▶Here’s a look back at our Soil O-Live Consortium Annual Meeting in Morocco! 🎥🌍

Thank you to our hosts in Meknes for a wonderful welcome! 🇲🇦✨

#SoilOlive #UJA #EuropeanProject #Europe #EuropeanFunds #Olives #Soil #Olive

Together with @Jaencoop, we’ve installed hydro-infiltrators in our olive trials to measure and optimize water absorption. 🌳✨

A key step by #SoilOLive for a more resilient Mediterranean grove. Great olive oil starts with living soil! 🫒🌍

#SoilOlive #UJA #HorizonEurope

We’ve wrapped up a busy and productive week’s work in Morocco. 🤝

Today we focused on WP7, analysing the factors that influence soil health and their impact on sustainable olive oil production in the Mediterranean. 🌳

We’re returning with clear conclusions.

#SoilOlive

Today, the Soil O-Live Consortium’s Annual Meeting focused on Work Packages WP4, WP5 and WP6, featuring high-level presentations that set the direction for our research into olive grove soil health. 🌳🔬

#SoilOlive #UJA #EuropeanProject

🌍 4th #SoilOLive Annual Meeting in Meknes!

Institutional representatives and researchers from across the Mediterranean meet in Morocco to analyze the health of olive grove soils. 🫒🔬

5 days of technical sessions and field visits to regenerate our ecosystem! 🚜

#SoilOLive

The Soil O-Live consortium is meeting in Morocco to continue making progress on its strategy to transform and improve the health of Mediterranean olive grove soils - Soil Olive The European Soil O-Live project, coordinated by the University of Jaén, has taken a decisive step forward in its roadmap with the holding of its fourth annual meeting. Following previous meetings in ...

👥The international Soil O-Live consortium, led by the University of Jaén, met in the city of Meknes from 23 to 27 March to hold its fourth annual meeting. 📑🔬

🔗 Further information: soilolive.eu/the-soil-o-l...

#SoilOlive #UJA #EuropeanProject

Analyzing Directive (EU) 2025/2360 on Soil Resilience 🔍

A key challenge is balancing land use ⚖️:
"It is important to strike a balance between [infrastructure/raw materials] and vital ecosystem services." 🌱

At #SoilOlive, we ensure human activity respects the biological health of our olive groves 🌳

Tomorrow, @ujaen will become the epicentre of scientific knowledge on EVOO with the 4th Conference on Olive Groves and Olive Oil: ‘The role of EVOO in culinary medicine’.
📅 Friday, 13 March | 5:00 p.m.
⏳ Registration ends today.
#SoilOlive #UJA #EuropeanProject #Europe

We are promoting olive grove sustainability for the third consecutive year!🚜

🧑‍🏫 👩‍🏫After training more than a thousand farmers, Soil O-Live and Deoleo are launching our new Sustainability Workshops, a 100% free initiative for olive growers.👇
soilolive.eu/after-traini...

#SoilOlive

We are pleased to share with you the final agenda for our Soil O-Live Annual Meeting 🌿. This is a key event for analysing advances in olive grove soil health and sharing the results of our research.👇
soilolive.eu/annual-conso...

See you very soon! 🌳🤝

#SoilOlive

🌍 Soil O-live Consortium Annual Meeting 🇲🇦International experts gather in Morocco to advance Mediterranean soil health.➡ Strategic planning & scientific monitoring of our work packages, from biodiversity to sustainability.
🗓️ 22-27 March 2026.
📍 NSA Meknès (Hybrid event).

#SoilOlive #Meknes2026

The February newsletter from the European Union Soil Observatory (EUSO) is out! 🌍🌱
We are sharing this update featuring essential insights on soil health, the core mission and the reason behind Soil O-Live.
📖 Read it here: ec.europa.eu/newsroom/jrc...
#SoilOlive #EuropeanProject

We continue to thoroughly analyze the new Directive (EU) 2025/2360 on Soil Monitoring and Resilience.
⚖️ This regulation is not just another formality; it represents a paradigm shift in the protection of the resource that sustains our existence.
#SoilOlive

Researchers from the European Soil O-live project demonstrate the effectiveness of electroremediation in removing pesticides from olive grove soils - Soil Olive The European Soil O-live project has reached a new scientific milestone that is essential for optimising soil regeneration in a context of concern, given that, according to a recent publication in the...

➡ Researchers from the European Soil O-live project have demonstrated the effectiveness of electroremediation in removing pesticides from olive grove soils.
🔗 More information soilolive.eu/researchers-...

#SoilOlive #UJA #EuropeanProject #Europe

📢 New Series: Analyzing EU Directive 2025/2360 on Soil Resilience. ⚖️ A turning point for environmental protection in Europe. 💬 "Soil is a vital resource, non-renewable at a human scale." 🚜 Caring for the land is caring for our future. ✨
#SoilOlive #Olive

📧We are sharing the January newsletter from the European Union Soil Observatory (EUSO) with interesting information on soil health, the reason behind Soil O-Live.

