Concepts describing physical and biological processes in the land and air that farming depends on or damages, including desertification, nitrogen fixation, soil erosion and soil fertility. Belongs here: any concept naming a natural process governing the productive capacity of land, water or air rather than a social or economic arrangement. Does not belong here: a concept about who controls or benefits from land, grouped under Food Security, Land and Rural Livelihoods.
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1. Wikipedia: Soil science
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Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the Earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils; and these properties in relation to the use and management of soils.
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