The InBestSoil (IBS) project, funded by the EU’s "Incentives and Business Models for Soil Health" initiative under the Horizon Europe program, is led by the University of Vigo and involves a consortium of 19 partners from 10 countries, with a duration of 48 months.

The main objective of IBS is to quantify the economic benefits of healthy soils and analyze the costs and benefits of interventions aimed at improving soil health. This will facilitate investments, generate new business models and incentives, and establish policies that contribute to the recovery of degraded soils.

One of the case studies takes place at the El Baldío farm (Cáceres), where the effects of rotational grazing on soil health are investigated. The studies cover different land uses in four European biogeographical regions.

With a multi-actor approach, the project collects data from key stakeholders to select indicators and design incentives and policies. IBS aims to scale up the business models created in the case studies and establish incentive systems and policies to improve soil health.

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