Phosphorus cycle in European agricultural soils

Process-based biogeochemical models are valuable instruments to monitor the P cycle and predict the effect of agricultural management policies. We upscale the calibrated DayCent model at European level using data-derived soil properties, advanced input data sets, and representative management practices. Available datasets include Current P Budget and Soil Pools, Projected P Budget and Soil Pools for the EU and UK as well the datasets corresponding to the figures of the related manuscript.
Resource Type: 
Datasets
Soil Functions Data
Registration is requested: 
Yes
Year: 
2024
Themes: 
Soil Nutrients
Soil Nutrients›Phosphorus budget in topsoils
Keywords: 
Phosphorus

Title: Modelled phosphorus cycle in European agricultural soils.

Description: Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for all crops, yet its excess negatively affects public health, the environment, and the economy. At the same time, rock P is a critical raw material due to its importance for food production, the finite geological deposits, and its unequal regional distribution. Process-based biogeochemical models are valuable instruments to monitor the P cycle and predict the effect of agricultural management policies. Therefore, we upscale the calibrated DayCent model at the European level using data-derived soil properties, advanced input data sets, and representative management practices. Our results depicted a P budget, total soil P, and available P content consistent with literature and national statistics. Agricultural management scenarios revealed a range of potential changes in the P budget by 2030 and 2050, influenced by the interlink of P with biogeochemical carbon and nitrogen cycles. Thus, the approach used was capable of i) identifying areas with P surplus or deficit at high spatial resolution of 1 km2, ii) pinpointing areas where a change in agricultural management would be most urgent to reach policy goals in terms of environmental pollution, food security and resource efficiency of a critical raw material, and iii) predicting the response of the P cycle to modifications in agricultural management. Available datasets include Current P Budget and Soil Pools, Projected P Budget and Soil Pools for the EU and UK as well the datasets corresponding to the figures of the related manuscript.
Spatial coverage: EU+UK
Pixel size: 1km
Measurement Unit: kg ha-1 year-1 for balance - Other measurement units for the rest of the files (described in detail in the Download page)
Projection: ETRS89-LAEA
Temporal coverage:  2010-2019 and future projections for 2020-2029 and 2040-2049

Type of Dataset: GeoTiff.

Reference: Muntwyler, A., Panagos, P., Pfister, S., & Lugato, E. (2024). Assessing the phosphorus cycle in European agricultural soils: Looking beyond current national phosphorus budgets. Science of The Total Environment, 906: 167143.

All Rasterfiles, R scripts and QGIS project used for the analyses presented in Muntwyler et al. are available for download. Associated README document mentions the libraries needed and the purposes of each script or project in the workflow. The R scripts can also be accessed from the GitHub account annam-esd (https://github.com/annam-esd/P_EU).

 

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Reference of source (Citations) :

Muntwyler, A., Panagos, P., Pfister, S., & Lugato, E. (2024). Assessing the phosphorus cycle in European agricultural soils: Looking beyond current national phosphorus budgets. Science of The Total Environment, 906, 167143.

 

When making reference to the ESDAC

  • Panagos, P., Van Liedekerke, M., Borrelli, P., Köninger, J., Ballabio, C., Orgiazzi, A., Lugato, E., Liakos, L., Hervas, J., Jones, A.  Montanarella, L. 2022. European Soil Data Centre 2.0: Soil data and knowledge in support of the EU policies. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(6), e13315. DOI: 10.1111/ejss.13315
  • Panagos P., Van Liedekerke M., Jones A., Montanarella L., “European Soil Data Centre: Response to European policy support and public data requirements”; (2012) Land Use Policy, 29 (2), pp. 329-338. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.07.003
  • European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC), esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu, European Commission, Joint Research Centre