Managing soil and groundwater impacts from agriculture for sustainable intensification

Project Information

INSPIRATION

Grant agreement ID: 675120

DOI 10.3030/675120

Project closed

EC signature date 28 July 2015

Start date 1 April 2016

End date 31 March 2020

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 3 659 161,29

EU contribution € 3 659 161,29

Coordinated by

THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
United Kingdom

Deliverables

Other (11)

Network workshop 2

WS2: Characterisation of soil and groundwater microbiology : Sampling, analytical methods, interpretation and applications for agriculture management

Network seasonal school 3

SS3: Numerical modelling and interpretation of pollutant fluxes and cycles between atmosphere, soil and groundwater at different scales

Network seasonal school 2

SS2: Novel monitoring techniques to assess contaminant sources, natural processes and remediation performance with focus on nutrient and C cycles (incl. field visit and lab analysis)

Network seasonal school 1

SS1 : CCES Winter School on developing science into practice, including stakeholder involvement, with input from non-academic partners and invited external organisations

Network workshop 3

WS3: Innovative methods for solute flux measurement in the subsurface environment, with practical field training

Network conference

International conference (delivered with Workshop 7). Support from USFD and all partners (3-days)

Network workshop 1

WS1: Project and time management skills (academic and industry focus), strategies for effective knowledge transfer, science dissemination and outreach (with CL:AIRE)

Network workshop 7

WS7: Entrepreneurship (consultant-led) incl. commercialisation, project finance, market research, media inputs, patents, IPR, spin-outs for technology R&D, with input from University Office of Corporate Partnerships and non-academic partners. Support from Partner Organisations (3-days)

Network workshop 5

WS5: Careers workshop with input from Careers Service and non-academic partners Delivered in the same week with Network workshop 7 (total length 5-days)

Network workshop 4

WS4: Agronomy management from “field” to “fork”: Developing sustainable practices & mitigation of environmental impacts, incl. field visit for technology demonstration

Network workshop 6

WS6: Integrating sustainability into agricultural practice : assessment methods, technology appraisal, management concepts. Support from TGC, IWW, VITO, EAWAG (3 days)

Documents, reports (6)

Analytical and monitoring methods used in catchments

Report on the topic in the title as output from UFZ and EAWAG on their joint research

Guide for monitoring flux dynamics at catchment-scale

Report on the topic in the title prepared jointly by EAWAG and ULG on their research

Technical bulletins from each Fellows research

Technical bulletins prepared by each Fellow on their research, coordinated by TGC and USFD, with production management by CL:AIRE

Sustainability criteria for treatment technologies

Report on the topic in the title, prepared by TGC with others involved in this research

Review of stakeholder interests and engagement in SIA

Report on the topic in the title, focused on stakeholder feedback to interests, needs and engagement in sustainable intensification of agriculture. Ideally, this should be converted into a journal article (e.g. position paper). Assistance from other partners as required. This follows stakeholder engagement as part of network KTA.

Isotope analysis of phosphorous cycling and mitigation

Report on topic in the title, prepared by UFZ with others involved in this research

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (11)

Isotopic composition of nitrogen species in groundwater under agricultural areas: A review

Author(s): Olha Nikolenko, Anna Jurado, Alberto V. Borges, Kay Knӧller, Serge Brouyѐre
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, 2017, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.086

Dynamics of greenhouse gases in groundwater: hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical controls

Author(s): Olha Nikolenko, Philippe Orban, Anna Jurado, Cedric Morana, Pierre Jamin, Tanguy Robert, Kay Knöller, Alberto V. Borges, Serge Brouyѐre
Published in: Applied Geochemistry, Issue 105, 2019, Page(s) 31-44, ISSN 0883-2927
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2019.04.009

An integrated assessment of nitrogen source, transformation and fate within an intensive dairy system to inform management change

Author(s): Elisa Clagnan, Steven F. Thornton, Stephen A. Rolfe, Naomi S. Wells, Kay Knoeller, John Murphy, Patrick Tuohy, Karen Daly, Mark G. Healy, Golnaz Ezzati, Julia von Chamier, Owen Fenton
Published in: PLOS ONE, Issue 14/7, 2019, Page(s) e0219479, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219479

Developing and validating a decision support tool for media selection to mitigate drainage waters

Author(s): G. Ezzati, M.G. Healy, L. Christianson, G.W. Feyereisen, S. Thornton, K. Daly, O. Fenton
Published in: Ecological Engineering: X, Issue 2, 2019, Page(s) 100010, ISSN 2590-2903
Publisher: Elsevier B.V
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoena.2019.100010

Data Assimilation and Online Parameter Optimization in Groundwater Modeling Using Nested Particle Filters

Author(s): M. Ramgraber, C. Albert, M. Schirmer
Published in: Water Resources Research, 2019, ISSN 0043-1397
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2018wr024408

A spatial approach to identify priority areas for pesticide pollution mitigation

Author(s): Gisela Quaglia, Ingeborg Joris, Steven Broekx, Nele Desmet, Kim Koopmans, Karel Vandaele, Piet Seuntjens
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 246, 2019, Page(s) 583-593, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2019.04.120

Impact of P inputs on source-sink P dynamics of sediment along an agricultural ditch network

Author(s): G. Ezzati, O. Fenton, M.G. Healy, L. Christianson, G.W. Feyereisen, S. Thornton, Q. Chen, B. Fan, J. Ding, K. Daly
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 257, 2020, Page(s) 109988, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109988

Restoration of soil quality using biochar and brown coal waste: A review

Author(s): Collins Amoah-Antwi, Jolanta Kwiatkowska-Malina, Steven F. Thornton, Owen Fenton, Grzegorz Malina, Ewa Szara
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, 2020, Page(s) 137852, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137852

The Complex Pathway towards Farm-Level Sustainable Intensification: An Exploratory Network Analysis of Stakeholders’ Knowledge and Perception

Author(s): Evgenia Micha, Owen Fenton, Karen Daly, Gabriella Kakonyi, Golnaz Ezzati, Thomas Moloney, Steven Thornton
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 12/7, 2020, Page(s) 2578, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su12072578

A review of threats to groundwater quality in the anthropocene

Author(s): Nicole M. Burri, Robin Weatherl, Christian Moeck, Mario Schirmer
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 684, 2019, Page(s) 136-154, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.236

Dynamics of greenhouse gases in the river–groundwater interface in a gaining river stretch (Triffoy catchment, Belgium)

Author(s): Anna Jurado, Alberto V. Borges, Estanislao Pujades, Pierre Briers, Olha Nikolenko, Alain Dassargues, Serge Brouyère
Published in: Hydrogeology Journal, Issue 26/8, 2018, Page(s) 2739-2751, ISSN 1431-2174
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-018-1834-y

Conference proceedings (1)

Biogeochemistry of greenhouse gases in groundwater under agricultural area (the Geer catchment, Belgium)

Author(s): Nikolenko, Olha; Orban, Philippe; Jamin, Pierre; Jurado, Anna; Borges, Alberto; Brouyère, Serge
Published in: EGU General Assembly 2018 Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2018
Publisher: EGU General Assembly 2018