InBestSoil

What InBestSoil does

InBestSoil is a 48-month research project funded by the European Union through the Horizon Europe program, with additional co-funding from UK Innovate and Switzerland's State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation. Founded in 2022 and coordinated by the Universidade de Vigo in Spain, the project develops an economic valuation system for healthy soil ecosystem services and interventions, with the explicit goal of integrating soil health into business models and investment decisions. Its core outputs are research frameworks, practice abstracts, scientific papers, and methodological tools, all disseminated freely to stakeholders rather than commercialized.

The project operates a multi-country research consortium spanning 10 European countries (Spain, France, Italy, Romania, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Switzerland, Latvia, and Croatia, plus Denmark per one source), with implementation organized around Lighthouse Experimental Sites across Continental, Boreal, Mediterranean, and Atlantic agro-climatic regions. Infrastructure includes the Soil Community Platform (soilcommunity.app), a 10-language website, and a YouTube channel featuring the SOIL TALKS video series. Strategic research partners include SILAVA (Latvian State Forest Research Institute), Universidade de Vigo, and Fundacion Global Nature, alongside a broader collaborative network with 14+ EU Soil Mission projects.

Commercially, InBestSoil does not sell products or services; it operates as a non-profit research initiative funded entirely by public grants. Its end beneficiaries are EU and national policymakers, farmers and land managers, and academic researchers — not paying customers. The project's value proposition is policy- and methodology-oriented: producing evidence-based frameworks that quantify soil ecosystem services to inform financial mechanisms, carbon farming, and the EU Soil Mission 'A Soil Deal for Europe'. The project entered its final project year in early 2026, with the Soils for Europe Conference 2026 in Coimbra, Portugal scheduled as a culminating dissemination event.

Name

InBestSoil

Legal name

InBestSoil

Website

https://inbestsoil.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Short description

InBestSoil is a 48-month Horizon Europe–funded research consortium developing an economic valuation system for soil ecosystem services. Coordinated from Vigo, Spain, it serves EU policymakers, farmers, and researchers across 10 European countries with freely disseminated frameworks, tools, and field data.

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NAICS

Support Activities for Crop Production (11511)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Soil Health & Regenerative Agronomy Consulting (AFACABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Program Development & Administration (AFAMAMAF)

Keywords

• Soil health research
• Ecosystem services valuation
• Sustainable land management
• Agricultural research projects
• Soil restoration practices

Headquarters

HQ city

Vigo

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

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B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. EU Horizon Europe Research Grant: Primary funding from the European Union Horizon Europe research and innovation program. The project operates as a research consortium with funding designated for the 48-month mission to develop economic valuation systems for soil health.

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Core offering

InBestSoil is a 48-month Horizon Europe-funded research project that develops an economic valuation system for healthy soil ecosystem services and interventions. The project integrates soil health considerations into business models and produces data, tools, and frameworks for long-term soil resilience and sustainability. Outputs include practice abstracts, scientific papers, deliverables, the Soil Community Platform, and Lighthouse experimental sites demonstrating regenerative agricultural practices across multiple European regions.

Product overview

InBestSoil is a 48-month Horizon Europe-funded research project (2023-2027) that operates as a research initiative rather than a commercial product company. The project's core offering is an economic valuation system for healthy soil ecosystem services and interventions, which integrates soil health considerations into business models. The portfolio includes the Soil Community Platform (soilcommunity.app) for stakeholder engagement and collaboration, Lighthouse Experimental Sites across European regions demonstrating soil restoration practices, and educational content through the SOIL TALKS video series. The project produces Practice Abstracts, Scientific Papers, Podcasts, and Deliverables as knowledge dissemination outputs. Partner countries include Spain, France, Italy, Romania, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Lithuania, Switzerland, Latvia, and Croatia.

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Brands

• Soil Community Platform: Digital community platform for soil health stakeholders launched by the InBestSoil project to facilitate engagement and knowledge sharing (soilcommunity.app)

Quantifiable outcome

• Economic valuation framework for soil ecosystem services ready for integration into business models and policy

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• SILAVA (Latvian State Forest Research Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey research partner contributing expertise in forestry and soil health. Austra Zuševica, Researcher at SILAVA, represents InBestSoil at European events and contributes to discussions on innovative financial mechanisms for soil health in forestry.
• Universidade de Vigo (Uvigo)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for project coordination. Researchers including Andrés Rodríguez Seijo (Postdoctoral Researcher) and David Fernández Calviño (Soil Science Researcher) represent InBestSoil and present on sustainable land management and urban soil topics.
• Fundacion Global NaturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner and co-organizer of events including the Cáceres General Assembly. Contributes to Living Lab exchanges and field visits.
• ISLANDR, NovaSoil, SOILL, ENoLLstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU Soil Mission projects collaborating on the 'Soil-Based Business Models' webinar. Jointly discuss soil-related business models, implementation drivers and barriers, and scaling opportunities through Living Labs.
• EJP AGROECOseqC, BIOservicES, Project Credible, MRV4SOCstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner projects contributing to the Carbon Farming webinar. Experts from these initiatives explore agroecological practices, soil carbon modelling, MRV approaches, and policy frameworks.
• PREPSOIL Project, CURIOSOIL, SoilTribes, WheatWatchersstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU Soil Mission projects co-organizing the Soil Literacy webinar. Jointly showcase complementary approaches to soil literacy including digital tools, community engagement, and education frameworks.
• Best4Soil, BioEast, Carbon Farming CE, ECHO, Minagris, MONALISA, NBSOIL, Path4Med, SOB4ES, Soils for Europe, Soils-X-Change, SPADES, SPRINT, Trails4SoilstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple EU Mission 'A Soil Deal for Europe' projects co-organizing the Soils for Europe Conference 2026. This major conference will bring together policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to shape the future of soil health across Europe.

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Market position

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Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@inbestsoil
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/inbestsoil

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