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{"title":"A smart soil framework law proposal from Italy: Bridging the gap between policy and implementation","authors":"F. Terribile ,&nbsp;E. Bonifacio ,&nbsp;G. Corti ,&nbsp;G. Ferraro ,&nbsp;G. Langella ,&nbsp;F.A. Mileti ,&nbsp;M. Munafò ,&nbsp;L. Salvemini ,&nbsp;A. Basile","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100190","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100190","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Soil degradation, as well known, presents a critical challenge to agriculture and environmental sustainability. Despite advancements in soil science and numerous policies, soil degradation persists due to the complexities of soil systems, inadequate legal frameworks, and a lack of effective implementation tools. This paper is a follow-up of a previous work in Soil Security in which wicked problems concerning the sustainable use of soil have been addressed along with potential solutions. On this basis, here we present a soil framework law proposal – coded as legislative bill #2614 - developed by Italian soil scientists, with the goal of providing practical solutions for sustainable soil management at a national level. The proposed law, presented to the Italian Senate in 2013 and revised in 2022, focuses on preserving \"soil health\" and promoting soil-related ecosystem services. Although it has not yet been implemented, the proposal offers innovative approaches by integrating national and European environmental legislation, along with utilizing smart Spatial Decision Support Systems (S-DSS).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100190"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144167432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The increasing relevance of soil science and soil security in a changing agricultural policy environment","authors":"Johan Bouma","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100192","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100192","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Following a new definition of modern soil science and a focus on the 5C’s of soil security can provide a scientific basis for sustainable development, in line with recent high-level reports on the future of agriculture by the European Union. This requires a focus on indicators and thresholds of ecosystem services, including soil health. A recent case study on farm level showed that methods are available but attention is needed to define appriopriate regional threshold values for ecosystem services while field work to test modeling and measurement assumptions remains essential. This can establish a rejuvinated soil science profession that lives up to its central role in sustainability studies as the most permanent component of any ecosystem.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144098960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Recent developments in global soil health protection policies","authors":"Edoardo A.C. Costantini ,&nbsp;Alex B. McBratney","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100191","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100191","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent years, leading global economies have delineated policies aimed at safeguarding soil health, reflecting a heightened recognition of soil's critical role in sustainable environmental and agricultural practices. Australia’s National Soil Strategy underscores soil as a vital national resource, promoting innovation, data integration, and financial incentives to drive soil health improvements. In Canada, policymakers have identified significant gaps in soil management and are advancing a comprehensive national strategy that includes enhanced data collection and greater policy coordination. China has implemented stringent regulations aimed at preserving arable land and improving soil quality, with a strong focus on preventing land conversion and promoting high-efficiency agricultural practices to ensure food security. The European Union has introduced the Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive, targeting the achievement of universal soil health by 2050. This initiative is underpinned by a careful balance of scientific research, practical feasibility, and transparency. Although the implementation stages of these policies vary due to different political systems, they collectively indicate a global movement towards more sustainable soil management. These initiatives promote international cooperation aimed at achieving common environmental and agricultural sustainability goals. This cooperation can be facilitated by international organizations such as FAO and UNESCO and must be supported by actionable scientific knowledge provided by Soil Sciences.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100191"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144116480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of soil and water conservation intervention on soil physico-chemical properties in Awash Basin, Ethiopia","authors":"Alebachew Shumye Moges,&nbsp;Sisay Assefa Wondimagegn","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100189","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100189","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Since 2010, soil and water conservation practices have been implemented throughout the Dawule watershed to restore its degraded landscape. However, a comprehensive evaluation of these conservation measures' effects on soil physico-chemical properties has not been conducted. This study assessed the influence of conservation interventions on soil characteristics within the watershed.</div><div>The research examined various land use types (enclosures, cultivated land, open grazing land, and bare land) and conservation approaches (physical and biological) across three slope gradients (gentle, medium, and steep). Non-conserved areas with comparable slope classifications were included as controls. Soil analysis employed a two-way ANOVA design. Thirty-six soil samples were collected at 0–30 cm depth from each land use type for laboratory analysis, and 208 households were surveyed to evaluate conservation practices' impact on land productivity, erosion control, runoff reduction, and sediment retention.</div><div>Results demonstrated significant variations in soil physical properties (bulk density, moisture content, and texture) between conserved and non-conserved areas. Chemical properties—including pH, electrical conductivity, exchangeable potassium, cation exchange capacity, organic carbon, organic matter, and available phosphorus—showed significant differences across land management types and slope positions (<em>p</em> &lt; 0.05). Areas managed with stone-face soil bunds exhibited particularly significant improvements in soil physico-chemical properties (<em>p</em> &lt; 0.05).