The SUPER-G Data Management Plan (DMP) is a key element of good data management. This DMP describes the data that will be acquired or produced during research; how the data will be managed, described, and stored, what standards will be used, and...
MoreDeliverable 2.2a – Ecosystem Services on Permanent Grassland
Permanent grasslands (PG) contribute to a wide variety of essential ecosystem services. Many former PG have been converted into arable land or intensively used as temporary grasslands in many European countries. With this loss, many of the...
MoreDeliverable 2.3 – Report and maps with main farming systems on PG in Europe
Farming systems (FS) are a result of environmental conditions (e.g. climaticconditions, elevation and soils), historic factors (e.g. inheritance law, cultural aspects), policies and management (conventional, organic; dairy, beef, sheep, pigs...
MoreDeliverable 2.4 – Scientist and farmer perceptions of the feasibility of current and emerging permanent grassland management techniques in Europe
The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of 11 different permanent grassland (PG) management options and innovations in terms of their ease of implementation, likely uptake by farmers and land managers, and potential to deliver...
MoreDeliverable 2.5 – Factsheets with management guidelines for main PG types to optimise ES
The aim of task 2.5 was to create information materials about basic management options on permanent grasslands that lead to the support of ecosystem services. The main objective was to provide factsheets that are clearly written and...
MoreDeliverable 3.2 – Overview of data, key gaps, and trends in PG management in the different biogeographic regions
The overall aim of this report is to give an overview of datasets that provide information on current and historical management of Permanent Grasslands (PG) in Europe; present a short summary of the state and condition of PG in Europe based on...
MoreDeliverable 3.6 – Synergies & Tradeoffs
A series of co-innovation workshops within 23 farm networks helped to identify PG management options, innovations, and technologies to trial on commercial and experimental farms before being road tested and demonstrated on a selection of pilot...
MoreDeliverable 4.1a Review of facilitators of, and barriers to, adoption and choice of PG management options to deliver specific ecosystem services (ES)
The maintenance and sustainable management of PG in the SUPER-G project sets out to (i) increase understanding of the importance and functioning of permanent grassland (PG); (ii) benchmark PG performance across Europe; (iii) develop integrated...
MoreDeliverable 4.1c – Review of existing policies and impacts
The purpose of this report is to identify, map, and evaluate the most relevant European policies seen to influence permanent grassland (PG) management. To accomplish this, an interdisciplinary, cross-national team from the UK, Switzerland, Spain...
MoreDeliverable 4.2 – Farmer priorities and preferences for ecosystem services in relation to permanent grassland
This report details the findings of task 4.2, ‘Farmer priorities and preferences for ecosystem services (ES) in relation to permanent grassland (PG)’, funded in the Horizon 2020 SUPER-G project. The objective of Task 4.2 was to assess farmers’...
MoreDeliverable 5.1 Decision Support Tools
Decision support tools (DSTs) are designed to help end users to make more effective decisions. The aim of this report was to review existing DST used within European Permanent Grassland (PG) systems. Decision support tools cover a range of...
MoreDeliverable 6.3 Report on EIP-AGRI Set of Pratices
This report defines the first set of SUPER-G Practice Abstracts. The 1st Practice Abstract, describes the SUPER-G project in general, the different Work Packages and the main activities that will occur during the project. The 2nd Practice...
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