Change it – Sustainable Soil and Agricultural Management
Introducing new cultivation technologies can significantly improve soil quality, optimize water management, and have a major impact on expected yields.
Select your current and newly examined cultivation method to see what kind of transformation you can achieve.
Number of Good Practices stored in the database and visualized in the Dashboard: 61
User Manual: SoilXChange Manual.pdf
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I. Practice Explorer
Discover and analyse sustainable management practices and their effects.
The Practice Explorer contains more than 60 documented good practices collected from European farms, EIP Operational Groups, and related research projects. This section helps farmers, advisors, and researchers identify field-tested agricultural management solutions that have proven effective in similar contexts.
Start by selecting a Category of Good Practice, then use the filters on the left to refine the list by country, soil type, climate zone, or crop type. The filtered results show all relevant practices available in the database. For each practice, you can open a detailed information sheet (PDF) through the links below the chart. These fact sheets can also be downloaded directly, and include key information on implementation, observed results, benefits, and data sources.
Once practices are selected, the dashboard generates interactive charts that visualise their qualitative effects on soil health, biodiversity, productivity, and profitability. These effects are represented on a colour-coded scale (green = positive, red = negative, grey = no data).
Optional Filters
II. Comparison Chart
Compare the impact of different soil and crop management practices.
This tool helps users identify the strengths and trade-offs of different approaches. Select two good practices and compare their performance side by side across multiple environmental, agronomic, or economic effects.
You can choose up to six parameters — such as yield stability, soil fertility, or cost efficiency — to see how the practices differ.
The bar chart provides a clear visual comparison to support data-driven decision making and knowledge exchange between practitioners.
III. Decision Trees
Step-by-step decision support for implementing different management practices.
This upcoming module will provide interactive, question-based guidance to recommend suitable soil management options. The decision support is based on algorithmic modelling of international scientific publications and literature-derived data.
By selecting your main goal — such as reducing erosion, improving organic matter, or increasing biodiversity — you will be guided through a series of steps leading to tailored recommendations.
Each decision path leads to a set of recommended practices, colour-coded by their effectiveness and linked directly to their detailed fact sheets in the database—helping users translate scientific insights into practical on-farm actions.
Step 1 — Choose baseline
Follow Baseline → Practice → Additional Practice. Effects (OC, Yield, SOM) shown after each choice.