Report on descriptive case studies and interaction along the project

2 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 NOVASOIL INNOVATIVE BUSINESS MODELS FOR SOIL HEALTH Grant agreement ID: 101091268 Report on descriptive case studies Project NOVASOIL Project title INNOVATIVE BUSINESS MODELS FOR SOIL HEALTH Work Package WP1 Deliverable D1.5 Period covered M18-M36 Publication date 31/10/2025 Dissemination level PU Organisation name of lead beneficiary for this report EVENOR Authors Blanco-Velázquez Francisco José, Gonzalez-Peñaloza Félix, Bravo-García Javier, Anaya-Romero María Contributors Ref. Ares(2025)9373636 - 31/10/2025 3 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 4 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCEDURES This document has been reviewed by the NOVASOIL consortium according to the national reports and comments received TABLE REVISION HISTORY DELIVERABLE Ro w Version Date Reviewers Description 1 V1.0 01/10/2025 EVENOR Draft version online provided 2 V1.1 15/10/2025 All Comments and suggestions were provided 3 V2.0 31/10/2025 EVENOR Comments and improvements accepted 5 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 Project Consortium Nº Participant organisation name Countr y 1 EVENOR TECH SLU ES 2 LEIBNIZ-ZENTRUM FUER AGRARLANDSCHAFTSFORSCHUNG GE 3 ZEMNIEKU SAEIMA LV 4 NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY BU 5 CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS FR 6 KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET DK 7 TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN GE 8 ASSEMBLEE DES REGIONS EUROPEENNES FRUITIERES LEGUMIERES ET HORTICOLES FR 9 ISTITUTO DELTA ECOLOGIA APPLICATA SRL IT 10 UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FERRARA IT 11 WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY NL 12 CENTRE OF ESTONIAN RURAL RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE EE 13 UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID ES 14 UNIVERSITA DI PISA IT 15 ASOCIACION AGRARIA JOVENES AGRICULTORES DE SEVILLA ES 16 UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS GB 6 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 Table of contents 1 Summary ........................................................................... ¡Error! Marcador no definido. 2 Introduction ..................................................................... ¡Error! Marcador no definido. 2.1 Objectives .................................................................... ¡Error! Marcador no definido. 2.2 Potential use of the document ................. ¡Error! Marcador no definido. 2.3 Outline the document .................................... ¡Error! Marcador no definido. 3 Main sources of information .................................. ¡Error! Marcador no definido. 3.1 Case studies ............................................................... ¡Error! Marcador no definido. CS: Integrated production in the vineyards (NBU)¡Error! Marcador no definido. CS: Integrated production in Estonia (METK)¡Error! Marcador no definido. CS: CiRAA LTEs on conventional and organic agriculturePayment for Ecosystem Services (UNIPI) ................................... ¡Error! Marcador no definido. CS: District of the Sands - Carbon Credits (DELTA & UNIFE) ................... ¡Error! Marcador no definido. CS: Rueda,Organic vineyardsIntegrated production.¡Error! Marcador no definido. CS: Integrated Production in Andalusian Olive Groves (ASAJA) ........... ¡Error! Marcador no definido. CS: A model for multifunctional and sustainable local development of marginal areas - Value chain (UNIPI) ............... ¡Error! Marcador no definido. CS: ZSA DIH System (ZSA) ....................................... ¡Error! Marcador no definido. CS: CO2-Land initiative in Germany (TUM) ... ¡Error! Marcador no definido. CS: Payments for Ecosystem Services in the Tamarguillo Park ............ ¡Error! Marcador no definido. CS: Rabo Carbon Bank (WU) ................................. ¡Error! Marcador no definido. 3.2 Feasibility of new business models for practitioners¡Error! Marcador no definido. 4 Business models ........................................................... ¡Error! 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Marcador no definido. 7 Acknowledgment ....................................................................................................................... 43 8 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 1 Introduction This deliverable (D1.5 – Report on descriptive case studies)) brings together the descriptive and lessons learned of the case studies. To facilitate, it has been designed as factsheets and can be found in the project website. 9 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 2. Factsheets 10 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 17 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 18 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 19 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 20 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 21 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 22 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 23 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 24 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 25 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 26 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 33 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 34 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 35 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 36 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 37 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 38 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 39 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 40 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 41 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268 42 This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based research and innovation programme under grant agreement GA 101091268