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Soil and Humans: A Comparative and A Pictorial Mini-Review

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Soils and Human Health

Abstract

Soil is an essential component in the ecological system that supports human life with needed food for humans, feeds for animals, fibers, fuels, building materials, and other necessities. However, soil suffers from a number of problems caused by humans, presented here in pictorial form. This review will take us on a narrative journey through soils with a focus on the soil-human relationship and its impact on soil ecosystems. Soil has direct and indirect relationships to humans, starting with the crucial roles of soil in human life, including its support of human civilization through ecosystem services, sustainable agriculture, and human health. It is essential and urgent to manage soils for health and sustainability by building the soil-food-environment-health nexus. This work is an attempt to highlight major roles that soil plays in human life in a presentation that is more photos and less words, because one photo is worth one thousand words.

DOI

10.21608/ejss.2022.144794.1508

Keywords

Human civilization, Soil functions, Soil ecosystem services, Sustainable agriculture, Soil research

Authors

First Name

Hassan

Last Name

Elramady

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Affiliation

Kafrelshiekh University

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hassan.elramady@agr.kfs.edu.eg

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First Name

Eric

Last Name

Brevik

MiddleName

C.

Affiliation

Dean, College of Agricultural, Life, and Physical Sciences Agriculture Building, Room 200 Southern Illinois University 1205 Lincoln Drive Carbondale, IL 62901 USA

Email

eric.brevik@siu.edu

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First Name

Tamer

Last Name

Elsakhawy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Agriculture Microbiology Department, Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute (SWERI), Sakha Agricultural Research Station, Agriculture Research Center, 33717 Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

Email

drelsakhawyg@gmail.com

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-

Orcid

-

First Name

Alaa El-Dein

Last Name

Omara

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute, Sakha, ARC.

Email

alaa.omara@yahoo.com

City

Kafr El-Sheikh

Orcid

0000-0001-5622-7501

First Name

Megahed

Last Name

Amer

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Soils Improvement and Conservation Res. Department, Soils, Water and Environment Res. Institute,Agric. Res. Center, Giza, Egypt.

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megahedamer3@gmail.com

City

Kafer-Eksheikh.Sakha Agricultural Research Station

Orcid

0000-0002-6665-4838

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Abowaly

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Kafrelsheikh Uni.

Email

mabowaly@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0001-7825-9790

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

El-Henawy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Soil and Water Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516 Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

Email

aelhenawy@gmail.com

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-

Orcid

-

First Name

Joe

Last Name

Prokisch

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Institute of Animal Science, Biotechnology and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, 138 Böszörményi Street, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary

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jprokisch@agr.unideb.hu

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Volume

62

Article Issue

2

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35269

Issue Date

2022-06-01

Receive Date

2022-06-14

Publish Date

2022-06-01

Page Start

101

Page End

122

Print ISSN

0302-6701

Online ISSN

2357-0369

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EJSS_Volume 62_Issue 2_Pages 101-122.pdf

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Soil Science

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https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/

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Soil and Humans: A Comparative and A Pictorial Mini-Review

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22 Jan 2023