The challenge for the soil science community to contribute to the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

J Bouma, L Montanarella… - Soil Use and Management, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by 193
Governments at the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2015 for achievement by …

[HTML][HTML] Mixing process-based and data-driven approaches in yield prediction

B Maestrini, G Mimić, PAJ van Oort, K Jindo… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Yield prediction models can be divided between data-driven and process-based models
(crop growth models). The first category contains many different types of models with …

[HTML][HTML] The edge of the petri dish for a nation: Water resources carrying capacity assessment for Iran

M Khorsandi, S Homayouni, P Van Oel - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Different methods have been proposed in population dynamics to estimate carrying capacity
(K). This study estimates K for Iran, using three novel methods by integrating land and water …

Ten challenges for the future of pedometrics

AMJC Wadoux, GBM Heuvelink, RM Lark… - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
Pedometrics, the application of mathematical and statistical methods to the study of the
distribution and genesis of soils, has broadened its scope over the past two decades. The …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the soil quality and soil health concepts when aiming for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the EU Green Deal

A Bonfante, A Basile, J Bouma - Soil, 2020 - soil.copernicus.org
The concepts of soil quality and soil health are widely used as soils receive more attention in
the worldwide policy arena. So far, however, the distinction between the two concepts is …

[HTML][HTML] BIS-4D: mapping soil properties and their uncertainties at 25 m resolution in the Netherlands

A Helfenstein, VL Mulder… - Earth System …, 2024 - essd.copernicus.org
In response to the growing societal awareness of the critical role of healthy soils, there has
been an increasing demand for accurate and high-resolution soil information to inform …

[HTML][HTML] Coupling field monitoring with crop growth modelling provides detailed insights on yield gaps at field level: A case study on ware potato production in the …

APP Ravensbergen, MK van Ittersum, C Kempenaar… - Field Crops …, 2024 - Elsevier
Context Yield gap analyses are useful to assess and benchmark the productivity of cropping
systems. Often such analyses are performed at higher aggregation levels. As a result, these …

Exploring operational procedures to assess ecosystem services at farm level, including the role of soil health

J Bouma, J de Haan, MFS Dekkers - Soil Systems, 2022 - mdpi.com
Reaching the land-related UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and similar goals
articulated by the EU Green Deal (GD) by 2030 presents a major challenge and requires a …

The role of hydropedology when aiming for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

J Bouma - Vadose Zone Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Soil physics defines soil water, air, and temperature regimes that are crucial for agricultural
production, the quality of water resources, and waste management. Positioning such …

[HTML][HTML] The Dutch soil physical units map: BOFEK

M Heinen, HM Mulder, G Bakker, JHM Wösten… - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Soils and their properties play an important role in land evaluation studies. Often such
studies focus on larger scales ranging from watersheds up to the national scale or even …