Soils and food security /
As an ecosystem service, soil also serves to capture nutrients and sequester carbon, and these issues are discussed in the context of adding value to soil protection. The influence of modern agricultural techniques in enhancing soil productivity is also discussed. Throughout the book case studies su...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Royal Society of Chemistry,
[2012]
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| Series: | Issues in environmental science and technology ;
35. |
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Table of Contents:
- Soils and food security: challenges and opportunities / Peter J. Gregory
- Global soils: preserving the capacity for food production / Luca Montanarella
- Soil natural capital and ecosystem service delivery in a world of global soil change / David A. Robinson [and others]
- The evaluation and reporting of soils in sustainable agriculture and food systems / Alfred E. Hartemink, Amanda L. Raster and Molly J. Jahn
- Agrobiodiversity and potential use for enhancing soil health in tropical soils of Africa / Fredrick O. Ayuke [and others]
- Organic matter availability and management in the context of integrated soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa / B. Vanlauwe
- Climate change and forest dynamics: a soils perspective / Wendy Peterman and Dominique Bachelet
- Plant nutrients / David A.C. Manning
- Soil physical degradation: threats and opportunities to food security / Paul D. Hallet, Kenneth W. Loades and Julia Krümmelbein.