Soil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19

Poch, Rosa M.; dos Anjos, Lucia H. C.; Attia, Rafla; Balks, Megan; Benavides-Mendoza, Adalberto; Bolaños-Benavides, Martha M.; Calzolari, Costanza; Chabala, Lydia M.; de Ruiter, Peter C.; Francke-Campaña, Samuel; García Préchac, Fernando; Graber, Ellen R.; Halavatau, Siosiua; Hassan, Kutaiba M.; Hien, Edmond; Jin, Ke; Khan, Mohammad; Konyushkova, Maria; Lobb, David A.; Moshia, Matshwene E.; Murase, Jun; Nziguheba, Generose; Patra, Ashok K.; Pierzynski, Gary; Rodríguez Eugenio, Natalia; Vargas Rojas, Ronald

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-541-2020

Articles | Volume 6, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-541-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-541-2020

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05 Nov 2020

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Soil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19

Rosa M. Poch, Lucia H. C. dos Anjos, Rafla Attia, Megan Balks, Adalberto Benavides-Mendoza, Martha M. Bolaños-Benavides, Costanza Calzolari, Lydia M. Chabala, Peter C. de Ruiter, Samuel Francke-Campaña, Fernando García Préchac, Ellen R. Graber, Siosiua Halavatau, Kutaiba M. Hassan, Edmond Hien, Ke Jin, Mohammad Khan, Maria Konyushkova, David A. Lobb, Matshwene E. Moshia, Jun Murase, Generose Nziguheba, Ashok K. Patra, Gary Pierzynski, Natalia Rodríguez Eugenio, and Ronald Vargas Rojas

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RC1: 'Soil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'Answer to Referee#1', Rosa M. Poch, 04 Aug 2020
RC2: 'Reviewer comments on Poch et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Jul 2020
- AC2: 'Answer to Referee#2', Rosa M. Poch, 04 Aug 2020
RC3: 'Reviewer comments on Poch et al. "Soil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19"', Anonymous Referee #3, 29 Jul 2020
- AC3: 'Answer to Referee#3', Rosa M. Poch, 04 Aug 2020
RC4: 'Answer', Anonymous Referee #3, 07 Aug 2020
- AC4: 'Answer to RC4 (Anonymous Referee#3)', Rosa M. Poch, 26 Aug 2020

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ED: Revision (27 Aug 2020) by John Quinton

AR by Rosa M. Poch on behalf of the Authors (27 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (10 Sep 2020) by John Quinton

ED: Publish as is (23 Sep 2020) by Kristof Van Oost (Executive editor)

AR by Rosa M. Poch on behalf of the Authors (30 Sep 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

Humanity depends on the existence of healthy soils, both for the production of food and for ensuring a healthy, biodiverse environment. In the face of global crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, a sustainable soil management strategy is essential to ensure food security based on more diverse, locally oriented, and resilient food production systems through improving access to land, sound land use planning, sustainable soil management, enhanced research, and investment in education and extension.