Rees Charles, Ineichen Lorin, Finger Robert, Grovermann Christian
Department of Food System Sciences, Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Frick, Switzerland.
Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Sci Data. 2025 Aug 23;12(1):1471. doi: 10.1038/s41597-025-05731-0.
Soil health is the cornerstone of sustainable agriculture, but studies have shown that agricultural soils are degrading due to inadequate soil management practice adoption. To understand the status quo, we surveyed 2,728 Swiss arable farms in 2024. The dataset captures the soil management practices used alongside the decision-making surrounding their implementation in the 2022/2023 production season. Four core components are covered: (1) farm and farmer characteristics, including gender, age, experience, labour, farm size and Agri-environmental scheme participation; (2) detailed records of twelve arable soil management practices, including uptake extent, number of years used, perceived knowledge and peer adoption; (3) farmers' priorities for soil health and their assessment of key agricultural challenges; and (4) production data for a subset of farms cultivating milling wheat, including wheat area, wheat yield and input application rates. We enriched the dataset with linked secondary plot-level census data. This combined dataset provides a comprehensive resource that enables the analysis of current farming practices, knowledge gaps and challenges to maintain and improve the health of arable soils.
土壤健康是可持续农业的基石，但研究表明，由于土壤管理措施采用不足，农业土壤正在退化。为了解现状，我们在2024年对2728个瑞士耕地农场进行了调查。该数据集记录了2022/2023生产季节使用的土壤管理措施以及围绕其实施的决策情况。涵盖四个核心部分：（1）农场和农民特征，包括性别、年龄、经验、劳动力、农场规模和农业环境计划参与情况；（2）十二种耕地土壤管理措施的详细记录，包括采用程度、使用年限、感知知识和同行采用情况；（3）农民对土壤健康的优先事项及其对关键农业挑战的评估；（4）种植制粉小麦的部分农场的生产数据，包括小麦种植面积、小麦产量和投入施用量。我们用相关的二级地块层面的普查数据丰富了该数据集。这个综合数据集提供了一个全面的资源，能够分析当前的耕作方式、知识差距以及维持和改善耕地土壤健康所面临的挑战。
