Developing global soil health metrics: Is SOM the key to grassland soil health?
A healthy agricultural soil can maintain productivity, whilst delivering essential ecosystem services. An unhealthy soil can result in erosion, compaction and reductions in above and below ground diversity, nutrient cycling efficiency, drought tolerance and yield1. Grasslands for livestock productio...
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| author | Horrocks, Claire Arango, Jacobo Nunez, J. Arévalo, Ashly Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés Dungait, Jennifer |
| author_browse | Arango, Jacobo Arévalo, Ashly Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés Dungait, Jennifer Horrocks, Claire Nunez, J. |
| author_facet | Horrocks, Claire Arango, Jacobo Nunez, J. Arévalo, Ashly Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés Dungait, Jennifer |
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| description | A healthy agricultural soil can maintain productivity, whilst delivering essential ecosystem services. An unhealthy soil can result in erosion, compaction and reductions in above and below ground diversity, nutrient cycling efficiency, drought tolerance and yield1. Grasslands for livestock production cover 26 % of total global ice free land 2, improvement of grassland soil health is essential for global food security. We aimed to combine a range of ‘low-tech’ and ‘hi-tech’ methods to understand the effect of different forage varieties and management techniques on soil health in both temperate (UK) and tropical (Colombia) grasslands and to develop a scientifically ratified soil health assessment protocol for use by farmers globally. |
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| spelling | CGSpace915242025-11-05T17:55:27Z Developing global soil health metrics: Is SOM the key to grassland soil health? Horrocks, Claire Arango, Jacobo Nunez, J. Arévalo, Ashly Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés Dungait, Jennifer climate change food security agriculture livestock soil drought A healthy agricultural soil can maintain productivity, whilst delivering essential ecosystem services. An unhealthy soil can result in erosion, compaction and reductions in above and below ground diversity, nutrient cycling efficiency, drought tolerance and yield1. Grasslands for livestock production cover 26 % of total global ice free land 2, improvement of grassland soil health is essential for global food security. We aimed to combine a range of ‘low-tech’ and ‘hi-tech’ methods to understand the effect of different forage varieties and management techniques on soil health in both temperate (UK) and tropical (Colombia) grasslands and to develop a scientifically ratified soil health assessment protocol for use by farmers globally. 2018-01-30 2018-03-07T11:57:53Z 2018-03-07T11:57:53Z Poster https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91524 en Open Access application/pdf Horrocks CA, Arango J, Nunez J, Arevalo A, Cardoso JA, Dungait JAJ. 2018. Developing global soil health metrics: Is SOM the key to grassland soil health? CCAFS Poster. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). |
| spellingShingle | climate change food security agriculture livestock soil drought Horrocks, Claire Arango, Jacobo Nunez, J. Arévalo, Ashly Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés Dungait, Jennifer Developing global soil health metrics: Is SOM the key to grassland soil health? |
| title | Developing global soil health metrics: Is SOM the key to grassland soil health? |
| title_full | Developing global soil health metrics: Is SOM the key to grassland soil health? |
| title_fullStr | Developing global soil health metrics: Is SOM the key to grassland soil health? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing global soil health metrics: Is SOM the key to grassland soil health? |
| title_short | Developing global soil health metrics: Is SOM the key to grassland soil health? |
| title_sort | developing global soil health metrics is som the key to grassland soil health |
| topic | climate change food security agriculture livestock soil drought |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91524 |
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