We are pleased to present this new edition of the TUdi project newsletter, dedicated to presenting the project's results and how to use them. Therefore, it is aimed at farmers, technicians, cooperatives, companies, managers, and anyone else interested in using tools to diagnose and solve soil degradation problems in agricultural areas and, if necessary, seeking specialized help.
TUdi is an international project that has brought together teams from Europe, China, and New Zealand from 2021 to 2025 to address a global challenge: soil degradation in agricultural systems. Funded by the European Union and the Chinese government, TUdi has worked to develop practical tools for assessing and correcting the most significant soil degradation processes under local conditions. Its website, available in several languages, including Spanish, is: https://tudi-project.org/ .
These results can be summarized as follows:
• Development of six free-to-use digital decision support tools (DSTs) and one socio-economic analysis tool (SEST) to assess soil degradation processes, guide restoration practices and analyze their profitability.
• Catalog with 27 soil restoration strategies, combining scientific evidence and practical knowledge to help identify the best way to restore soil.
• Consolidation of a stable collaboration network connecting farmers, cooperatives, technicians, researchers, companies and public and private managers to continue collaborating to improve the condition of agricultural soils.
Although formally ending in 2025, the project has a plan to disseminate its results in the following years so that they can be shared and used on farms and in the design of policies and business models in rural areas. To this end, TUdi will organize seminars and practical workshops in the coming months, where the developed tools (DSTs, SEST) and the catalog of strategies will be presented, experiences will be shared, and training will be offered to facilitate their use to anyone interested. This is how the TUdi project contributes to restoring soil health, improving productivity, and strengthening agricultural sustainability.
This newsletter contains a summary of the project and explains how to use the diagnostic and decision support tools, called DSTs (Decision Support Tools), and an economic analysis tool called SEST. For more information, please visit this link: https://tudi-project.org/decision-support-tools
You will also find out how to locate the experts behind these tools if you need to.
We believe that farmers, cooperatives, and agricultural businesses can directly benefit from these TUdi results:
• Soil health tools (DSTs): These tools can diagnose the condition of your soils in relation to erosion, fertilization, compaction, soil structure, carbon content, and biology. If problems are detected, they can identify how to improve them and monitor the effect of the implemented improvement plan.
• Economic analysis (SEST): Allows for cost-benefit assessments of soil restoration strategies that may be proposed, providing a framework for understanding the economic implications.
• Monitoring and notification: The tools facilitate the tracking of improvements in soil health and the demonstration of compliance with certification requirements or the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
• Profitability: Adopting soil improvement practices can help improve or stabilize yields, reduce costs, and increase resilience to extreme weather events such as droughts or torrential rains.
• Collaboration networks: TUdi's collaborative network, including the use of DSTs, facilitates connecting with other farmers, technicians, cooperatives, companies, and soil and agronomy experts.
TUdi opens new avenues for industrial exploitation:
• Digital agriculture services: SMEs can integrate DSTs into agricultural management software.
• Consulting and advisory services: TUdi offers the option of hiring an advisory service; see https://tudi-services.agrisat.es , for those who find public tools and materials insufficient and for those who want to go further in sustainability or need to address a particularly complex problem. The tools offer personalized recommendations for each client's specific situation.
• Sensors and equipment market: DSTs can drive the adoption of field monitoring devices, helping to interpret monitoring results.
• Green business models: SEST can be used for a feasibility analysis of business ideas related to agriculture that incorporate environmental sustainability as an essential part.
The DSTs developed by TUdi are now available at https://tudi-soil.web.app/. When you download and use them, you'll see that they have been designed to achieve:
• Accessibility: They offer simple visual assessments and the possibility of integration with mobile applications.
• Flexibility: Applicable to both herbaceous and woody crops.
• Localization: Translations into multiple languages to overcome language barriers.
• Scalability: Adapted to small farms and large cooperatives.
Users can leverage these technologies by incorporating them into agricultural advisory services and digital platforms, thereby contributing to the adoption of sustainable practices and improved soil health. For integrated use within other applications, further development is required, in which case it is best to contact the TUdi team via email at tudi-support@agrisat.es or through the contact form on the TUdi-Services page: https://tudi-services.agrisat.es/contact/.
In 2026, TUdi enters a key phase for the project's work to be put to use. If you are interested in anything you have read in this announcement, you could:
• Try the DST tools and the SEST socioeconomic tool. Use them and, if you wish, contact us with your feedback for improvement. You can reach us at one of these email addresses: tudi-support@agrisat.es, mllanos.lopez@agrisat.es, or joseagomez@ias.csic.es
• Use the training resources and materials. On the project website: https://tudi-project.org you will find videos, brochures, catalogs and contacts to continue moving forward.
• Explore partnerships for leveraging results, collaborating on the integration and scaling of the tools and practices developed. To do so, you can contact us via one of these email addresses: tudi-support@agrisat.es , mllanos.lopez@agrisat.es , or joseagomez@ias.csic.es
In parallel, TUdi will continue to promote collaboration with other projects and initiatives, to further contribute to a more sustainable and beneficial use of land for rural areas.
If you are interested in learning more or participating in workshops, seminars and events, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Contact: José Alfonso Gómez, joseagomez@ias.csic.es , Ignacio Doménech, i.domenech.carretero@csic.es or Llanos López, mllanos.lopez@agrisat.es