soil regeneration
Restoring depleted ground
Soil regeneration is the process of restoring depleted or degraded soil to a healthy, productive state.
This involves rebuilding organic matter, reestablishing microbial communities, and recovering the soil's natural capacity to support plant life.
Practices like cover cropping, composting, reduced tillage, and rotational grazing promote soil regeneration: The farm transitioned to soil regeneration methods after years of conventional agriculture had exhausted the land.
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- humusDecayed organic soil matter
- mycorrhizaeFungal-root mutualistic associations
- earthwormsSoil-dwelling segmented invertebrates
- cover cropsPlants shielding fallow fields
green manure · crop rotation · mulch · carbon sequestration · microbiome · fertility · organic matter · no-till · permaculture · agroforestry · biochar · nitrogen fixation · root systems · topsoil · decomposition · fungi · bacteria · biodiversity
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Loss of ground fertility
soil erosion · desertification · soil compaction · nutrient depletion · salinization
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