Soil is essential for growing crops, but its quality and health are often poorly understood. With 40% of the world's agricultural land already degraded, this volume examines what makes ""good"" quality soil and how better land use can maintain or improve soil quality. The developing issue of food security is also tackled in this book, which is suitable for agronomists, soil scientists, environmental consultants, policy advisors and students. INDICE: [1] Global Soils - Capacity for Food Production; [2] Soils and Food Security - Challenges and Opportunities; [3] Soils and Sustainable Farming; [4] Climate Change and Agricultural Soils; [5] Soils and Resource Use Efficiency; [6] Soil Biodiversity and Farming; [7] Urban Soils - Local Opportunities for Food Production; [8] Restoring Degraded Soils to Agricultural Production;[9] New Technologies to Enhance Soil Productivity; [10] Balancing the Competition for Soils - Food Production vs. Other Ecosystem Services
- ISBN: 978-1-84973-426-4
- Editorial: Royal Society of Chemistry
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 300
- Fecha Publicación: 30/11/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés