Edited by
Yves Coquet, AgroParisTech, France.
Joël Michelin, AgroParisTech, France.
ISBN : 9781789451856
Publication Date : March 2025
Hardcover 320 pp
165.00 USD
Co-publisher
Soils are a vital resource in agricultural production.
This book aims to provide an overview of several topics concerning agricultural soil management. Without claiming to be exhaustive, it nevertheless provides a useful basis for understanding how agricultural soils function, and how to manage these functions within agroecosystems. Our approach to soils is multidisciplinary, ranging from natural sciences to human and social sciences.
Agricultural Soil Science also highlights the characteristics of soils in specific geographical regions (Mediterranean soils, tropical soils) and environments (urban soils). The content of this book is based on the training programs run by its authors at the higher education establishments where they teach.
At a time of ecological transition, soils must once again play a central role in the management of agroecosystems. This book sets out to play its part in making that happen.
1. Tillage and Structure of Agricultural Soils, Yves Coquet and Lionel Alletto.
2. The Biodiversity of Agricultural Soils, Laure Vieublé Gonod, Sophie Joimel and Audrey Niboyet.
3. Spatial Variability and Mapping of Agricultural Soils, Jean-Marc Gilliot.
4. Runoff and Soil Erosion, Philippe Martin.
5. Soils and Agricultural Land Property: Legal Aspects of Sectoral and Functional Protection, Louis de Redon.
6. Methods for Estimating the Agronomic Value of Soils, Joël Michelin.
7. The Concept of Ecosystem Services and Its Application to Soil: Between Promises and Reality, David Montagne, Ottone Scammacca, Christian Walter and Isabelle Cousin.
8. Mediterranean Agricultural Soils, Emmanuelle Vaudour.
9. Tropical Soils and Sustainable Management, Cécile Quantin and Thierry Becquer.
10. Urban Agricultural Soil, Sophie Joimel, Tania De Almeida and Baptiste Grard.
Yves Coquet and Joël Michelin are teacher-researchers at AgroParisTech, the French National Institute for Life and Environmental Sciences and Industries. They lead the Master 2 program “Soil Management and Ecosystem Services”, a course entirely dedicated to soils.
