Soil Organic Matter: Enhancing Farm Sustainability

Improve soil organic matter to enhance soil functions like productivity, water purification, carbon sequestration, and nutrient cycling. This factsheet outlines practical methods—such as cover cropping, composting, green manures, biochar, and mob grazing—for farmers and agricultural practitioners to increase SOM sustainably. Part of the EU-funded Best4Soil initiative, it supports climate-resilient farming and is available through the Organic Farm Knowledge platform.