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Operationalizing the soil health metaphor to create sustainable food systems, with a focus on smallholder farming in the Global South

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Title Operationalizing the soil health metaphor to create sustainable food systems, with a focus on smallholder farming in the Global South
 
Creator Pulleman, Mirjam
 
Subject climate change
transformation
food systems
soil
soil quality
soil genesis
 
Description - Restoring / enhancing soil health is key for sustainable intensification and regenerative agriculture in the Global South, while reducing vulnerability of
smallholder farmers to climate change.
- A flexible framework is proposed that can be used to target, monitor and adapt soil health interventions with relevant stakeholders
- Development of biological soil health indicators and assessment methods require more research – given the key role of soil biology for soil health/functions
- High fertilizer costs, attention for soil health have led to the promotion of “smallholder-friendly” “biofertilizers” especially in Latin America, but scientific
evidence and mechanistic understanding is lacking.
- Robust, hypothesis based, experimental research is needed to develop targeted, proven methods, alongside feasibility studies and development of business models
 
Date 2023-12-01
2023-12-05T09:32:02Z
2023-12-05T09:32:02Z
 
Type Presentation
 
Identifier Pulleman, M. (2023) Operationalizing the soil health metaphor to create sustainable food systems with a focus on smallholder farming in the Global South. Keynote presentation. Biostimulants World Congress. Milan, 28 Nov-1 Dec, 2023. International Center for Tropical Agriculture. 28 sl.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135015
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 28 sl.
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