Soil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19
<p>Humanity depends on the existence of healthy soils, both for the production of food and for ensuring a healthy, biodiverse environment, among other functions. COVID-19 is threatening food availability in many places of the world due to the disruption of food chains, lack of workforce, close...
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| author | R. M. Poch L. H. C. dos Anjos R. Attia M. Balks A. Benavides-Mendoza M. M. Bolaños-Benavides C. Calzolari L. M. Chabala P. C. de Ruiter P. C. de Ruiter S. Francke-Campaña F. García Préchac E. R. Graber S. Halavatau K. M. Hassan E. Hien K. Jin M. Khan M. Konyushkova D. A. Lobb M. E. Moshia J. Murase G. Nziguheba A. K. Patra G. Pierzynski N. Rodríguez Eugenio R. Vargas Rojas |
| author_facet | R. M. Poch L. H. C. dos Anjos R. Attia M. Balks A. Benavides-Mendoza M. M. Bolaños-Benavides C. Calzolari L. M. Chabala P. C. de Ruiter P. C. de Ruiter S. Francke-Campaña F. García Préchac E. R. Graber S. Halavatau K. M. Hassan E. Hien K. Jin M. Khan M. Konyushkova D. A. Lobb M. E. Moshia J. Murase G. Nziguheba A. K. Patra G. Pierzynski N. Rodríguez Eugenio R. Vargas Rojas |
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| description | <p>Humanity depends on the existence of healthy soils, both
for the production of food and for ensuring a healthy, biodiverse
environment, among other functions. COVID-19 is threatening food
availability in many places of the world due to the disruption of food
chains, lack of workforce, closed borders and national lockdowns. As a
consequence, more emphasis is being placed on local food production, which
may lead to more intensive cultivation of vulnerable areas and to soil
degradation. In order to increase the resilience of populations facing this
pandemic and future global crises, transitioning to a paradigm that relies
more heavily on local food production on soils that are carefully tended and
protected through sustainable management is necessary. To reach this goal,
the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS) of the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recommends five active
strategies: improved access to land, sound land use planning, sustainable
soil management, enhanced research, and investments in education and
extension.
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The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of
all. It is the healer and restorer and resurrector, by which disease passes
into health, age into youth, death into life. Without proper care for it we
can have no community, because without proper care for it we can have no
life.
<br/><br/>
– Wendell Berry (American novelist)</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c92142fdef94bc0b22292a87db22d192022-12-22T01:07:03ZengCopernicus PublicationsSOIL2199-39712199-398X2020-11-01654154710.5194/soil-6-541-2020Soil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19R. M. Poch0L. H. C. dos Anjos1R. Attia2M. Balks3A. Benavides-Mendoza4M. M. Bolaños-Benavides5C. Calzolari6L. M. Chabala7P. C. de Ruiter8P. C. de Ruiter9S. Francke-Campaña10F. García Préchac11E. R. Graber12S. Halavatau13K. M. Hassan14E. Hien15K. Jin16M. Khan17M. Konyushkova18D. A. Lobb19M. E. Moshia20J. Murase21G. Nziguheba22A. K. Patra23G. Pierzynski24N. Rodríguez Eugenio25R. Vargas Rojas26Department of Environment and Soil Science, Universitat de Lleida, 25198 Lleida, SpainDepartment of Soils, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, CEP 23.897-000, Seropédica, BrazilDirection Générale de l'Aménagement et de Conservation des Terres Agricoles, Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Ressources Hydrauliques et de la Pêche, 1002 Tunis, TunisiaSchool of Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New ZealandDepartment of Horticulture, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Saltillo 25315, MexicoColombian Agricultural Research Corporation – AGROSAVIA, Centro de Investigación Tibaitata, Mosquera, ColombiaCNR – Institute of BioEconomy, 50029 Sesto Fiorentino, ItalyDepartment of Soil Science, University of Zambia, P.O. Box 32379, Lusaka, ZambiaBiometris, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, the NetherlandsInstitute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the NetherlandsNational Forest Corporation, Ministry of Agriculture, Santiago, ChileSoil and Water Management and Conservation, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Montevideo 12900, UruguayThe Volcani Center, ARO, Rishon LeZion 7505101, IsraelMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry, Food & Fisheries, Nuku'alofa, TongaMinistry of Agriculture, Baghdad, IraqJoseph Ki-Zerbo University, Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoGrassland Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hohhot 010020, Inner Mongolia, China Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, PakistanEurasian Center for Food Security, Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow, RussiaDepartment of Soil Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, CanadaFaculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South AfricaGraduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, JapanInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Central Africa Hub Coordination Office, Nairobi, KenyaICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462038, IndiaCollege of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USAGlobal Soil Partnership, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 00153 Rome, ItalyGlobal Soil Partnership, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 00153 Rome, Italy<p>Humanity depends on the existence of healthy soils, both for the production of food and for ensuring a healthy, biodiverse environment, among other functions. COVID-19 is threatening food availability in many places of the world due to the disruption of food chains, lack of workforce, closed borders and national lockdowns. As a consequence, more emphasis is being placed on local food production, which may lead to more intensive cultivation of vulnerable areas and to soil degradation. In order to increase the resilience of populations facing this pandemic and future global crises, transitioning to a paradigm that relies more heavily on local food production on soils that are carefully tended and protected through sustainable management is necessary. To reach this goal, the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recommends five active strategies: improved access to land, sound land use planning, sustainable soil management, enhanced research, and investments in education and extension. <br/><br/> The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer and resurrector, by which disease passes into health, age into youth, death into life. Without proper care for it we can have no community, because without proper care for it we can have no life. <br/><br/> – Wendell Berry (American novelist)</p>https://soil.copernicus.org/articles/6/541/2020/soil-6-541-2020.pdf |
| spellingShingle | R. M. Poch L. H. C. dos Anjos R. Attia M. Balks A. Benavides-Mendoza M. M. Bolaños-Benavides C. Calzolari L. M. Chabala P. C. de Ruiter P. C. de Ruiter S. Francke-Campaña F. García Préchac E. R. Graber S. Halavatau K. M. Hassan E. Hien K. Jin M. Khan M. Konyushkova D. A. Lobb M. E. Moshia J. Murase G. Nziguheba A. K. Patra G. Pierzynski N. Rodríguez Eugenio R. Vargas Rojas Soil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19 SOIL |
| title | Soil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19 |
| title_full | Soil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Soil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19 |
| title_short | Soil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19 |
| title_sort | soil the great connector of our lives now and beyond covid 19 |
| url | https://soil.copernicus.org/articles/6/541/2020/soil-6-541-2020.pdf |
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