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Soil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19

dc.contributor.authorPoch, R.M.
dc.contributor.authordos Anjos, L.H.C.
dc.contributor.authorAttia, F.
dc.contributor.authorBalks, M.
dc.contributor.authorBenavides-Mendoza, A.
dc.contributor.authorBolanos-Benavides, M.M.
dc.contributor.authorCalzolari, C.
dc.contributor.authorChabala, L.M.
dc.contributor.authorde Ruiter, P.C.
dc.contributor.authorFrancke-Campana, S.
dc.contributor.authorPrechac, F.G.
dc.contributor.authorGraber, E.R.
dc.contributor.authorHalavatau, S.
dc.contributor.authorHassan, K.M.
dc.contributor.authorHien, E.
dc.contributor.authorJin, K.
dc.contributor.authorKhan, M.
dc.contributor.authorKonvushkova, M.
dc.contributor.authorLobb, D.A.
dc.contributor.authorMoshia, M.E.
dc.contributor.authorMurase, J.
dc.contributor.authorNziguheba, G.
dc.contributor.authorPatra, A.K.
dc.contributor.authorPierzynski, G.
dc.contributor.authorEugenio, N.R.
dc.contributor.authorRojas, R.V.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-09T10:09:36Z
dc.date.available2021-02-09T10:09:36Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-05
dc.identifier.citationPoch, R.M., Dos Anjos, L.H., Attia, R., Balks, M., Benavides-Mendoza, A., Bolaños-Benavides, M.M., ... & Rojas, R.V. (2020). Soil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19. Soil, 6(2), 541-547.
dc.identifier.issn2199-3971
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7036
dc.description.abstractHumanity depends on the existence of healthy soils, both for the production of food and for ensuring a healthy, biodiverse environment, among other functions. COVID-19 is threatening food availability in many places of the world due to the disruption of food chains, lack of workforce, closed borders and national lockdowns. As a consequence, more emphasis is being placed on local food production, which may lead to more intensive cultivation of vulnerable areas and to soil degradation. In order to increase the resilience of populations facing this pandemic and future global crises, transitioning to a paradigm that relies more heavily on local food production on soils that are carefully tended and protected through sustainable management is necessary. To reach this goal, the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recommends five active strategies: improved access to land, sound land use planning, sustainable soil management, enhanced research, and investments in education and extension. The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer and resurrector, by which disease passes into health, age into youth, death into life. Without proper care for it we can have no community, because without proper care for it we can have no life.
dc.format.extent541-547
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectFood Production
dc.subjectSoil
dc.subjectEnvironment
dc.subjectPandemics
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectPandemics
dc.subjectFood Supply
dc.titleSoil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversitat de Lleida
cg.contributor.affiliationFederal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro
cg.contributor.affiliationMinistère de l'Agriculture, des Ressources Hydrauliques et de la Pêche, Tunisia
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Waikato
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro
cg.contributor.affiliationColombian Agricultural Research Corporation
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitute of BioEconomy, Italy
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Zambia
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University and Research Centre
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Amsterdam
cg.contributor.affiliationMinistry of Agriculture, Chile
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversidad de la República
cg.contributor.affiliationThe Volcani Center, Israel
cg.contributor.affiliationMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry, Food & Fisheries, Tonga
cg.contributor.affiliationMinistry of Agriculture, Iraq
cg.contributor.affiliationJoseph Ki-Zerbo University
cg.contributor.affiliationChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
cg.contributor.affiliationThe University of Agriculture, Pakistan
cg.contributor.affiliationLomonosov Moscow State University Moscow
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Manitoba
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Fort Hare
cg.contributor.affiliationNagoya University
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science
cg.contributor.affiliationThe Ohio State University
cg.contributor.affiliationFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
cg.coverage.regionACP
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAfrica South of Sahara
cg.coverage.hubCentral Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeNatural Resource Management
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidPOCH:2020
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectFarming Systems
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectNatural Resource Management
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectResearch Method
cg.iitasubjectSoil Fertility
cg.iitasubjectSoil Health
cg.journalSoil
cg.notesOpen Access Journal; Published online: 05 Nov 2020
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-541-2020
cg.iitaauthor.identifierGenerose Nziguheba: 0000-0003-4227-2242
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