Course Content
Introduction
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Introduction
Soil fertility
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Soil fertility
Chemical soil fertility
Biological soil fertility
Physical soil fertility
One Health Approach
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One Health approach
Soil sampling methods
Spade diagnosis to assess soil structure at field scale
Earthworm sampling
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Three ecological categories
Advantages and disadvantages of the techniques
Instructions: Spade test followed by earthworm extraction
Conclusion
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Conclusion
Takeaways about Environmental initiatives (soil and food production)
References
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References
Annex
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Weed types
Soil types
Environmental initiatives (soil and food production)
About Lesson
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