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Soil is rich with life, including flora, fauna, fungi, microorganisms and earthworms. These complex communities play an important role in agroecosystem functions and majorly impacts plant health and growth. Organic agricultural practices aim to improve soil biodiversity and capture the benefits. This is done by providing a rich supply of organic matter, diverse habitats through crop rotations and intercropping and refraining from soil disturbing management practices.
On this page, you find tools aimed at improving soil biodiversity.
The Qualitative Soil Analysis described here provides the practitioner with comprehensive, meaningful information on the condition of soil structure…
This Best4Soil factsheet provides an over of how to make vermicompost: compost produced at ambient temperatures using epigeic earthworms. The…
This practice abstract outlines the critical role of the soil microbiome in environmental preservation, combating climate change, and enhancing human…
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