👉You can read it here ⤵️
ec.europa.eu/newsroom/jrc...

#SoilOlive #UJA #EuropeanProject #Olives

Researchers from the European Soil O-Live project discover a novel method for detecting glyphosate in olive grove soils - Soil Olive A team of researchers from the European Soil O-Live project, coordinated by the University of Jaén, has discovered a novel method for detecting glyphosate (GLY) and other highly polar pesticides in di...

🔬 Researchers from the European Soil O-Live project, coordinated by the University of Jaén, have developed a novel method for detecting glyphosate and other highly polar pesticides in olive grove soils.
🔗 Read the full article here: soilolive.eu/researchers-...

#SoilOlive #UJA

Carbon farming in Mediterranean olive groves: potential for carbon credits and policy implications In the Mediterranean basin, the olive oil sector holds strong potential for carbon credit generation, although it has not yet been assessed following …

We would like to share this interesting article by colleagues from the University of Jaén on the potential of carbon farming in olive groves.
🌿 A real opportunity for climate action, soil health and the future of Mediterranean olive farming.⤵️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#SoilOlive

👋 Happy Holidays!

🥂 For a 2026 in which soil health and thus the health of the population is improved.

#SoilOlive #UJA #ProyectoEuropeo #Europa #FondosEuropeos #Olivos #Soil #Olive #Ecología #EuropeanCommission #SoilMission #HorizonEurope

The Soil O-Live project uncovers the relationship between olive tree genetics and its microbiome with greater or lesser tolerance to verticillium wilt. - Soil Olive The Soil O-Live project adds a new discovery to science: the relationship between the genetics of the olive tree holobiont, i.e. the association between the plant and its microbial community or microb...

➡The Soil O-Live project adds a new discovery to science, the relationship between the genetics of the olive tree holobiont with greater or lesser tolerance to the fungus Verticillium dahliae. ⤵️
soilolive.eu/the-soil-o-l...

#SoilOlive

📧We are sharing the November newsletter from the European Union Soil Observatory (EUSO) with interesting information on soil health, the primary objective of Soil O-Live.

👉You can read it here ⤵️
ec.europa.eu/newsroom/jrc...

#SoilOlive #UJA #EuropeanProject

📅 Today we celebrate #WorldSoilDay! 🔎 The future of olive oil depends on what lies beneath the ground.

➡ Healthy soil is the first step towards resilient olive groves and a better quality of life!

#SoilOlive #UJA #EuropeanProject #Europe #EuropeanFunds #Olives #Soil

Happy #WorldOliveTreeDay! 💚 Celebrating life... from the ground up.

📅 Today, 26th November, we are not only celebrating the olive tree, but also the life that flourishes around it, especially the life we cannot see!

#SoilOlive #UJA #EuropeanProject #Olives #Soil

The influential journal Nature has published an article analysing the alarming situation of Mediterranean olive grove soil and the work being done by the Soil O-Live project. - Soil Olive The influential journal Nature recently published an article by Soil O-Live project coordinator Antonio Manzaneda and several of the researchers involved in the project on the alarming situation of Me...

🌍 The prestigious scientific journal Nature has reported on the worrying situation of olive grove soil in the Mediterranean region, highlighting the important work being done through the SOIL O-LIVE project.

More information
soilolive.eu/the-influent...

#SoilOlive #UJA

📅 Next November 26th the Kick-off Meeting of the Workshop on 'Sustainable Production of Extra Virgin Olive Oil' will be held within the framework of CEN and CENELEC
www.cencenelec.eu/news-events/...

#Sustainability #Standards #CENCENELEC #SoilOlive #OliveOil #UNE

📹 Here is the video of the speech given by Soil O-Live coordinator Antonio Manzaneda at the Agrícola Café held last week in Ontur (Albacete) under the title ‘The olive grove is the future. Innovation, sustainability and profitability’.
youtu.be/B03nr9DQ7dc?...
#SoilOlive #UJA

📅 15 October: International Day of Rural Women
👩‍🌾 Today we honour and recognise the essential role of women who sustain life and the economy in our villages. They are guardians of tradition, drivers of innovation and key players in the fight against depopulation.
#SoilOlive #UJA

👥Today, the Soil Data Space was presented at the University of Jaén, a new project that we believe will be crucial for organisations working in soil health.
➡️ This programme will create a shared space for soil data, models and services.
#SoilOlive #UJA #EuropeanProject

📧The september newsletter from the European Union Soil Observatory (EUSO) is now available, with interesting information on soil health, the primary objective of Soil O-Live.
👉You can read it by clicking on the following link
ec.europa.eu/newsroom/jrc...

#SoilOlive #UJA #EuropeanProject

📹Video summary of the Soil O-Live and Deoleo Sustainability Conference held at the Vergara Oil Mill in Doña Mencía (Córdoba).
youtu.be/0vxFv9V1SZU

#SoilOlive #UJA #EuropeanProject #Europe #EuropeanFunds #Olives #Soil #Olive #Ecology #EuropeanCommission #SoilMission