Developing and testing a framework for the design of harmonized, context-specific Monitoring, Reporting and Verification systems for soil Carbon and greenhouse gas balances by Agricultural activities

Project Information

MARVIC

Grant agreement ID: 101112942

DOI

10.3030/101112942

EC signature date 22 May 2023

Start date 1 June 2023

End date 31 May 2027

Funded under

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Total cost

€ 6 993 940,00

EU contribution

€ 6 993 940,00

Coordinated by

EIGEN VERMOGEN VAN HET INSTITUUT VOOR LANDBOUW- EN VISSERIJONDERZOEK
Belgium

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (3)

Mitigation potential report

Evaluating the mitigation potential (and uncertainties) of CF practices (carbon removal in soil and biomass, GHG emissions from soil)

Analysis of current MRV systems

Report on the analysis of existing MRV systems and MRV systems

Report on cost guidelines

Methods to determine the cost of CF and associated MRV, for different LUSTs and farm types

Data Management Plan (1)

Initial data management plan

Project’s DMP for a FAIR management of the project’s data and information but with respect for GDPR rules

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

MARVIC website

For communication and dissemination of results and CF-related news

Publications

Other (20)

Benchmark site guidelines

Author(s): Biffi, S., BERTOLA, M., KUMALA, L., MARQUES, K., OZKIPER, O., VAN EGMOND, F., XU, H., WALL, D.& Guysschaert, G.
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17234424

Radiative Forcing of Carbon Farming practices: Insights into climate impacts of non-permanence, greenhouse gas trade-offs, and biogeophysical effects

Author(s): Desmet, F.& Leifeld, J. 
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17225589

Policy brief on the CRCF: recommendations on 8 key points regarding baselines, based on the amended version of the CRCF of 11/10/2023

Author(s): Lanckriet, Edouard; Bacchetti De Gregoris, Tristano; Beck, Ricardo; Bellochi, Gianni; Ceschia, Eric; Coderoni, Silvia; Ferrarini, Andrea; Munkholm, Lars Juhl; Kulmala, Liisa; Lorand, Lorette; Lesschen, Jan Peter; Ruysschaert, Greet; Vogeler Cronin, Iris
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14524128

First MARVIC Climate Advocacy End-User Forum Public Summary Report

Author(s): Reynders, Suzanne & Paul-Victor, Cloé
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.20541088

MARVIC Mid-term Data Management Plan

Author(s): Xu, Hui
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15772125

Model catalogue: models and modelling approaches for assessing SOC stock changes and GHG emissions 

Author(s): Miranda Oliveira, E., Ceschia, E., Bellocchi, G., Biffi, S., Katja, K., Kulmala, L., Lanigan, G., Larysch, E., MARTIN, M., munkholm, . lars ., Panagea, I., Pardon, P., PUGINIER, T., Wijmer, T.& Ruysschaert, G.
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.20397447

Analysis of Current MRV Systems

Author(s): Lorand, Lorette; de la Sayette, Marine; Jubera, Romane; Ruau, Célia; Lanckriet, Edouard
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14742205

MARVIC (Meta)Data catalogue and guidance on '4R' principle in MRV

Author(s): van Egmond, F., Cruijsen, J.& Ferrarini, A. 
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.20510247

Smart biomass sampling protocol

Author(s): Ferrarini, A., Croci, M., Bertola, M.& Ofori-Karikari, K. A.-G.
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.16677496

First MARVIC Market End-User Forum Public Summary Report

Author(s): Lanckriet, Edouard
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.20540714

Methodological guidelines to collect data and assess the costs of Carbon Farming practices and associated MRV

Author(s): BAMIÈRE, Laure; LOUHICHI, Kamel; PHOTINODELLIS, Roxane; MAITAH, Mansoor; ELOFSSON, Katarina; HASLER, Berit
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14230219

Assessment of operability and readiness of Remote Sensing solutions for MRV of SOC

Author(s): Ofori-Karikari, K. A.-G., Ferrarini, A., Larysch, E., Sourav, S. K., Morhart, C., Schindler, Z.& Marques, K.
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.21670088

Assessment of accessibility and interoperability of farm data for MRV systems throughout Europe

Author(s): Deroo, E., Xu, H., Van Parys, E., Poláková, J., Ferrarini, A., Munkholm, L., Astover, A., Ruau, C., Katja, K., Kulmala, L., Lanigan, G., Lesschen, J. P., Larysch, E., Marques, K., Álvaro-Fuentes, J., Leifeld, J.& Ruysschaert, G. (
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17235382

Policy brief on Double counts: Discussion on potential conflicting views between the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) and corporate reporting

Author(s): Lanckriet, Edouard; Ruysschaert, Greet
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14524207

