Tropical soils and food security: the next 50 years

Stocking, M. A. (2003) Tropical soils and food security: the next 50 years. Science, 302 (5649). pp. 1356-1359. ISSN 0036-8075

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Abstract

An appreciation of the dynamism of the links between soil resources and society provides a platform for examining food security over the next 50 years. Interventions to reverse declining trends in food security must recognize the variable resilience and sensitivity of major tropical soil types. In most agro-ecosystems, declining crop yield is exponentially related to loss of soil quality. For the majority smallholder (subsistence) farmers, investments to reverse degradation are primarily driven by private benefit, socially or financially. “Tragedy of the commons” scenarios can be averted by pragmatic local solutions that help farmers to help themselves.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 2 - zero hunger ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/zero_hunger
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
Depositing User:	Vishal Gautam
Date Deposited:	01 Nov 2003
Last Modified:	08 Mar 2023 12:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/16645
DOI:	10.1126/science.1088579

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