Soils and sustainable development goals of the United Nations: An International Union of Soil Sciences perspective

R Lal, J Bouma, E Brevik, L Dawson, DJ Field… - Geoderma …, 2021 - Elsevier
Being critical to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations,
strengthening understanding of the properties and processes of soil at national and regional …

[PDF][PDF] Negative effects of covid-19 pandemic on agriculture: systematic literature review in the frameworks of vulnerability, resilience and risks involved

D Štreimikienė, T Baležentis, A Volkov… - Economic Research …, 2022 - hrcak.srce.hr
Covid-19 pandemic provided many negative effects on world economies and people around
the world. The covid-19 creates many threats to sustainability of agriculture sector which is …

Regenerative agriculture for food and climate

R Lal - Journal of soil and water conservation, 2020 - jswconline.org
Can regenerative agriculture (RA) produce an adequate amount of nutritious food for the
growing and increasingly affluent world population while also reducing and offsetting some …

[HTML][HTML] The two-way relationship between food systems and the COVID19 pandemic: causes and consequences

MG Rivera-Ferre, F López-i-Gelats, F Ravera… - Agricultural …, 2021 - Elsevier
CONTEXT The COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the most pressing challenges for
humanity. The pandemic is affecting all aspects of human lives and livelihoods, including …

[HTML][HTML] Managing soils for recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic

R Lal, EC Brevik, L Dawson, D Field, B Glaser… - Soil Systems, 2020 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the global food supply chain and exacerbated the
problem of food and nutritional insecurity. Here we outline soil strategies to strengthen local …

Soil pathogens that may potentially cause pandemics, including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronaviruses

JJ Steffan, JA Derby, EC Brevik - Current Opinion in Environmental Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil ecosystems contain and support the greatest amount of biodiversity on the planet. A
majority of this diversity is made up of microorganisms, most of which are beneficial for …

Sustainable futures over the next decade are rooted in soil science

DL Evans, V Janes‐Bassett, P Borrelli… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of soils to society has gained increasing recognition over the past decade,
with the potential to contribute to most of the United Nations' Sustainable Development …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating animal husbandry with crops and trees

R Lal - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Per capita intake of animal protein is expected to increase globally through 2050, and the
rate of increase will be more in developing or emerging economies than in developed …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review on ensuring the global food security and covid-19 pandemic resilient food systems: towards accomplishing sustainable development goals …

K Kumareswaran, GY Jayasinghe - Discover Sustainability, 2022 - Springer
Covid-19, one of the most critical and widespread global pandemics, has resulted in
extraordinary risk corollaries engulfing millions of people's lives and has caused an …

[HTML][HTML] The role of soil carbon sequestration in enhancing human resilience in tackling global crises including pandemics

C Rumpel, F Amiraslani, D Bossio, C Chenu, B Henry… - Soil Security, 2022 - Elsevier
Soils have recently received attention in the policy area due to their various connections to
climate change, human health and their key role in sustaining human societies in general. In …