This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on
soil erosion in agriculture. The first chapter identifies different
types of soil degradation, focussing primarily on soil erosion by
water. The chapter explores the impact of soil erosion processes on
soil properties that relate directly to crop growth, including soil
depth, water-holding capacity, carbon content and nutrient
reserves. The second chapter reviews advances in techniques used to
assess and measure soil erodibility by water, such as computer
aided tomography. The chapter considers the role of static and
dynamic soil properties in the erosion process, as well as the
challenges that have developed as a result of climate change. The
third chapter assesses the impact of heavy metal contamination on
soil and its consequent role in the degradation of soil health. The
chapter describes the sources, impacts, indicators and remediation
of heavy metal contamination, as well as the development of
improved soil management practices, including effective pollution
control strategies. The final chapter discusses the implementation
of integrated strategies under Conservation Agriculture (CA)
farming systems to restore soil productivity in degraded
agricultural lands in tropical and subtropical regions in Brazil.
The chapter additionally considers the adoption of CA as a tool to
prevent and reverse instances of soil degradation.
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