Sampling and analysis or visual examination of soil to assess its status and use potential is
widely practiced from plot to national scales. However, the choice of relevant soil attributes …

In this millennium, global drylands face a myriad of problems that present tough research,
management, and policy challenges. Recent advances in dryland development, however …

Soil map**, classification, and pedologic modeling have been important drivers in the
advancement of our understanding of soil from the earliest days of the scientific study of …

The development and survival or disappearance of civilizations has been based on the
performance of soils to provide food, fibre, and further essential goods for humans. Amongst …

No início da década de1990, a comunidade científica, consciente da importância do solo
para a qualidade ambiental e para a sustentabilidade agrícola, iniciou a abordagem sobre …

There are very few practical demonstrations of the phytoextraction of metals and metalloids
from soils and sediments beyond small-scale and short-term trials. The two approaches …

Regenerative agriculture (RA) is gaining increasing recognition as a plausible solution to
restore degraded agroecosystems. In Mediterranean drylands, RA is at incipient state of …

The living soil system is of primary importance in sustainable agricultural production. Soil
quality is considered as an integrative indicator of environmental quality, food security and …

Abstract Sub-Sahara Africa can overcome the soil fertility depletion that has resulted from
decades of nutrient mining by small-scale farmers and threatens the region's food security …

The need to promote fertiliser use by African smallholder farmers to counteract the current
decline in per capita food production is widely recognised. But soil heterogeneity results in …