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Temporary Dataset Download: Optimizing phosphorus inputs in EU agricultural soils

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This includes Six TIFF files (One file for figure 2, four files for figure 3 and one file for figure 4) as in the reference publication Van Eynde, E., Ros, G.H., Yunta, F., Muntwyler, A., Hinsinger, P., Fendrich, A.N. and Panagos, P., 2025. Opportunities for optimizing phosphorus inputs in EU agricultural soils. Environmental Science & Policy, 171: 104168.

One file for Figure2 : The spatial distribution of nine P management strategies in EU agricultural land. The legend is interpreted as following: 

1. Sustainable mining with high soil P
2. Unsustainable maintenance with high soil P
3. Unsustainable build-up with high soil P
4. Unsustainable mining with optimal soil P
5. Sustainable maintenance with optimal soil P
6. Unsustainable build-up with optimal soil P
7. Unsustainable mining with low soil P
8. Unsustainable maintenance with low soil P
9. Sustainable build-up with low soil P

Four files for Figure 3 as following: Fig. 3. (a) Actual inputs (kg ha−1 year−1) taken from Muntwyler et al. (2024); (b) required P inputs (kg ha−1 year−1) according to our calculations. The regions in red in Fig. b are those regions with high POLSEN concentrations, where according to our calculations, after 41 years with zero P inputs the POLSEN concentrations will still be higher than 40 mg kg−1; c) The reduction in P inputs needed to have the sustainable management practice in line with soil P concentrations and to reach optimal P concentrations in 41 years (solid arrows in Fig. 1); d) The reduction of current organic P inputs needed to reach optimal P concentrations in 41 years. When zero reduction in P inputs are needed, it means that all the input reduction shown in Fig. 4a can be covered by reducing mineral P inputs.

One file for figure 4: The increase in P inputs required when the aim is to reach at least 20 mg kg−1 of topsoil POLSEN concentrations by 2050.

Van Eynde, E., Ros, G.H., Yunta, F., Muntwyler, A., Hinsinger, P., Fendrich, A.N. and Panagos, P., 2025. Opportunities for optimizing phosphorus inputs in EU agricultural soils. Environmental Science & Policy, 171: 104168.

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

Joint Research Centre - European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)
ID 124762
Date - Time Fri, 02/06/2026 - 07:03
Name of User SUDIP GAYEN
Organization university
Type of Organization University
-- Other
E-mail sudip7718gayen@gmail.com
Purpose soil analysis in study area purpose and agricultural relationship
Notes

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