Soil health and sustainable agriculture in Brazil / edited by Ieda Carvalho Mendes and Maur�icio Roberto Cherubin.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Soil health and modern Brazilian agriculture -- 2. Integrated crop -- livestock -- forestry systems for improved soil health, environmental benefits, and sustainable production -- 3. Soil organic carbon restoration as the key driver to promote soil health in no-till systems of the tropics -- 4. Cover crops and soil health in Brazilian agricultural systems -- 5. Soil health in sugarcane production systems -- 6. Soil health under arabica coffee plantations in the Cerrado Biome -- 7. Soil health in no-tillage vegetable production systems-SPDH -- 8. Family farming and conservation agriculture: lessons from a long-term experiment on a sandy soil in Southwestern Amazonia, Brazil -- 9. Soil health in Brazilian forestry systems -- 10. Soil bioanalysis (SoilBio): a sensitive, calibrated, and simple assessment of soil health for Brazil -- 11. Challenges to managing soil health in the newest agricultural frontier in Brazil -- 12. Public policies and initiatives to promote soil health and carbon sequestration in Brazil.

"A far-reaching survey showcasing the improvements made to soil health in Brazil The maintenance of healthy soil resources provides the foundations for an array of global efforts and initiatives that affect humanity. Researchers, consultants and farmers must be able to correctly examine and understand the complex nature of this essential, fragile resource. Soil Health and Sustainable Agriculture in Brazil provides a highly readable overview of the major cropping systems and management practices adopted in Brazil to improve soil health and sustain agricultural/forest production systems. Key Features *Evolution of soil health concepts applied to modern agricultural systems in Brazil. *Overview of the major cropping systems and management practices adopted in Brazil to improve soil health (SH) and sustainability of agricultural production. *Challenges to manage soil health in new agricultural frontiers. *Presentation of the SoilBio Technology: inclusion of soil enzymes as part of routine soil analyses (SoilBio Technology) and calculation of Soil Quality Indexes (SQI) *Public policies and initiatives to promote SH and carbon sequestration in Brazil. The maintenance of healthy soil resources provides the foundations for an array of global efforts and initiatives that affect humanity. Researchers, consultants and farmers must be able to correctly examine and understand the complex nature of this essential, fragile resource. Soil Health and Sustainable Agriculture in Brazil provides a highly readable overview of the major cropping systems and management practices adopted in Brazil to improve soil health and sustain agricultural/forest production systems"-- Provided by publisher.

About the Author
Ieda Carvalho Mendes, Researcher, EMBRAPA Cerrados, Planaltina – Distrito Federal, Brazil.

Ieda holds a degree in Agronomy from the University of Brasília and a Ph.D. in Soil Science from Oregon State University. She is a microbiologist and researcher at Embrapa, working at Embrapa Cerrados. In 1998 Ieda began working with bioindicators of soil health in the Brazilian Cerrados Oxisols. This work led to the development of soil bioanalysis (SoilBio). Since 2019, she is involved in capacitation courses for 80 commercial laboratories of soil analyses in bench scale individual assays to measure activities of beta-glucosidase and arylsulfatase. Ieda has given more than 70 virtual talks about SoilBio technology.

Maurício Roberto Cherubin, Professor, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Piracicaba – São Paulo, Brazil.

Maurício holds a degree in Agronomy from Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). He has been a Professor in the Department of Soil Science at ESALQ/USP (Piracicaba – São Paulo, Brazil) since 2018 where his research focuses on soil management, soil health, soil carbon and ecosystem services. He created and leads the Soil Health & Management Research Group – SOHMA, and is the Vice Director of the Center for Carbon Research in Tropical Agriculture (CCARBON). In 2023, he was elected affiliate member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.