Sustainable, profitable and productive farming
We support farmers and supply chains in measuring and improving soil health.
The target matches the government’s ambition:
“by 2030, all England’s soils will be managed sustainably and degradation threats tackled successfully”.
Everything starts from the Soil
SOIL PROTECTS
from heatwaves
SOIL PREVENTS
and regulates flooding
SOIL CAPTURES
and stores carbon
SOIL STORES
filters and transforms nutrients, contaminants and water
SOIL HOSTS
one quarter of all the world’s biodiversity
SOIL PRODUCES
95% of our food globally
A joint project
ABACO GROUP UK + NIAB
The joint project of ABACO Group and the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) – a plant and crop science research organisation based in Cambridge – dedicated to digitising soil health systems and aimed at the UK retail sector.
Building on existing knowledge and paper-based solutions, the Digital Soil Health has been developed to an agreed industry standard, with a diversity of end-users.
Monitoring soil health
thanks to a digital score
Abaco Digital Soil Health establishes a common baseline to measure and interpret Soil Health for each individual field or soil zone.
This allows farmers to develop site-specific management plans to achieve healthier soil and support profitable and sustainable farming systems.
The Digitally enabled decision-making framework supports the development of Healthier Soil by:
- Removing constraints to achieve yield potential
- Improving targeted, efficient nutrient use
- Increasing yield resilience
- Reducing need for purchased fertiliser
- Increasing carbon capture and sequestration
- Improving water quality
- Providing better support for biodiversity
Abaco Digital Soil Health will now be trialled by
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