Caring Soils Beyond Food Security

This book sheds light on the critical role of soils in ensuring climate resilience and providing essential ecosystem services. By examining the latest scientific research, sharing innovative management practices, and exploring policy frameworks, the chapters of this book discuss how caring for soils can lead to global benefits. The chapters cover topics such as sustainable agricultural intensification, soil health improvement, nutrient cycling, novel fertilizer development, rapid soil assessment techniques, and land degradation mitigation. Renowned scholars and practitioners provide a comprehensive analysis of soil security and its implications for food, fiber, and water quality. This book is beneficial for researchers, professors, and policymakers, for understanding the multifaceted benefits of soil care. It offers a comprehensive set of recommendations for global sustainable soil management, making it a resource for anyone involved in environmental sciences, natural resource management or agricultural policy-making.