Soil Organic Matter and Feeding the Future

Present impacts of land use and soil management on SOC dynamicsDiscuss effects of SOC levels on agronomic productivity and use efficiency of inputsDetail potential of soil management on the rate and cumulative amount of carbon sequestration in relation to land use and soil/crop managementDeliberate the cause-effect relationship between SOC content and provisioning of some ecosystem servicesRelate soil organic carbon stock to soil properties and processesEstablish the relationship between soil organic carbon stock with land and climateIdentify controls of making soil organic carbon stock as a source or sink of CO2 Connect soil organic carbon and carbon sequestration for climate mitigation and adaptation