Preliminary note: Recommendations to the CRCF methodology for mineral soils and agroforestry for strengthening the uncertainty reporting

Author(s): Biffi, S., Al Bitar, A., Ceschia, E., Cronin, I., Fer, I., Kulmala, L., Lanckriet, E., Martin, M., Vira, J.& Ruysschaert, G.
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14761278

Carbon Farming Mitigation Potential: Evaluating the mitigation potential (and uncertainties) of carbon farming practices

Author(s): Torrús Castillo, Milagros; Álvaro-Fuentes, Jorge; Martinez-Garcia, Laura Beatriz; Poláková, Jana; Svoboda, Adam; Leifeld, Jens; Larysch, Elena; Pardon, Paul; Dankers, Caroline; Lesschen, Jan Peter; Panagea, Ioanna; Gómez Calero, José A.
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14357697

Metadata dataset: benchmark datasets for modelling

Author(s): BIFFI, Sofia; MARTIN, Manuel; VAN EGMOND, Fenny; FERRARINI, Andrea; XU, Hui; RUYSSCHAERT, Greet
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13903428

MARVIC Glossary for Carbon Farming

Author(s): Photinodellis, R., LORAND, L., BIFFI, S., VOGELER, I., CESCHIA, E., KULMALA, L., MARTIN, M., Desmet, F., van Egmond, F., Hendriks, C., Bertola, M., MARQUES, K., BACCHETTI DE GREGORIS, T., Biffi, S., Vogeler, I., Elofsson, K., Thorsøe, M., et al.
Published in: 2026
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15736244

MARVIC Data Management Plan

Author(s): Xu, Hui
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14742110

Policy brief on Baselines: Discussion note from the MARVIC consortium

Author(s): Ruysschaert, Greet; Lanckriet, Edouard; Ceschia, Eric; Bellochi, Gianni
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14524219

Peer reviewed articles (19)

The environmental trade-off of fertiliser, residue and catch crop management in Danish cropping systems

Author(s): Meshach Ojo Aderele, Edwin Haas, Andrew Smerald, Gitte Blicher-Mathiesen, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Jaber Rahimi
Published in: Agricultural Systems, Issue 229, 2025, ISSN 0308-521X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.AGSY.2025.104433

Undisclosed transgressions? Lacking acknowledgements of large agrifood firms on their impacts on the planetary boundaries

Author(s): Niklas Witt, Morten Graversgaard, Martin Thorsøe
Published in: Ecology and Society, Issue 30, 2025, ISSN 1708-3087
Publisher: Resilience Alliance, Inc.
DOI: 10.5751/ES-16485-300408

Quantification of aboveground and belowground biomass and associated organic carbon in two olive cultivars (Arbosana and Picual) grown at high density

Author(s): Milagros Torrús-Castillo, Gema Guzmán, Belén Cárceles, María-Auxiliadora Soriano, Raúl de la Rosa, José A. Gómez
Published in: Trees, Issue 40, 2026, ISSN 0931-1890
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S00468-026-02760-Z

Impact of Planet Fusion Surface Reflectance Data on Crop Biomass and Carbon Budget Estimates Within the AgriCarbon-EO Processing Chain

Author(s): Andréa Geraud, Ahmad Al Bitar, Gaétan Pique, Rasmus Houborg, Taeken Wijmer, Eric Ceschia
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 18, 2026, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/RS18040581

Effect of Regenerative Agriculture on Soil Health, Ecosystem Services and Economic Performance in a Commercial Olive Orchard in Southern Spain

Author(s): Milagros Torrús‐Castillo, Giovana P. F. Macan, Blanca B. Landa, José A. Gómez
Published in: Soil Use and Management, Issue 42, 2026, ISSN 0266-0032
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/SUM.70181

Hidden gems: small woody landscape features on agricultural land are overlooked in current assessments of agroforestry in Germany

Author(s): Nora Obladen, Zoe Schindler, Jonathan P. Sheppard, Katja Kröner, Elena Larysch, Pawan Datta, Thomas Seifert, Christopher Morhart
Published in: Agroforestry Systems, Issue 99, 2025, ISSN 0167-4366
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S10457-025-01358-7

Practice- or results-based subsidies: balancing the direct costs for soil carbon sequestration and transaction costs for farmers and monitoring agencies

Author(s): Luiza M Karpavicius, Katarina Elofsson
Published in: Q Open, Issue 6, 2026, ISSN 2633-9048
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/QOPEN/QOAG015

ESG reporting meets farmer – implications of the European corporate sustainability reporting directive for the agrifood sector

Author(s): Niklas Witt, Martin Hvarregaard Thorsøe, Morten Graversgaard
Published in: British Food Journal, Issue 127, 2025, ISSN 0007-070X
Publisher: Emerald
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-01-2024-0110

