
Industrial agriculture has degraded soils worldwide, leading to loss of fertility and poisoning food and water. There is therefore a need for sustainable soil management, that is keeping both soil qualities and crop yield. Stavi et al. reviewed ecosystem services provided by soils and compared the various soil management options, e.g. conventional, conservation, and integrated management. They found that moderate-intensity systems are the best to keep both soil qualities and crop yield. Conservation agriculture gave the best ecosystem services, whereas integrated agriculture showed the best crop yield scores.