The challenge of doubling the world’s food grain production by 2030 is even more daunting because of the decrease in per capita arable land area and renewable fresh water resources; increase in risks of soil and environmental degradation; and threat of decrease in use efficiency of inputs because of the projected climate change. Thus, the need for identifying processes, practices and policies that govern sustainable management of soil resources is more critical now than ever before. The goal is to minimize risks of soil degradation by enhancing its resilience and improving ecosystem services of the finite and fragile soil resource. Here, 10 principles are given for sustainable management of soil. This report is an introductory article of the book Sustainable Agriculture, published by Springer, EDP Sciences (Lichtfouse et al., 2009).

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可持续土壤管理法

由于人均耕地面积和可再生淡水资源的减少，到2030年使世界粮食产量增加一倍的挑战更加艰巨。增加土壤和环境退化的风险；以及由于预计的气候变化而导致投入使用效率降低的威胁。因此，现在比以往任何时候都更需要确定支配土壤资源可持续管理的过程，实践和政策。目标是通过提高土壤退化的适应力和改善有限而脆弱的土壤资源的生态系统服务，将土壤退化的风险降至最低。这里给出了土壤可持续管理的10条原则。这份报告是由Springer（EDP Sciences）出版的《可持续农业》一书的介绍性文章（Lichtfouse等，2009）。