Soil management

• Soil is a decisive agricultural production factor, or fundamental resource base which, when fertile, can fulfil a variety of purposes.
• The main medium for crop growth, soil functions to sustain crop productivity, maintain environmental quality and provide for plant, animal and human health.
• Soil quality or health is generally seen as the foundation of successful organic production systems.
• Physical, chemical and biological properties that can be used as quantitative indicator in soil health assessments.
• Healthy soil is primarily defined by its fertility, which in turn depends largely on the interactions of its physical, chemical, and biological properties