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Soil Health and Sustainable Agriculture in Brazil, EPUB eBook

Soil Health and Sustainable Agriculture in Brazil EPUB

Edited by Ieda Carvalho Mendes, Mauricio Roberto Cherubin

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Soil Health and Sustainable Agriculture in Brazil

A far-reaching survey showcasing the improvements made to soil health in Brazil

The maintenance of healthy soil resources provides the foundations for an array of global efforts and initiatives that affect humanity. Researchers, consultants, and farmers must be able to correctly examine and understand the complex nature of this essential, fragile resource. Soil Health and Sustainable Agriculture in Brazil provides a highly readable overview of the major cropping systems and management practices adopted in Brazil to improve soil health and sustain agricultural/forest production systems.

Key Features

  • Evolution of soil health concepts applied to modern agricultural systems in Brazil.
  • Overview of the major cropping systems and management practices adopted in Brazil to improve soil health (SH) and sustainability of agricultural production.
  • Challenges to manage soil health in new agricultural frontiers.
  • Presentation of SoilBio Technology: inclusion of soil enzymes as part of routine soil analyses (SoilBio Technology) and calculation of Soil Quality Indexes (SQI)
  • Public policies and initiatives to promote SH and carbon sequestration in Brazil.

Soil Health and Sustainable Agriculture in Brazil is ideal for soil scientists, agronomists, and any other researchers in both academia and industry interested in building a sustainable future.

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