Organic agriculture and soil health

This repository contains raster datasets describing current and projected carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) stocks and fluxes, as well as crop yields, for European agricultural soils under different organic agriculture (OA) scenarios
Resource Type: 
Datasets
Soil Functions Data
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Year: 
2026
Themes: 
Soil Nutrients
Keywords: 
Organic

Title: Modelling organic agriculture expansion in the EU: Assessing productivity and environmental trade-offs
Description: This repository contains raster datasets describing current and projected carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) stocks and fluxes, as well as crop yields, for European agricultural soils under different organic agriculture (OA) scenarios. The datasets were generated using the calibrated DayCent ecosystem model at European scale, combined with spatially explicit soil properties, climate data, land use information, and representative management practices. Detailed model descriptions, scenario assumptions, and calculation methods are provided in the accompanying manuscript and supplementary material. The files contain assessments based on Business as Usual (BAU) scenario, 100% Organic farming, 25% organic farming and Sencils scenario.

Spatial coverage: EU27+ UK (agricultural lands)
Pixel size: 1kmx1kmm     - Type of dataset: GeoTIFF (.tif)
Temporal coverage:  Current (2019-2022) & future projections (2031-2034)
Projection: ETRS 1989 LAEA (EPSG: 3035).

Reference: Muntwyler, A., Lugato, E., Panagos, P., Scherer, L., Muller, A., Pfister, S. (2026). Modelling organic agriculture expansion in the EU: Assessing productivity and environmental trade-offs. Global Change Biology

 

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Reference of source (Citations) :

Muntwyler, A., Lugato, E., Panagos, P., Scherer, L., Muller, A., Pfister, S. (2026). Modelling organic agriculture expansion in the EU: Assessing productivity and environmental trade-offs. Global Change Biology

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