NEC06520 NERC mySoil-sample: Business Planning

2008年（Defra, 2008），据估计，土壤碳变化1%就相当于英国每年化石燃料产生的温室气体排放量。在过去的30年里，农村调查报告称，根据国家土壤清单数据，耕地土壤中的土壤碳含量下降了约10%。英国政府最近承诺实施“每英里4碳”倡议，试图恢复土壤碳，以帮助缓解气候变化，改善土壤结构和水文功能。为了实现这一目标，我们需要数据来显示土壤碳的状态和变化，同时保持pH值和土壤生产力，特别是考虑到英国脱欧将给生产和土壤带来新的压力。在这项提案中，我们将通过规划创建一个名为mySoil-sample的数字数据采集系统来改变工业收集土壤数据的方式，该系统将使农民能够使用智能手机或网络收集“智能土壤数据”，其中包含可存储和共享的GPS定位数字记录。工业每年收集超过50万份土壤样本，由工业实验室进行专业分析，但数据收集仍然主要以纸张为基础，而且支离破碎。该系统将释放农民数据的潜力，并将其输入门户网站，以便对土壤进行基准测试。此外，该数据集将使NERC的科学家能够开发新的科学、数据和地图，以帮助行业和政策制定者了解最新的土壤变化，帮助建立一个反应更快的行业。

In 2008 (Defra, 2008) it was estimated that a 1% change in soil carbon was equivalent to the UK's annual greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel. Over the last 30 years the Countryside Survey has reported a ~10% decline in soil carbon from arable soils, supported by the National Soil Inventory data. The UK Government has recently committed to the 4 per Mille initiative to try and restore soil carbon to help mitigate climate change and improve soil structure and hydrological function. In order to achieve this we need data that shows the state and change in soil carbon while maintaining pH and soil productivity, especially in light of Brexit which will place new pressures on production and therefore soils. In this proposal we will transform how soil data is collected by industry through planning for the creation of a digital data acquisition system, named mySoil-sample, that will enable farmers to collect 'smart soil data' with GPS located digital records using smart phones or the web that can be stored and shared. Industry collects in excess of 0.5 million soil samples each year that are analysed professionally in industry laboratories, but data collection is still primarily paper-based and fragmented.This system will unlock the potential of farmer's data and feed into portals that enable benchmarking of soils. Moreover, this data set will enable NERC scientists to develop new science, data and maps to help industry and policy makers that is up to date and captures soil change, helping generate a more responsive industry.