TY - CHAP
T1 - Soil Health and Contamination
T2 - Processes, Remediation, and Impacts on Food Security
AU - Boularbah, Ali
AU - Aloo, Becky Nancy
AU - Benidire, Leila
AU - Neina, Dora
AU - Lahlali, Rachid
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Soil healthHealth is fundamental to sustainable agricultureSustainable agriculture and directly influences food securityFood security, environmental quality, and ecosystem servicesEcosystem services. However, soil contaminationSoil contamination from anthropogenic activities such as industrialization, intensive farming, and improper waste managementWaste management poses significant threats to these critical functions. The complex processes of soil contaminationSoil contamination involve multiple sources, pathways, and impacts on soil healthHealth, affecting microbial activity, nutrientNutrient cycles, and ecosystem functioning. These disturbances can lead to reduced crop yieldsCrop yield, compromised food quality, and long-term public healthPublic health risks, exacerbating global food insecurity. This chapter focuses on the intricate dynamicsDynamics between soil healthHealth and contaminationContamination, highlighting the mechanisms through which contaminants affect agricultural productivity and food securityFood security. It also explores various remediation strategies, including bioremediationBioremediation and phytoremediationPhytoremediation. It emphasizes the importance of integrating innovative technologies like artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence (AI) and predictive modelingPredictive modeling to enhance the efficiency of these methods. Additionally, the chapter stresses the need for a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to soil management that involves farmers, researchers, policymakers, and communities working together to restore contaminated soils and secure the future of global food systems. By examining the socio-economic, environmental, and technological barriersTechnological barriers to effective remediation, particularly in developing regions, this chapter offers insights into how sustainable soil management practices can be applied to ensure environmental justiceEnvironmental justice and long-term agricultural viability.
AB - Soil healthHealth is fundamental to sustainable agricultureSustainable agriculture and directly influences food securityFood security, environmental quality, and ecosystem servicesEcosystem services. However, soil contaminationSoil contamination from anthropogenic activities such as industrialization, intensive farming, and improper waste managementWaste management poses significant threats to these critical functions. The complex processes of soil contaminationSoil contamination involve multiple sources, pathways, and impacts on soil healthHealth, affecting microbial activity, nutrientNutrient cycles, and ecosystem functioning. These disturbances can lead to reduced crop yieldsCrop yield, compromised food quality, and long-term public healthPublic health risks, exacerbating global food insecurity. This chapter focuses on the intricate dynamicsDynamics between soil healthHealth and contaminationContamination, highlighting the mechanisms through which contaminants affect agricultural productivity and food securityFood security. It also explores various remediation strategies, including bioremediationBioremediation and phytoremediationPhytoremediation. It emphasizes the importance of integrating innovative technologies like artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence (AI) and predictive modelingPredictive modeling to enhance the efficiency of these methods. Additionally, the chapter stresses the need for a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to soil management that involves farmers, researchers, policymakers, and communities working together to restore contaminated soils and secure the future of global food systems. By examining the socio-economic, environmental, and technological barriersTechnological barriers to effective remediation, particularly in developing regions, this chapter offers insights into how sustainable soil management practices can be applied to ensure environmental justiceEnvironmental justice and long-term agricultural viability.
KW - Ecosystem services
KW - Environmental impact
KW - Food security
KW - Remediation techniques
KW - Soil contamination
KW - Soil health
KW - Sustainable agriculture
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105001403786
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-81966-7_4
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-81966-7_4
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:105001403786
T3 - Environmental Science and Engineering
SP - 87
EP - 111
BT - Environmental Science and Engineering
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
ER -
