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{"title":"Estimating soil aggregate stability with infrared spectroscopy and pedotransfer functions","authors":"Thomas Chalaux Clergue ,&nbsp;Nicolas P.A. Saby ,&nbsp;Alexandre M.J.-C. Wadoux ,&nbsp;Bernard G. Barthès ,&nbsp;Marine Lacoste","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100088","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100088","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Soil aggregate stability is an important indicator of soil condition and is directly related to soil degradation processes such as erosion and crusting. Aggregate stability is conventionally measured by testing the aggregate resistance to water disturbance mechanisms. Such measurements, however, are costly and time-consuming, which make them difficult to implement at a regional or country scale. In this study, we explore two different approaches to estimate soil aggregate stability by means of commonly-measured soil properties or mid-infrared spectroscopy measurements. The first approach relies on land use and soil properties. In the second approach aggregate stability is estimated by a model fitted with mid-infrared spectroscopic data. We tested the two approaches with a dataset composed of 202 soil samples from mainland France, in which aggregate stability was measured with a fast wetting test. We found that simple linear models based on common soil properties and models based on mid-infrared spectral data yielded similar results. Interpretation of the models revealed well-known relationships: land use had a major role in predicting aggregate stability, followed by organic carbon and clay content. Overall, we conclude that both approaches offer a reliable, cheap and time-efficient alternative to estimating soil aggregate stability. These approaches offer a tool to estimate aggregate stability over large geographical areas, which can support the development of erosive risk management plans and the implementation of adaptive management strategies to mitigate threats to soil and improve the overall soil condition.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 100088"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47501361","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":"Potential of bio-organic amendment of palm oil mill effluent manure and plant growth-promoting bacteria to enhance the yield and quality of maize grains in Cameroon","authors":"Mercy Abwe Ngone ,&nbsp;Dorine Mbeh-Boh Ajoacha ,&nbsp;Denis Tange Achiri ,&nbsp;Gylaine Vanessa Tchuisseu Tchakounté ,&nbsp;Silke Ruppel ,&nbsp;Aaron Suh Tening ,&nbsp;Christopher Ngosong","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100090","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100090","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Achieving soil security is essential to improve maize (<em>Zea mays</em> L.) production that is affected by poor soil fertility, which is often mitigated using chemical fertilizers that cause deleterious environmental effects. The potential of bio-organic amendments to boost soil security was investigated in a field study with eight treatments including; Control–no input, chemical NPK (nitrogen:phosphorus:potassium) fertilizer, Manure (palm oil mill effluent–POME), Microbes (plant growth-promoting bacteria), NPK+Manure, NPK+Microbes, Manure+Microbes, and NPK+Manure+Microbes with four replications each. Results revealed significant (<em>P</em>&lt;0.001) variations in maize grain yield across treatments with the lowest (1.8 tons ha⁻¹) in control, and the highest (3.7 tons ha⁻¹) in integrated treatments of NPK and manure or microbes. A corresponding trend occurred for 1000–maize grain weight that differed significantly (<em>P</em>&lt;0.001) across treatments with the lowest (0.53 kg) in control and the highest (0.62 kg) in integrated treatment of NPK and manure or microbes. Proximate analysis of maize grains revealed significant (<em>P</em>&lt;0.001) increase in protein contents ranging between 0.4–13% across treatments with the highest in the integrated application of NPK+Manure+Microbes. In sum, maize performance was consistent with the significant (<em>P</em>&lt;0.05) increase in soil nitrogen, phosphorus and C-N ratio, with greater effect of microbes, manure and their combination. Earthworm population varied significantly (<em>P</em>&lt;0.001) across treatments with the highest (241 individuals per m³) in manure and the lowest (38 individuals per m³) in NPK treatments. Overall, these results highlight the potential of POME manure and microbes to enhance soil security and boost maize productivity compared to NPK.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 100090"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47770704","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":"Finding common ground: Co-producing national soil policy in Wales through academic and government collaboration","authors":"Carmen Sánchez-García ,&nbsp;Erik S. Button ,&nbsp;Sophie Wynne-Jones ,&nbsp;Helen Porter ,&nbsp;Ian Rugg ,&nbsp;Jacqueline A. Hannam","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100095","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Several agricultural reforms are in progress in the UK following its withdrawal from the EU. This is an opportunity to formulate a Welsh Soils Policy Statement (SPS) that raises the status of soils and ensures that their protection and sustainable management are integrated into future policy. We share and reflect on our novel approach at co-producing a SPS for Wales involving academic researchers and policy teams and provide clear insights into soil policy development. Building consensus among the