Achieving Soil Security through Biobased Residues

Abstract

The challenges of environmental degradation caused by the human demands and climate change have led to soil degradation. As a way forward, the adoption of water, energy, food, and soil security are viewed as a long-term solution to address these problems. This mini review presents an overview of the capacity of enhancing soil health through the integration of biobased residues (BBR) as a sustainable soil amendment. The perspective of how the use of BBR fits within the concept of soil health and soil security, and how it relates to sustainability indicators was also evaluated. Furthermore, the use of BBR was assessed using criteria considered important for soil and crop performance, and an overall evaluation of sustainable outcomes. We concluded that the application of BBR to agriculture offered a sustainable approach to address current environmental challenges, including the diversion of landfill organic wastes to agricultural land.