This document summarizes an activity aimed at identifying and verifying measures to increase soil water holding capacity through agricultural practices. The activity involves field experiments in several countries comparing traditional ploughing, subsoiling, composting tillage, no-tillage farming, and organic matter application. Progress includes setting up new cross-subsoiling experiments in Slovakia, soil sample analysis in Poland, observing existing experiments in the Czech Republic, and evaluating field results in Slovenia. The work is proceeding as planned with no expected changes or problems in continuing experimental, observational, and evaluative activities toward a final report on proposals for agricultural practices.