Climate change and soil health: Implications for sustainable land management

Abstract

Global scenario currently is reduced agricultural cultivable areas, increase in population growth, hence the farmer’s aims to increase the productivity by applying abundant inorganic fertilizer without considering the status of Soil health. Soil health normally refers to an ecological equilibrium balance and function of soil and its vital capacity to have maintain well-balanced ecosystem with abundant biodiversity above and below the surface and productivity. The understanding and interpretation of soil health from the perspectives of soil functions, processes, and properties is summarized. Also the good soil is normally defined by the content of Soil organic carbon content, thereby strongly it impacts soil quality, functionality and health. Incorporating different approaches which tend to maximize the physical, chemical and biological property shall be encountered and practiced. This chapter gives the broad outline over soil health and key indicators, management practices, Sustainable soil management and its approaches. Enhancing and sustaining soil health is also pertinent to advancing Sustainable Development Goals of the U.N. such as alleviating poverty, reducing hunger, improving health, and promoting economic development.