various government departments and agencies formed the basis of our approach. For pragmatic reasons, it was decided to focus on agricultural soils, which cover 85% of Wales. A rigorous evidence review and synthesis formed the foundation for the development of the SPS, which devises a vision, and primary and secondary objectives for Welsh agricultural soils. A first draft was conceived by the researchers, with further iterations developed between the researchers and the policy team. The researchers were embedded into the policy teams, and this proved to be an effective mechanism for evidence-based policy development that also enhances the science-policy relationship in the longer term. New structures and incentives that promote the engagement between researchers and policymakers should be developed to support environmental policymaking across the board.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 100095"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49858497","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":"Influence of biotic and abiotic factors on the development of non-wetting soils and management approaches: A review","authors":"Naveeda Majid ,&nbsp;Md Mezbaul Bahar ,&nbsp;Richard Harper ,&nbsp;Mallavarapu Megharaj ,&nbsp;Ravi Naidu","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100091","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100091","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Non-wetting or hydrophobic soils occur around the globe and have impacts on infiltration rates, plant growth, and the hydrological cycle via evaporation, runoff, and soil leaching. These impacts may limit the productivity of the cropping areas, resulting in significant economic loss. Non-wetting of soil is a property whereby water pools on the surface of the soil instead of penetrating it, negatively influencing water movement. This phenomenon is caused by hydrophobic organic materials that bind to soil particles or aggregates within the soil pore spaces. This review examines the direct and indirect influences of biotic and abiotic factors on the development of hydrophobicity in soil. Biotic causes of non-wetting soils include microbial activity and type of vegetation. Abiotic factors such as the physicochemical properties of soil, climate, and fire are also examined in detail to determine their role in the development of soil hydrophobicity. A critical analysis of how and under what conditions these biotic and abiotic factors interact to cause non-wetting in soils is undertaken. Different physical, chemical, and biological management approaches are reviewed to understand better how non-wetting soils can be remediated. Given the existing remediation practices, it has been determined that a full understanding of hydrophobicity is lacking in the literature; therefore, more research is needed to identify the detailed mechanisms behind this phenomenon to develop a cost-effective and sustainable solution.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 100091"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47276573","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":"Evaluation of soil quality under oil palm cultivation in a coastal plain sands area of Akwa Ibom State Nigeria","authors":"E.D. Chukwu ,&nbsp;B.T. Udoh ,&nbsp;A.I. Afangide ,&nbsp;A.F. Osisi","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100087","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100087","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>There is paucity of quantitative scientific information of the potential of crop plants to improve soil quality in the coastal plain sands area, which can contribute to optimum crop productivity. Accordingly, the study evaluated the influence of oil palm cultivation on soil quality in a coastal plain sands area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Four oil palm blocks of varying ages: 57 years (B-57), 39 years (B-39), 17 years (B-17) and a no oil palm block (B-0), which served as the control was used for the study. A total of 12 pits were dug. The soils were described according to horizon designation as observed in the soil profile, sampled at both dry and wet seasons, air dried, sieved and taken to the laboratory for analysis. The data obtained were subjected to laboratory analysis. The soil quality evaluation using principal component analysis method, showed that oil palm improved the soil quality in the dry season with the best quality in B-17 (2.34) followed by B-57 (2.14), B-0 (2.0) and B-39 (1.85). After initial improvement in soil quality by oil palm plantation, up to 17 years of age, the soil quality degraded as the oil palm advanced in age up to 39 years, before it improved again such that soil quality was better at 57 years than when it was assessed at 39 years. Irrespective of the age of oil palm plantation, soil quality was degraded by the wet season. The trend (for wet season) was as follows: B-39 &gt;<em>B</em>-17 &gt;<em>B</em>-57= B<em>-</em>0. The study has revealed that oil palm cultivation can serve as a good soil management and conservation practice in the coastal plain sands area, since it has the potential of improving soil quality (physical, chemical and biological) the longer it stays on the soil.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100087"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44698384","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 proposal for the assessment of soil security: Soil functions, soil services and threats to soil","authors":"Sandra J. Evangelista,&nbsp;Damien J. Field,&nbsp;Alex B. McBratney,&nbsp;Budiman Minasny,&nbsp;Wartini Ng,&nbsp;José Padarian,&nbsp;Mercedes Román Dobarco,&nbsp;Alexandre M.J.