</div><div>Additionally, most respondents reported decreased soil erosion rates and increased land productivity following the implementation of conservation practices. These findings highlight the importance of appropriate conservation measures for reducing soil loss, enhancing soil physical and chemical properties, and improving overall land productivity in the watershed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100189"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143947514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Soil quality variation associated with land cover in the Peruvian jungle of the Junín region","authors":"Carlos Carbajal ,&nbsp;Fernanda Moya-Ambrosio ,&nbsp;Antony Barja ,&nbsp;Elvis Ottos-Diaz ,&nbsp;Cinthya Aguilar-Tito ,&nbsp;Orlando Advíncula-Zeballos ,&nbsp;Juancarlos Cruz-Luis ,&nbsp;Richard Solórzano-Acosta","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100188","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100188","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the Junín jungle, inappropriate agricultural management practices for a long time can adversely affect soil quality. This has driven the development of multiple soil quality evaluation methods that are highly demanding in terms of economic and human resources. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of land-use change from natural ecosystems to agricultural systems by determining soil quality in the jungle of the Junin Region. Soil samples were collected between December 2021 and July 2022 in the Chanchamayo and Satipo provinces in the Junín region. Seventy-four samples were determined using stratified sampling, along with the support provided by the stacking of five spatial layers. Physical, chemical, and biological indicators, along with land cover type data from the European Space Agency (ESA) WorldCover product, were determined. A minimum data set (MDS) was established through correlation analysis, from which principal component analysis (PCA) was performed. Finally, the weighted soil quality index (SQIw) was calculated by integrating the most essential variables identified through PCA. It was found that forest cover soils had a higher SQIw than soils with crops and grassland cover. According to PCA, the soil quality variables that contributed the most are potassium (K) content and pH. It was concluded that the jungle soil quality in the Junín region is moderate to low, depending on the coverage. In addition, more significant degradation was observed in grassland-covered areas, particularly in the Chanchamayo province than in the Satipo province.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143922573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A mobile application for smartphones with soil information: improving connectivity in terms of soil security","authors":"Ángeles Gallegos ,&nbsp;José A. Duran ,&nbsp;David Jesús Palma-López ,&nbsp;Joel Zavala-Cruz ,&nbsp;Antonio López-Castañeda ,&nbsp;Francisco Bautista","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100187","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100187","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Soil sciences are booming due to the recognition of their role in achieving sustainable development goals beyond the importance of food and fiber production. The concept of soil security has emerged, which consists of five elements, including connectivity. Information and communication technologies are key to connecting with land use scholars and professionals. This work aimed to develop a smartphone application with information on the soils of Campeche, Mexico. The app was developed for phones using the Android system, which is the most used in Mexico. We used 14 of Campeche's most important soil profiles, showing the profile image, description, and names with the WRB and the Maya soil classification. Java was used as the programming language. The user menu has seven sections. For the \"Soils\" option, information is displayed and classified according to the type of user; the \"maps\" option displays the location of the user and the soil map with the technical and Mayan names, among others. The Campeche Soils App provides information on soil profiles, characteristics, geographic distribution, and agrological capacity. Students, teachers, and agronomists have favorably evaluated the application. It has three types of users, each offering specific information.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143899210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Holistic systems thinking underpins Vermont soil health practitioners’ preferences and beliefs","authors":"Courtney R. Hammond Wagner ,&nbsp;Alissa White ,&nbsp;Heather Darby ,&nbsp;Patrick Ewing ,&nbsp;Joshua Faulkner ,&nbsp;Brendan Fisher ,&nbsp;Gillian Galford ,&nbsp;Catherine Horner ,&nbsp;William D. Jones ,&nbsp;Deborah Neher ,&nbsp;Cari Ritzenthaler ,&nbsp;Eric B. von Wettberg ,&nbsp;Mojtaba Zeraatpisheh","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100186","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100186","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The concept of soil health has potential to catalyze agricultural transformation, though the breadth of the concept may stifle action. The impact of the soil health concept on practice depends on how well the concept is understood by diverse agricultural practitioners, including farmers, extension, and researchers. We use two surveys of soil health practitioners, or those that manage or influence soil, to examine soil health preferences and beliefs. Both surveys are from Vermont, USA, a region consisting mostly of small-to-medium scale farms: survey one queried Vermont soil health practitioners in the fall of 2020 (<em>n</em> = 62) and survey two queried just Vermont farmers in the spring of 2022 (<em>n</em> = 179). Analysis included qualitative coding and statistical analyses, including <em>t</em>-tests, ANOVA and information theory-informed regression analysis. In study one, Vermont practitioners' definitions include the holistic dimensions of soil health as a living ecosystem, the underlying conditions for life to thrive, the production of ecosystem services, and enhancing resilience. Additionally, practitioners rate biological, chemical, and physical indicators as very useful and important, and these ratings do not, in general, vary between decision contexts. In study two, Vermont farmers perceive the benefits of soil health. The importance of soil health is best predicted by beliefs in climate change. Together these studies suggest that in Vermont, the concept of soil health is aligned with systems-oriented thinking about resilient agricultural systems. We conclude that systems thinking is an important factor for improving soil health and practice adoption.