Abstract:
Soil Health is defined as soil's ability to perform the multiple jobs it is expected to do, including: providing crops with water and nutrients, reducing runoff and erosion, and storing atmospheric carbon fixed by plants through photosynthesis. These different functions depend on soil physical, chemical, and biological properties, so assessing soil health is a fundamentally multifaceted task. Regenerative Agricultureis an approach to farming based on soil conservation and it refers to the transformations that take place when soil is managed as a living ecosystem. An undisturbed soil has more continuous living roots that improvesoil structure, as organic residues from plants and microbes glue mineral particles together into aggregates leading to a wide range of micro-habitats that can support a greater diversity of soil organisms, which improve conditions of plant growth. The paper discusses the soil health principles, soil health indicators, steps to healthier soils, including conservation practices, what does improved soil health does, sustainability metrics, and promoting environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable food production.
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2-2
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Abstract Book on Second International Conference on Recent Approaches in Plant Sciences (RAPS-23) 4-5 May 2023 , Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2023
Keywords:
Soil health
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Soil health principles
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Soil health indicators
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Soil aggregates
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Regenerative Agriculture
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and Sustainability Metrics