-C. Wadoux","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100086","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Human societies face six existential challenges to their sustainable development. These challenges have been previously addressed by a myriad of concepts such as soil conservation, soil quality, and soil health. Yet, of these, only soil security attempts to integrate the six existential challenges concurrently through the five biophysical and socio-economic dimensions of capacity, condition, capital, connectivity and codification. In this paper, we highlight past and existing concepts, and make a proposal for a provisional assessment of soil security. The proposal addresses three roles of soil: soil functions, soil services and threats to soil. For each identified role, we indicate a potential, but not exhaustive, list of indicators that characterise the five dimensions of soil security. We also raise issues of quantification and combination of indicators briefly. We found that capacity and condition are theoretically easier to measure and quantify than connectivity and codification. The dimension capital might be conveniently assessed using indicators that relate to the economic value of soils. The next step is to test this proposal for which we make recommendations on potential study cases and examples. We conclude that the five dimensions of soil security can potentially be assessed quantitatively and comprehensively using indicators that characterise each role, but also found that there is need for further work to devise an operational measurement methodology to estimate connectivity of people to soil.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100086"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49753684","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":"Participatory approaches for soil research and management: A literature-based synthesis","authors":"Alexandre M.J.-C. Wadoux,&nbsp;Alex B. McBratney","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100085","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Participatory approaches to data gathering and research which involve farmers, laypeople, amateur soil scientists, concerned community members or school students have attracted much attention recently, not only to enable scientific progress but also to achieve social and educational outcomes. Non-expert participation in soil research and management is diverse and applied variously, ranging from data collection to inform large-scale monitoring schemes in citizen science projects to projects in which the participants define the object of study and the questions to be answered. The growth of participatory projects to tackle complex environmental and soil-related issues has generated literature that describes both the way the projects are initiated, implemented and the outcomes they achieve. We review the existing literature on participatory soil research and management. Existing studies are classified into three categories based on the degree of participation in the different phases of research. The quality of participation is further evaluated systematically through the five elements that participatory projects usually include: inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and impacts. We found that the majority of existing participatory projects were contributory in nature, where participants contribute to generating data. Co-created projects which involve a greater level of participation are less frequent. We also found large disparities in the context in which these types of participation occurred: contributory projects were mostly documented in more economically developed countries, whereas projects that suggest greater involvement of participants were mostly formulated in developing countries in relation to soil management and conservation issues. The long-term sustained outcomes of participatory projects on human well-being and socio-ecological systems are seldom reported. We conclude that participatory approaches are opportunities for education, communication and scientific progress and that participation is being facilitated by digital convergence. Participatory projects should, however, also be evaluated in terms of their long-term impact on the participants, to be sure that the expectations of the various parties align with the outcomes. All in all, such participation adds to the quantum of soil connectivity and in this sense makes the soil more secure globally.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100085"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49753941","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":"Comparison of three land evaluation systems in capability assessment of soils of coastal plains sand in Southeastern Nigeria","authors":"E.P. Ukaegbu ,&nbsp;C.M. Jidere ,&nbsp;S.K. Osuaku ,&nbsp;S.E. Obalum","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2022.100079","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2022.100079","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Land evaluation systems vary in approach and have not always produced good results outside regions where they were originally conceived. To test the extent of their agreement, Land Capability Classification (LCC), Fertility Capability Classification (FCC), and Suitability Rating were combined in physically evaluating soils of Coastal plains sand, Imo State, Nigeria, using data from 20 pedons. With respect to LCC, soils of inland valleys were limited mainly by wetness, which had 2 out of 6 profiles of the unit classified beyond the arable. The well-drained upland soils, all of which fell within the arable classes, were