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143868150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mid-term effect of soil amendments on soil erosion, crop productivity and soil properties in fragile ecosystem of western India","authors":"I. Rashmi,&nbsp;Shakir Ali,&nbsp;Kuldeep Kumar,&nbsp;Ashok Kumar,&nbsp;Anita Kumawat,&nbsp;S. Kala,&nbsp;G.K. Sharma","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100185","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100185","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Soil erosion is a significant impediment to sustainable crop production in semi-arid regions. Soil amendments are practical management tools for soil reclamation effects and nutrient conservation in degraded agroecosystems. The present study aimed to quantify the magnitude of runoff, soil and nutrient loss as affected by amendments such as gypsum, crop residue (CR), farmyard manure (FYM) in conjunction with recommended nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (RNPK) under soybean crop (2016–2019) in rainfed conditions of Western India. Results illustrated highest runoff (174 mm), soil loss (4.61 Mg ha^-1) and nutrient loss (7.2: 0.84: 25.8 kg ha^-1 N: P: K) in control than other treatments. Lowest runoff and soil loss were recorded in Gypsum+CR+fertilizers (16 % and 2.10 Mg ha^-1) and Gypsum+CR+FYM+fertilizers (27.3 % and 2.15 Mg ha^-1) respectively. Nutrient loss from amendment applied treatments was low (25–30 % reduction), but nutrient loss from the control indicates long-term depletion of nutrients and organic carbon from soils. Gypsum with organic amendments (CR+FYM) significantly improved soybean yield by 30–40 % over control plots. Combined amendment treatments improved mean weight diameter and water stable aggregate by 1.75 and 1.93 times higher over control, significantly reducing runoff and soil loss. The results of our study demonstrated that use of gypsum with organic amendments and fertilizers is an economically feasible and environment friendly approach for resource poor farmers of semi-arid regions of Western India especially in degraded landscape.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100185"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143829607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Towards soil security: Understanding soil erosion footprints and their implications in NSW","authors":"Anilkumar Hunakunti,&nbsp;Alex McBratney,&nbsp;Budiman Minasny","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100184","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100184","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A key challenge in maintaining soil security is assessing and mitigating soil degradation. The soil footprint is a promising indicator for quantifying degradation impacts, yet it remains underdeveloped, lacking a standardized definition and a comprehensive calculation framework. This study introduces a generalized soil footprint framework, integrating three key components: (1) Threat to soil, representing degradation processes such as soil water erosion or salinization; (2) Soil service ratio, which quantifies changes in soil services such as crop yield or Available Water Capacity relative to their natural state; and (3) Inherent mitigation capability, reflecting the soil's resilience to degradation. Applied in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, we calculated two soil erosion footprints using crop yield and Available Water Capacity (AWC) as indicators of soil services. In both cases, soil erosion rate, specifically water erosion, was used as the threat to soil, while erosion risk capability represented the soil's intrinsic mitigation capacity. Results show that oats had the highest soil erosion footprint due to lower yields, whereas wheat, barley, sorghum, and grain legumes had smaller footprints. An inverse relationship between soil erosion footprint and crop receipts (i.e., farm revenue from crop production) highlights the economic risks of soil erosion, particularly in high-revenue regions like the Northwest Slopes and Plains and the Riverina. AWC-based soil erosion footprints were highest in coastal and dryland cropping areas, indicating greater erosion stress, while irrigated systems, plantation forests, and managed resource protection areas showed lower footprints, reflecting better resilience. Modified pastures, native forests, nature conservation areas, and minimal-use lands had higher footprints. This study highlights the need to integrate soil service ratios and erosion risk capability alongside erosion rates for a more comprehensive approach to soil sustainability and mitigation strategies. The proposed soil footprint framework provides a valuable tool for evaluating human impacts on soil services, guiding targeted soil conservation efforts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100184"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143855239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Urbanization and sealing of fertile soils: A case study in Wisconsin 2001–2021","authors":"Annalisa Stevenson ,&nbsp;Yakun Zhang ,&nbsp;Z. Aslıgül Göçmen ,&nbsp;Alfred E. Hartemink","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100183","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100183","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Globally, human population growth is coupled with increased urbanization. There is increasing competition for land, along with growing demands for food production and the ecosystem services that soils provide in urban and non-urban areas. Here we analyze the increase in developed land across Wisconsin, USA and within three rapidly developing counties (Brown, Dane, and Waukesha counties) between 2001 and 2021 and quantify what soils have been impacted. In those 20 years, state-wide developed land increased by 85,704 ha (+8 %) while the extent of sealed soils increased by 53,358 ha (+20 %), corresponding to 7 ha day^-1 of soil sealing. Newly developed areas were mostly converted from agriculture (50 % cultivated crops; 29 % hay or pasture). At both state and county scales, development occurred predominantly on Alfisols and Mollisols and disproportionally impacted soils with high agricultural productivity. Future development (2021–2041) in the three counties will affect important farmland (49–68 %) and a high proportion of cultivated crops (28–57 %). Urbanization in Wisconsin largely affects soil security, and the maintenance and improvement of soil resources. This study provides a systematic approach to analyze changes in urban development and its effect on soils distribution and farmland potential.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100183"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143758973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}