2020International Journal of Chemical StudiesOpen access

Soil health and its quality: A Review

Sukanya Pachani, Namrata Kashyap

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Soil health and soil quality are important for conserving the ecological biodiversity and maintaining environment equality within land use boundaries. The two terms are often used synonymously although there lies certain differences, soil quality is related to soil function, whereas soil health presents the soil as a finite non-renewable and dynamic living resource. This brief review will spread light upon the various developments of soil health approaches as well as the content of soil health and soil quality information and its application to reduce negative impacts on agricultural productivity and long term sustainability.

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Soil health and soil quality are important for conserving the ecological biodiversity and maintaining environment equality within land use boundaries. The two terms are often used synonymously although there lies certain differences, soil quality is related to soil function, whereas soil health presents the soil as a finite non-renewable and dynamic living resource. This brief review will spread light upon the various developments of soil health approaches as well as the content of soil health and soil quality information and its application to reduce negative impacts on agricultural productivity and long term sustainability.

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Soil health and soil quality are important for conserving the ecological biodiversity and maintaining environment equality within land use boundaries. The two terms are often used synonymously although there lies certain differences, soil quality is related to soil function, whereas soil health presents the soil as a finite non-renewable and dynamic living resource. This brief review will spread light upon the various developments of soil health approaches as well as the content of soil health and soil quality information and its application to reduce negative impacts on agricultural productivity and long term sustainability.

Key concepts: Soil health, Soil quality, Soil biodiversity, Environmental science, Soil functions, Sustainability, Agricultural soil science, Quality (philosophy)

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