subject to sheet and rill erosion. By standards of FCC, soils were limited by ‘g’ - water logging; e - low ability to retain nutrients; i - potential fe - toxicity; k - low nutrient capital reserves. Based on suitability rating, soils potentials for agriculture varied from poor to good. Results of LCC and FCC correlated significantly (r = 0.771), but none of these correlated with suitability ratings of the soils. Use of the international systems should be augmented with further soil tests some of which may be got from other comparable systems so as to capture other locally important environmental details. Subjecting factors identified by FCC to suitability rating improved evaluation procedure. Land use in the location did not strictly consider the capability of the land. Cultivating rice to the wet soils or draining them, contour cultivation on slopes, adequate fertilization of soils are recommendations to improve land management.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100079"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41766119","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 minimum suite of soil health indicators for North American agriculture","authors":"Dianna K. Bagnall ,&nbsp;Elizabeth L. Rieke ,&nbsp;Cristine L.S. Morgan,&nbsp;Daniel L. Liptzin,&nbsp;Shannon B. Cappellazzi,&nbsp;C. Wayne Honeycutt","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100084","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The concept of soil health is appropriately receiving increased attention from governments, producers, corporations, and other stakeholders because of the many functions of soil that support ecosystem services and farm profitability. With this interest, there is growing need to verify and monitor changes in soil health that result from how agricultural soil is managed. There are many indicators of soil health and, although this benefits the scientific community, it complicates interpretation across studies. The North American Project to Evaluate Soil Health Measurements (NAPESHM) assessed over 30 available measurements on 124 long-term agricultural research sites with replicated soil health treatments and created new pedotransfer functions. This analysis draws on findings from NAPESHM to identify a minimum suite of effective indicators of soil health for the North American Continent. The criteria for a minimum suite of effective indicators are that they (1) primarily reflect soil health rather than inherent soil properties or fertility, (2) are responsive to agricultural management practices that exemplify soil health principles, (3) are conducive to measuring soil health at scale in terms of cost and availability, and (4) are not redundant with regard to linking different soil functions to ecosystem services. Many indicators were determined effective for use in soil health studies and based on this analysis, soil organic C concentration, aggregate stability, and 24 h C mineralization potential were selected for the minimum suite of indicators. Using this minimum suite, as few as three laboratory measurements can be made to assess and track improvement in soil functioning as a result of soil management changes. These indicators may be supplemented with new pedotransfer functions to also estimate changes in available water holding capacity. This minimal suite of soil health measurements is recommended for scaling up soil health assessments across North America, and possibly beyond.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100084"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49754153","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":"Bringing soils to life in the human and social sciences","authors":"Céline Granjou ,&nbsp;Germain Meulemans","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2022.100082","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2022.100082","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Despite their key importance for ecosystems and societies, soils have long remained a peripheral topic in the human and social sciences. Our paper aims to account for the recent, fast-growing literature in human and social sciences on soils. We first highlight social sciences’ shared concern for unsettling common visions of soil as a surface, a background or a taken for granted stock of resources; then we show that the works at stake differ in terms of: (i) their linkage with soil science disciplines and fields, (ii) the social science theories they mobilise, (iii) their main contributions, and (iv) their approach to soil materialities and agencies. Following these criteria, we present three strands of research on soil-related issues: (1) Literature bearing on the politics of soil knowledge investigates how soil becomes an object of knowledge and management; (2) Soil new materialism addresses practices and ethics of caring for the living soil; (3) Soil decolonial studies unravel soils’ powers and the intertwined agencies of soils and societies. By examining these research agendas, we suggest that social and human thinkers have, in the past two decades, tended to shift from a focus on the socially constructed nature of soils, to a growing emphasis on soils’ own biophysical agency in shaping societies, also in line with soil sciences insights and works. We argue that the increasing uptake of soil in human and social sciences contributes to an increasing concern for achieving better theoretical and empirical accounts of the co-constitution of society and the material world.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100082"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41342958","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}