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Instant Insights : Soil erosion - Professor Jane Rickson

Instant Insights

Soil erosion

By: Professor Jane Rickson, Dr Santanu Bakshi, Dr Chumki Banik, Dr Zhenli He, Dr Luan Pierre Pott

eBook | 13 August 2025

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This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on soil erosion in agriculture.

The first chapter identifies different types of soil degradation, focussing primarily on soil erosion by water. The chapter explores the impact of soil erosion processes on soil properties that relate directly to crop growth, including soil depth, water-holding capacity, carbon content and nutrient reserves.

The second chapter reviews advances in techniques used to assess and measure soil erodibility by water, such as computer aided tomography. The chapter considers the role of static and dynamic soil properties in the erosion process, as well as the challenges that have developed as a result of climate change.

The third chapter assesses the impact of heavy metal contamination on soil and its consequent role in the degradation of soil health. The chapter describes the sources, impacts, indicators and remediation of heavy metal contamination, as well as the development of improved soil management practices, including effective pollution control strategies.

The final chapter discusses the implementation of integrated strategies under Conservation Agriculture (CA) farming systems to restore soil productivity in degraded agricultural lands in tropical and subtropical regions in Brazil. The chapter additionally considers the adoption of CA as a tool to prevent and reverse instances of soil degradation.

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Non-FictionEngineering & TechnologyAgriculture & FarmingAgricultural ScienceEarth Sciences, Geography, Environment, PlanningEarth SciencesGeology & The LithosphereSoil ScienceAgronomy & Crop ProductionSustainable AgricultureAgricultural Engineering & MachineryIrrigation & Water Management
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