Realistic payments could encourage farmers to adopt practices that sequester carbon

Howitt, Richard E.; Catala-Luque, Rosa; Gryze, Steven De; Wicks, Santhi; Six, Johan

doi:10.3733/ca.v063n02p91

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“…Similarly, when new policies are devised to address environmental impacts, soils must be considered . In recent years, several studies have linked biophysical and economic model- ing to determine C supply curves for mitigation of climate change through changes in agricultural management (e.g., Howitt et al, 2009). Many schemes proposed for ecosystem service payments should consider soils, but many do not.…”

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“…Many of the current environmental, social, economic, geologic, and human health issues can be better addressed if soils are considered and paid due attention (e.g., Howitt et al, 2009;Brevik, 2013a;McBratney et al, 2014). To better appreciate the many ways that soils knowledge can enhance the study of other disciplines, as well as ways these other disciplines can augment the study of soils, an overview of some key examples is provided.…”

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The interdisciplinary nature of <i>SOIL</i>

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Abstract. The holistic study of soils requires an interdisciplinary approach involving biologists, chemists, geologists, and physicists, amongst others, something that has been true from the earliest days of the field. In more recent years this list has grown to include anthropologists, economists, engineers, medical professionals, military professionals, sociologists, and even artists. This approach has been strengthened and reinforced as current research continues to use experts trained in both soil science and related fields and by the wide array of issues impacting the world that require an in-depth understanding of soils. Of fundamental importance amongst these issues are biodiversity, biofuels/energy security, climate change, ecosystem services, food security, human health, land degradation, and water security, each representing a critical challenge for research. In order to establish a benchmark for the type of research that we seek to publish in each issue of SOIL, we have outlined the interdisciplinary nature of soil science research we are looking for. This includes a focus on the myriad ways soil science can be used to expand investigation into a more holistic and therefore richer approach to soil research. In addition, a selection of invited review papers are published in this first issue of SOIL that address the study of soils and the ways in which soil investigations are essential to other related fields. We hope that both this editorial and the papers in the first issue will serve as examples of the kinds of topics we would like to see published in SOIL and will stimulate excitement among our readers and authors to participate in this new venture.

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Section: Soils and Social Sciencesmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The interdisciplinary nature of <i>SOIL</i>

Brevik

Cerdà²,

Mataix-Solera

et al. 2015

SOIL

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“…Soils have been shown to be an important consideration when evaluating the economics of introducing new cropping systems , when developing new policies to address environmental impacts , or when linking biophysical and economic modeling to consider changes in agricultural management for mitigation of climate change (Howitt et al, 2009). There has also been recent work in the USA linking soils to art, such as realism in American landscape painting (Feller et al, 2015) and the depiction of soils in the film industry (Landa, 2010).…”

Section: Increased Recognition Of the Need For Soil Knowledgementioning

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Selected highlights in American soil science history from the 1980s to the mid-2010s

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“…While this extra reduction in emissions may be modest and ranges from −0.1 to −0.2 MtCO 2 e/acre/yr (−0.25 to −0.50 MtCO 2 e/ha/yr), it is permanent and unlimited because the fuel that is not used in these systems will never be used. In addition, conservation tillage is simple to implement, and generally leads to a direct reduction in costs (Howitt et al 2009; see page 91).…”

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“…Third, given the costs of these practices and potential decreases in yield, how much should farmers be paid to change their management? We focus on the first two questions; for approaches to the third, see Howitt et al (2009) (page 91).…”

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