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Legumes for Soil Health and Sustainable Management (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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Legumes for Soil Health and Sustainable Management (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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Sustainable management of soils is an important global issue of the
21st century. Feeding roughly 8 billion people with an
environmentally sustainable production system is a major challenge,
especially considering the fact that 10% of the world's population
at risk of hunger and 25% at risk of malnutrition. Accordingly, the
68th United Nations (UN) general assembly declared 2016 the
"International Year of Pulses" to raise awareness and to celebrate
the role of pulses in human nutrition and welfare. Likewise, the
assembly declared the year 2015 as the "International Year of
Soils" to promote awareness of the role of "healthy soils for a
healthy life" and the International Union of Soil Science (IUSS)
has declared 2015-2024 as the International Decade of Soils.
Including legumes in cropping systems is an important toward
advancing soil sustainability, food and nutritional security
without compromising soil quality or its production potential.
Several textbooks and edited volumes are currently available on
general soil fertility or on legumes but' to date' none have been
dedicated to the study of "Legumes for Soil Health and Sustainable
Management". This is important aspect, as the soil, the epidermis
of the Earth (geoderma)' is the major component of the terrestrial
biosphere. This book explores the impacts of legumes on soil health
and sustainability, structure and functioning of agro-ecosystems,
agronomic productivity and food security, BNF, microbial
transformation of soil N and P, plant-growth-promoting
rhizobacteria, biofertilizers, etc. With the advent of fertilizers,
legumes have been sidelined since World War II, which has produced
serious consequences for soils and the environment alike.
Therefore, legume-based rational cropping/soil management practices
must support environmentally and economically sustain able
agroecosystems based on (sequential) rotation and intercropping
considerations to restore soil health and sustainability. All
chapters are amply illustrated with appropriately placed data,
tables, figures, and photographs, and supported with extensive and
cutting-edge references. The editors have provided a roadmap for
the sustainable development of legumes for food and nutritional
security and soil sustainability in agricultural systems, offering
a unique resource for teachers, researchers, and policymakers, as
well as undergraduate and graduate students of soil science,
agronomy, ecology, and the environmental sciences.
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