Managing Soils for Recovering from the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Published in: Soil systems Vol. 4; no. 3; p. 46
• Main Authors: Lal, Rattan, Brevik, Eric C., Dawson, Lorna, Field, Damien, Glaser, Bruno, Hartemink, Alfred E., Hatano, Ryusuke, Lascelles, Bruce, Monger, Curtis, Scholten, Thomas, Singh, Bal Ram, Spiegel, Heide, Terribile, Fabio, Basile, Angelo, Zhang, Yakun, Horn, Rainer, Kosaki, Takashi, Sánchez, Laura Bertha Reyes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 28.07.2020
• Subjects: carbon sequestration; circular economy; cold; COVID-19 infection; COVID-19 pandemic; food contamination; food production; food security; food supply chain; forensic sciences; Internet; issues and policy; pollution; provenance; soil; soil carbon sequestration; soil management; soil restoration; sustainable development; urban agriculture; viruses; wastes

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the global food supply chain and exacerbated the problem of food and nutritional insecurity. Here we outline soil strategies to strengthen local food production systems, enhance their resilience, and create a circular economy focused on soil restoration through ca...