SOIL MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY IN THE ERA OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE INTENSIFICATION
16-18 June, 2020 Online event
Registration deadline: 5 June 2020
1st announcement: https://www.iuss.org/media/1st_announc_remote_last.pdf
Download: https://www.iuss.org/media/registration_form_sissbiobioschool2020.docx
IX National Symposium on Control of Soil Degradation and Recovery
30 Sept. 2020 to 2 Oct. 2020, Elche, Spain
Deadline for abstract submission: 29 February 2020
Website: https://condegres.es
11 - 20 8-16 October 2020, Mexico
Congress website: http://iscc2020.org/
12- 15 Oct 2020, Seoul, Korea
Website: http://www.globalsoilsecurity2020.org/
October 26-28, 2020, Trnava, Slovak Republic
Conference website: http://contaminated-sites2020.sazp.sk/
Edited by Rakshit, A., Ghosh, S., Chakraborty, S., Philip, V., Datta, A. 1st ed. published by Springer 2020, 338 p. 104 illus., 80 illus. in color,
ISBN 978-981-15-2039-6, price hardcover 159.99 € | £139.99 | $199.99; eBook: 128.39 € | £111.50 | $149.00.
Soil analysis is critically important in the management of soil-based production systems. In the absence of efficient methods of soil analysis
our understanding of soil is pure guesswork. Ideally the pro-active use of laboratory analysis leads to more sustainable soil productivity.
Unfortunately, most of the world’s agriculture is still reactionary, waiting for obvious yield declines to occur before taking action to identify the reasons.
This book provides a synopsis of the analytical procedures used for soil analysis, discussing the common physical, chemical and biological analytical
methods used in agriculture and horticulture. Written by experienced experts from institutions and laboratories around the globe, it provides insights
for a range of users, including those with limited laboratory facilities, and helps students, teachers, soil scientists and laboratory technicians increase
their knowledge and skills and select appropriate methods for soil analysis.
Read more: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811520389
Edited by Dr. Delphine Deryng. Published 28 April 2020 by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. 404 pages, ISBN-13: 9781786763204,
price hardback £150.00. Also available as eBook (VitalSource).
It has been suggested that agriculture may account for up to 24% of the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) contributing to climate change.
At the same time climate change is threatening to disrupt agricultural production. This collection reviews key research addressing this challenge.
Climate change is the biggest challenge agriculture faces. Part 1 of this collection reviews current research on the impacts of climate change on
agriculture, such as the effects of increased temperatures, as well as the ways these impacts can be modelled. Part 2 assesses what we know
about the contribution of agriculture to climate change, including the impacts of both crop and livestock production as well as land use.
Part 3 surveys mitigation strategies to achieve a more ‘climate-smart’ agriculture such as the role of integrated crop-livestock and agroforestry systems.
Read more: https://shop.bdspublishing.com/store/bds/detail/workgroup/3-190-84056
By Lucjan Pawlowski, Zygmunt Litwińczuk, Guomo Zhou. 1st Edition published by CRC Press on 28 May 2020, 136 Pages, 20 B/W Illustrations,
ISBN 9780367433727, price hardback GBP 74.39, eBook VitalSource 6 Month Rental GBP 46.50.
According to IPCC reports, one of the greatest threats to the Earth ecosystems is climate change caused by the anthropogenic emissions of
greenhouse gases, mostly carbon dioxide, mainly from the combustion of fossil fuels, cement production and land-use change which leads to
an excessive temperature rise. Agriculture and forestry are responsible for quiet big emissions of greenhouse gases: CO2, CH4 and N2O,
and have significant potential to reduce these emissions mainly through enhancement of CO2 absorption by terrestrial ecosystems.
To evaluate the impact of agriculture on climate change, ruminant farming should be also taken into account.
The methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions through appropriate management of terrestrial ecosystems and animal husbandry
are widely discussed in this book, which will be of interest to academics, professionals and policy makers in environmental sciences.
Read more: https://www.routledge.com/The-Role-of-Agriculture-in-Climate-Change-Mitigation/Pawlowski-Litwinczuk-Zhou/p/book/9780367433727
By Rattan Lal. 1st Edition published by CRC Press on 27 May 2020, 358 Pages , 10 Color & 96 B/W Illustrations, ISBN 9781138600072,
price hardback GBP 124.00, , eBook VitalSource 6 Month Rental GBP 21.00.
This tome presents strategies to improve soil health by reducing the rate of fertilizer input while maintaining high agronomic yields.
It is estimated that fertilizer use supported nearly half of global births in 2008. In a context of potential food insecurity exacerbated by
population growth and climate change, the importance of fertilizers in sustaining the agronomic production is clear. However,
excessive use of chemical fertilizers poses serious risks both to the environment and to human health.
Highlighting a tenfold increase in global fertilizer consumption between 2002 and 2016, the book explains the effects on the quality of soil,
water, air and biota from overuse of chemical fertilizers. Written by an interdisciplinary author team, this book presents methods for enhancing
the efficiency of fertilizer use and outlines agricultural practices that can reduce the environmental footprint.
Read more: https://www.routledge.com/Soil-and-Fertilizers-Managing-the-Environmental-Footprint/Lal/p/book/9781138600072?utm_source=crcpress.com&utm_medium=referral
Edited by Juan J. Jiménez and Juliane Filser, Feb. 2020.
The KEYSOM handbook of methods as a deliverable of COST Action ES1406 is finally published. This manual will help to interested readers
the different techniques that were used in the Action to address the role of soil organic matter and soil fauna.
Read more: http://www.keysom.eu/files/resource/document/30/Handbook_%20COST%20Action%20ES1406%20Soil%20fauna%202020.pdf