Soils are key
for food production and climate change mitigating, as they constitute the main
reservoir of organic carbon in terrestrial ecosystems. Maintaining and/or
increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) improves soil health and its physical,
chemical and biological fertility, in addition to promoting water storage,
increasing food production potential and sustaining other ecosystem functions.
The main
objective of this protocol is to offer users a unified and easy-to-adopt
methodological tool that helps to reliably and successfully measure SOC
reserves under various managements and help to measure of changes over time. This
technical/guideline protocol has been developed jointly and voluntarily by
AAPRESID, CREA and the Argentine Association of Soil Science (AACS), to promote
the adoption of sustainable soil management practices that allow maximizing SOC
reserves.
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