Overview
This book presents the principles of soil remineralization as a strategy for developing sustainable agriculture based on healthy soils. The intensive use of synthetic and highly soluble fertilizers in agriculture develops environmental impacts associated with greenhouse gas emissions and the decline in soil health, requiring the development of sustainable regional solutions in soil fertility management. Mineral inputs derived from silicate rocks, or simply silicate agrominerals, despite being more abundant and occurring close to agricultural areas, only began to be studied systematically and adopted at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The multifunctional inputs derived from silicate agrominerals can be divided into silicate fertilizers and soil remineralizers. The use of these inputs alone or associated with other regional inputs, such as biochar and bioinputs, constitutes a strategy to develop healthy soils based on local and regional solutions. The multifunctionality of sources derived from silicate agrominerals is related to weathering reactions, which promote three direct effects: supply nutrients, increase pH and create new mineral phases.
Full Product Details
Author: Éder de Souza Martins ,
Suzi Huff Theodoro
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN: 9783032146557
ISBN 10: 3032146550
Pages: 303
Publication Date: 20 February 2026
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Dr. Éder De Souza Martins is a geologist and has M.Sc. and Ph.D. in geochemistry and mineralogy from University of Brasilia (UnB, Brazil). Éder De Souza Martins is a researcher at Embrapa Cerrados since 1997, professor and postgraduate advisor in Geography and Environmental Sciences at UnB and Material Science at University of Catalão. Éder De Souza Martins’s main research topics are landscape physiology, regional agrominerals and agrogeological zoning. Éder De Souza Martins coordinates and participates in projects on soil-landscape relationships and soil remineralization. Dr. Suzi Huff Theodoro is a geologist and has M.Sc. in economic geology and Ph.D. in Sustainable Development and Post-doctorate in Socio-environmental Conflicts. Suzi Huff Theodoro is a professor and researcher in Postgraduate Program at Environmental and Rural Development at University of Brasilia (Brazil). Suzi Huff Theodoro’s main research topics are soil remineralizers, recovery of degraded areas, agrogeology, mining conflicts on indigenous lands and feminism.
