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Soil and Human Health

Food as Medicine

Rattan Lal, Marium Husain (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
264 Seiten
2026
CRC Press (Verlag)
9781032726762 (ISBN)
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The intersection of soil health and human vitality is a critical yet overlooked aspect of global wellbeing. Soil and Human Health: Food as Medicine examines the soil-human health nexus, offering a comprehensive synthesis of research and insights that highlight the connections between soil processes, food systems, and human health.

The book explores key topics such as the One Health initiative, the role of soil processes in shaping human health outcomes, the microbiome’s influence on health modulation, and the economic and cultural factors affecting food systems and consumption patterns. Case studies further illuminate the topic, providing real-world examples of how food systems impact human health across diverse contexts.

This book in the Advances in Soil Sciences series is an essential resource for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers seeking to advance the conversation on soil health, food systems, and their critical role in supporting human vitality.

Dr. Rattan Lal Rattan Lal, Ph.D., is a Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science and Director of the CFAES Rattan Lal Center for Carbon Management and Sequestration at The Ohio State University, as well as an Adjunct Professor of University of Iceland and the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), India. He received a B.S. from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India (1963); M.S. from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India (1965); and Ph.D. from the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (1968). He served as Sr. Research Fellow with the University of Sydney, Australia (1968-69), Soil Physicist at IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria (1970-87), and Professor of Soil Science at OSU (1987 to date). He has authored/co-authored over 1100 refereed journal articles and more than 575 book chapters, has written and edited/co-edited more than 100 books. He was included in the Thomson Reuters list of the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds (2014-2016), and he is among Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers in Agriculture (2014-2022). He was ranked #1 globally and in the U.S. among Agricultural Scientists (Plant Scientists and Agronomists) of the world by Research.com (2023, 2024). He has received an Honoris Causa degree from nine universities in Europe, USA and Asia; the Medal of Honor from UIMP, Santander, Spain (2018); the Distinguished Service Medal of IUSS (2018); and is fellow of the five professional societies. Dr. Lal has mentored 125 graduate students, 15 undergraduate honors students, and 188 visiting scholars from around the world. He has also visited 102 countries. He was President of the World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (1987-1990), International Soil and Tillage Research Organization (1988-1991), Soil Science Society of America (2006-2008), and the International Union of Soil Sciences (2017-2018). He is Chair in Soil Science and Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainability Issues for the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). He was a member of the 2021 United Nations Food Security Summit Science Committee and Action Tracks 1 & 3. He currently serves as a member of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) in the Department of Agriculture and as Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) in the Department of Defense. Dr. Lal is laureate of the GCHERA World Agriculture Prize (2018), Glinka World Soil Prize (2018), Japan Prize (2019), U.S. Awasthi IFFCO Prize (2019), Arrell Global Food Innovation Award (2020), World Food Prize (2020), India’s Padma Shri Award (2021), Mahatma Ghandi Award for Environmental Protection (2022), and the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity (2024). Marium Husain Marium Husain, MD, is a medical oncologist who specializes in treating patients with soft tissue and bone sarcoma and serves as an assistant professor in the Division of Medical Oncology at The Ohio State University. She was motivated to focus on sarcomas after meeting a patient suffering from rhabdomyosarcoma of the liver during a medical mission trip to Haiti early in her career. He was unable to access basic treatment services and passed away. Ever since, it has been her mission to provide the best cancer care possible to her patients while offering a comprehensive approach that focuses on the whole person. Marium Husain has been honored to discuss her work at respected conferences around the country and her work research has been widely published in peer-reviewed journals such as BMC Cancer, Journal of Geriatric Oncology and Hematology and Medical Oncology. She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Connective Tissue Oncology Society. She believes the research opportunities as well as the support from the faculty and multidisciplinary teams at The James will enable us to achieve our goals. She says that her colleagues are some of the most committed and dedicated people she has met and that it’s a privilege to be part of that team.

Ch 1: The One Health Concept

Rattan Lal and Marium Husain

Ch 2: Healing The Earth by Growing Food as Medicine

Bob Quinn and Emanuela Simonetti

Ch 3: Soil Chemical and Physical Properties, Processes, and Human Health

Eric C. Brevik and Amir Sadeghpour

Ch 4: Soil Health and its Impact on Human Health in Pakistan

Noor Us Sabah, Rattan Lal, Mukkram Ali Tahir, and Rafia Mubaraka

Ch 5: Zinc and Its Role in Soil, Plant, and Human Health: A Fundamental Yet Crucial Nexus

Waqar Ahmad, Muhammad Ansar Farooq, Munir Zia, Rattan Lal

Ch 6: The Role of the Microbiome in Modulating Human Health

Dennis J. Grencewicz, Shiva Jahanbakhshi, Jessica Fulton, Caroline Wheeler, Julia Chalif, Laura Chambers, and Daniel Spakowicz

Ch 7: Soil health and nutrient density through a One Health approach

Raiza Rezende, Cristina Laurenti, Eirini Tsirimokou, Sonia Blough, Zuzanna Zielinska

Ch 8: Sustaining soil health for human health

Mansonia Pulido-Moncada, Bruce C. Ball

Ch 9: Case Study of Lifestyle Medicine Intervention: Promoting Healthy Lifestyle and Nutrition

Saul J. Bautista

Ch 10: Mitigation of Arsenic Poisoning Through Soil and Water Management in Bangladesh

Md Nayem Hasan Munna, Nargis Akter Shapna, Rattan Lal

Ch 11: Managing Soil Health for Enhancing Plant Disease Defensiveness

Priyadarshini.C, Lal.R, and Xia.Y

Ch 12: Inter-Disciplinary System Strategy to Human Health By Operationalization of the “One Health Concept”

Rattan Lal

Ch 13: Urban Agriculture for Human and Planetary Health

Rattan Lal

Ch 14: Conclusion

Marium Husain and Rattan Lal

Erscheint lt. Verlag 13.5.2026
Reihe/Serie Advances in Soil Science
Zusatzinfo 20 Tables, black and white; 15 Line drawings, black and white; 14 Halftones, black and white; 29 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geologie
Weitere Fachgebiete Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-13 9781032726762 / 9781032726762
Zustand Neuware
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