Project name: Demonstrating innovative pathways addressing water and soil pollution in the Mediterranean Agro-Hydro-System – PATH4MED
Project number: 101156867
Project partners: 26 partner countries including Universities, Research Centers, NGOs, Companies
Country of Implementation: 26 project partners including Denmark, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Albania, Ukraine, Germany, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, France, Poland
Objectives :
- Develop and Demonstrate Solutions: Identify, adapt, and showcase accessible agricultural management technologies (soil, water, nutrients) in an open, inclusive setting, empowering citizens to combat soil, water, and ocean pollution.
- Innovative Monitoring Technologies: Advance new monitoring technologies to track agricultural practices’ impact from soil to sea, enhance pollutant traceability, quantify water/nutrient balances, and improve EEA data accuracy.
- Lab-to-Field Technologies: Scale innovative lab-born technologies for future demonstration and upscaling, forming the basis for integrated approaches to environmental intervention.
- Technical and Economic Feasibility: Assess cascades of agricultural solutions for preventing and remediating pollution (nutrients, plastics, pesticides, antibiotics) through a comprehensive modeling framework.
- Effectiveness and Impact Analysis: Measure the effectiveness and impact of solutions on soil, water, and ocean health at scales from farms to continents, guiding policy.
- Citizen Empowerment: Equip citizens to address pollution with evidence-based awareness on pollutants’ sources and pathways, enhancing soil and water literacy.
Expected Results
- Scientific: Integration of new monitoring technologies and solutions within a modeling framework, adoption of Path4Med solutions, and open-source software.
- Social: Improvement in monitoring, creation of new jobs in soil and water protection, agricultural management focusing on farmers, capacity building, support of EU policies, and empowerment of citizens against pollution.
- Economic/Technological: Added value for businesses through new models, digital solutions in agricultural management, increased EU competitiveness, and job creation in soil and water protection.
Target Groups
- Public Bodies (policymakers, authorities at local, national, and EU levels, NGOs, government agencies)
- Private Sector (technology investors, service and technology providers, solution providers, insurance companies)
- Scientific Community (researchers, project partners, Joint Research Center, educational institutions)
- Direct Users (farmers, advisors, public agricultural institutes, and agricultural organizations)
Duration: 48 months 2024-2028
