• Global distribution an characteristics of black soils 

      Angelini, Marcos Esteban; Rodriguez, Dario Martin; De La Fuente, Juan Carlos; Tenti Vuegen, Leonardo Mauricio; Moretti, Lucas Martin; Schulz, Guillermo; Fontana, Ademir; Landi, Ahmad; Mermut, Ahmet R.; Moreira, Ana Laura; Morras, Hector (FAO, 2022-11-05)
      Although “black soils” is a term used in some national soil classifications, which is influenced by the national linguistic specifics, there has been no consistent definition for black soils at the global level. In the WRB ...
    • Status and challenges of black soils 

      Fontana, Ademir; Labaz, Beata; Monger, Curtis; Morras, Hector; Wang, Lei; Pfeiffer, Marco; Taboada, Miguel Angel; Valle, Susana (FAO, 2022-11-05)
      Although black soils account for only 8.2 percent of the Global Land Area (FAO, 2022a), they are of paramount importance for food security, as highlighted by the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 (i.e to end hunger, achieve ...
    • Sustainable management of black soils: from practices to policies 

      Fontana, Ademir; Klimanov, Anatoly; Loss, Arcangelo; Clerici, Carlos; Wei, Fan; Qu, Jianhua; Carfagno, Patricia; Baron, Vern; Liu, Xiaoyu; Chen, Xueli; Labaz, Beata (FAO, 2022-12-05)
      In the coming decades, a crucial challenge for humanity will be meeting future food demands without further undermining the integrity of the Earth’s environmental systems. As the food basket of the world, black soils are ...