The determinants of transaction costs for carbon sequestration projects: a meta-analytical review

Author(s): Luiza M. Karpavicius, Katarina Elofsson, Shiyu Yan
Published in: Journal of Forest Economics, 2026, ISSN 1104-6899
Publisher: Emerald
DOI: 10.1108/JFE-11-2024-0054

Improving agricultural carbon monitoring with Sentinel-2 and eddy-covariance-based plant productivity estimates

Author(s): Julius Vira, Henriikka Vekuri, Olli Nevalainen, Mika Korkiakoski, Tuomas Mattila, Hermanni Aaltonen, Markku Koskinen, Annalea Lohila, Mari Pihlatie, Jari Liski
Published in: Carbon Management, Issue 16, 2026, ISSN 1758-3004
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/17583004.2025.2568042

The role of transaction costs for the optimal supply of carbon sequestration from cover crops in Denmark

Author(s): Luiza M. Karpavicius, Katarina Elofsson, Gregor Levin, Arezoo Taghizadeh-Toosi
Published in: Carbon Management, Issue 16, 2026, ISSN 1758-3004
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/17583004.2025.2497870

Demands and possibilities for field-scale estimation of agricultural greenhouse gas balances

Author(s): Taru Palosuo, Jaakko Heikkinen, Emmi Hilasvuori, Liisa Kulmala, Samuli Launiainen, Anniina Lehtilä, Ilkka Leinonen, Maarit Liimatainen, Miia Salminen, Narasinha Shurpali, Tarja Silfver, Helena Soinne, Julius Vira, Jari Liski
Published in: CATENA, Issue 249, 2026, ISSN 0341-8162
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.CATENA.2024.108649

The effects of peat thickness and water table depth on CO ₂ and N ₂ O emissions from agricultural peatlands – a process-based modelling approach

Author(s): Henri Kajasilta, Stephanie Gerin, Milla Niiranen, Miika Läpikivi, Maarit Liimatainen, David Kraus, Henriikka Vekuri, Mika Korkiakoski, Liisa Kulmala, Jari Liski, Julius Vira
Published in: Biogeosciences, Issue 23, 2026, ISSN 1726-4189
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/BG-23-3567-2026

mLDNDCv1.0: a machine learning-based surrogate of LandscapeDNDC for optimising cropping systems in Denmark

Author(s): Aderele, M. O., Haas, E., Liu, L., Serra, J., Kraus, D., Butterbach-Bahl, K., and Rahimi, J.
Published in: Geoscientific Model Development, 2026, ISSN 1991-9603
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/GMD-19-6335-2026

Emulator-based calibration of a dynamic grassland model using recurrent neural networks and Hamiltonian Monte Carlo

Author(s): Viivi Aakula, Istem Fer, Julius Vira
Published in: European Journal of Agronomy, Issue 170, 2026, ISSN 1161-0301
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.EJA.2025.127769

Exploring the effects of carbon farming on cropland biodiversity in Europe: A review

Author(s): Adam Svoboda, Michaela Kolářová, Elena Larysch, Josef Holec, Jana Poláková, Josef Soukup
Published in: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Issue 399, 2026, ISSN 0167-8809
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.AGEE.2025.110162

Accounting for albedo changes in carbon farming schemes

Author(s): Flora Desmet, Petra Sieber, Eric Ceschia, Jens Leifeld
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 1002, 2025, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2025.180631

Cost-effective Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils in the EU From 2020 to 2050

Author(s): Addisu A. Dilnessa, Katarina Elofsson, Arezoo Taghizadeh-Toosi, Torbjörn Jansson
Published in: Environmental Modeling & Assessment, Issue 31, 2026, ISSN 1420-2026
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S10666-025-10092-4

Biomass Carbon in Harvest Residues of Winter Oilseed Rape Across Fertilizer N Rates: Implications for Carbon Input Estimations in Soil Carbon Models

Author(s): Ozan Ozkiper, Iris Vogeler, Lars J. Munkholm, Jørgen Eriksen, Johannes L. Jensen
Published in: Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 2026, ISSN 1436-8730
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/JPLN.70075

Conference proceedings (3)

Cover crop effects on carbon sequestration and yield in varied climate scenarios

Author(s): Quentin Bell, Liisa Kulmala, Istem Fer, Hermanni Aaltonen, Helena Rautakoski, Henriikka Vekuri, Jari Liski
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14753406

The effects of peat thickness and water table depth on the CO2 emissions of an agricultural peatland - a process-based modelling approach.

Author(s): Kajasilta, Henri
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14391888

Challenges, strengths and weaknesses of different baseline options for monitoring soil carbon removals – insights from the MARVIC project

Author(s): Ruysschaert, Greet; Lorand, Lorette; Xu, Hui; Lanckriet, Edouard
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14742045