Soil management

Soil Management in agriculture

What is soil management? Soil is one of the main fundaments of food production. Soil management is the application of all actions taken to protect and enhance soil fertility. Proper soil management includes soil conservation and achieving optimal soil fertility and soil health. Organic farming in particular stresses optimal soil management. It uses soil health as its main source of its fertilization and pest control.

Toyota launches service on soil cultivation to address issues in agriculture

April 9, 2019

Soil cultivation

The Toyota Motor Corporation launch a new support service that aims to improve agricultural productivity and make way for intelligent soil cultivation. Furthermore, it would...

Case studies on soil health improvement help farmers in Minnesota

March 11, 2019

Research

Three associations from the University of Minnesota released a set of case studies about soil health practices to help farmers learn new experiences. Moreover, these...

Commonland aims to restore land affected by soil depletion

February 6, 2019

Soil erosion

Commonland, a company that conducts land restoration projects, introduces a solution to food security and biodiversity while mitigating soil depletion. Furthermore, the "4 returns" model of...

Conservation technologies help mitigate effects of climate change in India

February 6, 2019

Soil management

As India launch a national conference for farmers, the government calls out for scientists to develop water and soil conservation technologies to prevent the...

Forest conservation training paves way for awareness to Ghanaian farmers

January 23, 2019

Afforestation

27,000 farmers from the different regions of Ghana have participated in Sustainable Land and Water Management Project (SLWMP) to enhance agricultural production and raise...

Soil test: How to help farmers stabilize source of income?

January 19, 2019

AG Industry

The government of Tamil Nadu, in India, has mandated its farmers to run a soil test to improve crop yields and income. After sharing success...