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Soil and Food Security
Feeding the World by Sustaining the Planet
- 1st Edition - January 1, 2029
- Author: Rattan Lal
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 4 7 3 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 8 1 3 - 2
Food security and environmental sustainability are still too frequently seen as incompatible. The belief that the solution to food insecurity is only through increased ag… Read more
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Request a sales quoteFood security and environmental sustainability are still too frequently seen as incompatible. The belief that the solution to food insecurity is only through increased agricultural production is being recognized to be at the cost of depleted, degraded and polluted environmental resources such as soil, water, air, biodiversity and denuded landscape.
Fortunately, this is changing as The Green Revolution 2.0 demonstrates a more integrated approach to addressing global food security, focusing on a holistic solution that improves nutrition, addresses hunger, and also sustains environments and natural resources.
Just as The Green Revolution required exploring new food sources and options for optimizing production, getting to the point of The Green Revolution 2.0 has taken a shift in thinking and Soils: Feeding the World by Sustaining the Planet is a guide to how that shift, combined with what empowers such a shift, occur. Presented through the lens of the personal path of one of the world’s leading experts, the book explores how thinking outside the box can lead to unexpected and exponentially more positively impactful advancements.
- Focuses on the necessity of maintaining and restoring healthy soils for both food production and environmental health
- Enables the reader to connect soil health to human health and improved overall environmental status
- Includes professional and personal insights into moving beyond the traditional to the next phase in science
- Describes the paradigm shift to make agriculture a solution to environmental issues
Researchers, academics and advanced level students in food security, agricultural sciences, and soil sciences. Policy and NGO professionals exploring new means of addressing global food insecurity challenge
1.Starting From the Ground Up1.1.Roots among the Ruins of the Indus Valley Civilization1.2.Extinction of the Civilization by Climate Change 1.3.Growing up on Family Farm:Drudgery and Hardship of Traditional Farming1.4.Motivaton and inspiration of a Budding Soil Scientist1.5.References,Photos,Maps,and Tables
2. Making of a Soil Scientist2.1.Transition to a College Student2.2.Majoring in Soil Science2.3. A Rockefeller Scholar2.3.Becoming a Buckeye2.4. High and Low Tea in Sydney 2.5.References,Graphs,Photos and Tables
3. Lessons in Practical Soil Science3.1.Quantity and Quality of Food Production in Sub-Saharan Africa3.2.Return of the Native Four Years After3.3.Drive Through a Tropical Rainforest3.4. A Life-Time Lesson in Soil Erosion3.5.Debate on No-Till Farming3.6.A Viable Alternative to Shifting Cultivation and Bush Fallow Rotation3.7.References,Graphs,Photos,Tables
4.The One Health Concept4.1.Soil and Life4.2.The Holism and Inter-Connectivity4.3.Planetary Boundaries4.4.Soil Degradation as a Cause of Human Malnutrition4.5.Soil Health Effects on Diet Quality4.6.Food is Medicine4.7.References,Graphs,Tables,Figures
5.Soil and Ecosystem Services5.1.Ecosystem Services5.2.Soil and the Carbon Cycle5.3.Soil and Hydrological Cycle5.4.Soil and the Environment5.5.Soil and Sustainable Development5.6.References,Tables,Graphs,Photos
6. Revolutionary Thinking – Daring to improve upon the standard6.1.Soil as Source of Greenhouse Gases6.2.Soil as a Sink of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide6.3. Managing Soils for Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change6.4.Soil and the Kyoto Treaty6.5.Limiting Global Warming to 2 0C by Managing Soils6.6.References, Tables, Figures, Graphs
7. Moving forward in the face of setbacks7.1.Human Demands7.2.Conrolling Population Growth7.3 Feeding Mega Cities7.4.Managing Soil Productivity7.5.Reducing Food Waste7.6.Soil Less Agriculture7.7.Non-Agricultural Uses of Soils7.8.References,Tables,Figures and Graphs
8. Solutions Underfoot8.1.Nature Positive Agriculture8.2.Ten Tenets of Sustainable Soil Management 8.3.No One Size Fits All Soil Management Practices8.4.Conservation Agriculture8.5.Regenerative Agriculture8.6.Agroecology8.7.Integration of crops with trees and livestock8.8.References,Tables,Graphs,Photos
9. Paradigm Shift – Truly Producing more from less9.1.Produncing More From Less9.2.Narrowing the Yield Gap by Empowering Farmers9.3.Improving Eco-Efficiency and Promoting Eco-Intensification a9.4.Diet Preferences 9.5.Alternate Sources of Protein9.6.Restoring Degraded Soils and Desertified Ecosystems9.7.Time Table of Returning Land to Nature9.8.References,Tables,Graphs and Tables
10.Soil Governance: Changing Policy Thinking about Soil10.1. Opportunities, Challenges and Risks of maintain “business as usual”10.2.World Soil Charter10.3.Soil and Sustainable Development Goals10.4.Senate Soil Resolution10.5.Soil Health Act: Building Upon the Growing Climate Solution Act10.6.Farming Carbon10.7.Payment for Ecosystem Services10.8.References,Tables,Figures and Maps
11. Connecting Future Generations with Nature:11.1.Soil Stewardship11.2.Connecting People with Soil11.3.Education Curricula11.4.Enhancing Respect of the Soil Science and Agricultural Profession11.5.Narrowing the Salary Gap11.6.Attracting the Best and the Brightest11.7.References,Tables,Figures,Maps
12.Soil and World Peace12.1 Confluence of 3 Cs12.2 Soil and climate refugees12.3.Soil Degradation and political instability12.4. Soil health and world peace12.5.References,Tables,Figures and Photos
13.Thoughts on Future Prospects13.1 Changing scientific practice13.2.Partenering with the private sector13.3.Translating science into action on the ground13.4.Getting attention of the decision makers13.5.References,Tables,Graphs,Photos
- No. of pages: 245
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 2029
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443154737
- eBook ISBN: 9780443218132
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Rattan Lal
Rattan Lal, Ph.D., is a Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science and Director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, The Ohio State University, and an Adjunct Professor of University of Iceland. He received B.S. from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana; M.S. from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and Ph.D. from the Ohio State University. He served as Sr. Research Fellow with the University of Sydney, Australia (1968-69), Soil Physicist at IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria (1970-87). He has authored/co-authored near 900 refereed journal articles and over 500 book chapters, has written 20 and edited/co-edited 69 books. Dr. Lal is the past President of the International Union of Soil Sciences (2017-2018).
Affiliations and expertise
Ohio State University, USA