Publications (1967-2019)
Director, CFAES Dr. Rattan Lal Carbon Management and Sequestration Center (C-MASC)
Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science
Adjunct Professor, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
Adjunct Professor, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India
Chair in Soil Science and Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainable Development Issues, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), San José, Costa Rica
Signature Areas
- Soil carbon sequestration and climate change
- Soil degradation and restoration
- Soil health and global food security
- Soil quality and sustainable agriculture
- Conservation agriculture
- Soils of the tropics
Research Interests
- Soil carbon dynamics and global warming
- Soil structure and its management
- Soil erosion and the fate of carbon transported by erosional processes
- Soil wetness and anaerobiosis
- Sustainable management of soil and water resources
- Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded soils including mine lands, soil resilience, water quality, soil structure and compaction
- Conservation agriculture
- Agroforestry
- Soils of tropical agroecosystems
- Natural resources management with emphasis on food security and environmental quality
- Agricultural development in developing countries
Selected Presentations
Managing Soil Carbon for Food and Climate. Presented at the US-UK Scientific Forum on Sustainable Agriculture with National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Washington, D.C., USA. 5 March 2020. Available online: https://youtu.be/uL5OIhhgxWc
Soil Management and Sustainable Development Goals. Presented online at the Virtual Dialogue with Dr. Rattan Lal and Dr. Manuel Otero, General Director of IICA | Soil Health: The Welfare of Humanity with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), San José, Costa Rica. 7 July 2020. Available online: https://youtu.be/4UQxTRp8wLE
Status and Challenges of Global Soil Carbon Sequestration. Presented online at RECSOIL: Re-carbonization of Global Soils with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO), Rome, Italy. 17 June 2020. Available online: https://youtu.be/k4P634TQ9kA?t=2040 (Starts at 34:00)
Realizing Sustainable Development Goals by Regenerative Agriculture and Soil Organic Matter Management. Presented at Syngenta’s Good Growth Plan with the Syngenta Group and IICA, Uberlândia, Brazil and San José, Costa Rica. 23 September 2020. Available online: https://ggp2020.com/en/
Soil: The Essence of Life on Our Planet. Presented online at the 30th Annual Online Organics Recycling Conference with the Compost Council of Canada and IICA Canada. 30 September 2020.
Translating Science into Action, featuring the Honorable VP Al Gore and World Food Prize Foundation President Barbara Stinson. Panelist. Presented online at the 2020 Borlaug Dialogue with the World Food Prize Foundation (WFPF), Des Moines, Iowa, USA. 12 October 2020. Available online: https://go.osu.edu/into-action
Carbon Farming for Food and Climate Security: Producing More from Less. Presented online at the Iowa State University Norman Borlaug Lecture with the World Food Prize Foundation (WFPF) and Iowa State University (ISU), Ames, Iowa, USA. 12 October 2020. Available online: https://go.osu.edu/isu-norman-borlaug-lecture
Innovative Agriculture Methods to Cater to a Changing Climate in Africa. Presented online at the Virtual DAAD climapAfrica Conference (Day Two) with Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service) (DAAD), Bonn, Germany. 30 October 2020.
The World Soil Day: Perseverance, Opportunities, and Challenges. Presented online at The Ohio State University Soil Science Seminar: World Soil Day, Columbus, OH, USA. 4 December 2020. Available online: https://go.osu.edu/world-soil-day-2020
