Agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to climate change. More sustainable crop
production based on agroecological principles is seen as a key solution to this challenge …

Soil health is indeed a crucial concept in agriculture and environmental science. It
encompasses the overall well-being and functionality of soil as a living ecosystem. The five …

Our capacity to maintain world food production depends heavily on the thin layer of soil
covering the Earth's surface. The health of this soil determines whether crops can grow …

Soil is a crucial component of the natural world. Soil health is the capacity of the soil to
function as a dynamic living system to support biological production, maintain environmental …

This edited volume elucidates state-of-the-art information and provides new paradigms of
soil health-based pathways for sustaining plantation crops and diversified systems. The …

There has been growing concern that both intensive agriculture in the developed world and
rapid expansion of crop cultivation in developing countries is damaging the health of soils …

Soil is the primary medium of crop cultivation. It provides the plant, the basic anchor, letting it
spread its root system to draw the needed nutrients and transfer them to aboveground …

11.1. 1 Concepts of soil and plant health in relation to management and land use Soil health
and plant health are easily understood concepts and, for plant health, relatively easy to …

Soil health is a state of dynamic equilibrium between flora and fauna and their surrounding
soil environment In which all the metabolic activities of the former proceed optimally without …

This book covers soil health/management but also addresses issues such as reverting land
degradation, improving soil carbon and biodiversity, mitigating climate change and …