IDSB02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Intercropping, Food Security, Soil Management
21 Apr 2016
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Reading 3- tropical soils and food security: the. Declining crop yield is exponentially related to loss f soil. Un food and agriculture organization defines food security as: When all people, @ all times , have physical and economic access to sufficient, sae, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life household food production. 60% of rural communities in tropics are affected by decline in. Insecurity prevails for the poorest and most vulnerable. The capacity of a soil to function within land use and ecosystem boundaries, to sustain biological productivity, maintain environmental quality and promote plant, animal, and human health. Assessing soil quality can be really hard cause it varies spatially and temporally and is affected by management and the use of soil resources. Soil management is an intrinsic part of the management of biodiversity: agrodiversity.
