil ecosystem services for future generations. The authors of this RECARE Policy Brief, including Ana Frelih... Read more

Schjønning, Per et. al. 2018: Subsoil Compaction – A threat to sustainable food production and soil ecosystem services. RECARE Policy Brief. Aarhus University, Ecologic Institute: Aarhus, Berlin.

PublicationArticleAn Acceptance Analysis of Subsoil Amelioration Amongst Agricultural Actors in Two Regions in Germany

publication's first page of the pdf

© 2021 Hinzmann, Ittner, Kiresiewa and Gerdes

The subsoil could play an important role for agricultural climate adaptation strategies. It is defined as soil layers below the working depth of 30 cm. The subsoil often receives little attention in farming practice. Yet, plants extract between 10 and 80% of their... Read more

Hinzmann M, Ittner S, Kiresiewa Z and Gerdes H (2021). An Acceptance Analysis of Subsoil Amelioration Amongst Agricultural Actors in Two Regions in Germany. Front. Agron. 3:660593. doi: 10.3389/fagro.2021.660593