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Gender equity in soil science in Brazil: Still at the beginning of a long journey

Beatriz Wardzinski Barbosa ORCID logo , Fabrício de Araújo Pedron ORCID logo

25/Nov/2024

ABSTRACT Current studies have highlighted a significant gender disparity in the field of soil science. However, the scarcity of research and data on this issue can hinder the urgent need to address it and effect meaningful changes. This was the first demographic survey of Brazilian soil science, focusing on gender composition over time at different academic and professional levels, as well as peer recognition. We examined the metrics of students and faculty from all Brazilian soil science graduate programs (2004-2021), […]

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Educational videos on erosion disseminated through social media for soil education

Cleyciana Freire de Aguiar Cosmo ORCID logo , Andrelisa Santos de Jesus ORCID logo , Mauricio Martines Sales ORCID logo , Marta Pereira da Luz ORCID logo , Márcia Maria dos Anjos Mascarenha ORCID logo

19/Jun/2024

ABSTRACT Soil education plays an important role in preventing soil degradation processes by raising awareness among the population about the importance of this non-renewable resource. Using new educational technologies in teaching, such as educational videos and social media, can speed up communication and information. This article aimed to develop educational videos on the topic of erosion, posted on social networks, as a way of popularizing science. Four videos of a maximum of 7 minutes were produced, which were shown in […]

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Toposequence: What are we talking about?

Grace Bungenstab Alves ORCID logo , Fábio Soares de Oliveira ORCID logo , Artur Henrique Nascimento da Silva ORCID logo , Valdomiro Severino de Souza Junior ORCID logo

10/Jun/2024

ABSTRACT The term toposequence, proposed to designate a lateral succession of soils on a slope due to the influence of topography, began to be used differently over time, distancing itself from its original concept. Here, we discuss how this concept has been used since its inception. We carried out bibliometric analyses of publications in the database available on the Web of Science since 1900. Three main approaches and related concepts, explicit or not, one at a regional scale and two […]

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Educational procedures guided by emancipatory principles for education on soils in higher education: A proposal

Selma Barbosa Bastos ORCID logo , Fabiane Machado Vezzani ORCID logo , Valentim da Silva ORCID logo , Marcelo Ricardo de Lima ORCID logo

04/Sep/2023

ABSTRACT The traditional paradigm of education, although outdated, still supports Soil Educational procedures in several Brazilian universities. However, the strategic documents of these institutions (Institutional Development Plan-IDP, Institutional Political Project-IPP and Pedagogical Projects of Courses-PPC’s) support a critical vision of education, which converges with the emancipatory paradigm and with the purpose of Soil Education (SE), which is the formation and transformation of subjects for conscious actions in reality. To overcome this problem, we propose educational procedures guided by emancipatory principles […]

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Identifying appropriate reference ecosystems based on soil indicators to evaluate postmining reclamation: A multivariate framework

Maísa Quintiliano Alves ORCID logo , Igor Rodrigues de Assis ORCID logo , Fernanda Zeidan Oliveira ORCID logo , Júlio César Lima Neves ORCID logo , Ryan Daniel Stewart ORCID logo

23/Aug/2023

ABSTRACT Large-scale mining operations, such as those associated with iron extraction, disturb soils and vegetation and create the need for effective rehabilitation practices. The Iron Quadrangle region of southeastern Brazil is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots; however, iron mining activities threaten many natural and seminatural ecosystem types in which many rare/protected species occur. The Iron Quadrangle has four main ecosystem types: Atlantic Forest (AF), ferruginous rupestrian grassland with dense vegetation (FRG-D); ferruginous rupestrian grassland with sparse vegetation (FRG-S); and […]

Alternative Methodology of Problem Cases – AMPC for soil education guided by emancipatory principles

Selma Barbosa Bastos ORCID logo , Fabiane Machado Vezzani ORCID logo , Valentim da Silva ORCID logo , Marcelo Ricardo de Lima ORCID logo

28/Oct/2022

ABSTRACT Soil Education aims to give individuals a transforming formative process for conscious actions related to the soil in their life experiences in and with the world. As such, the educational methodologies addressing soil-related contents should be in dialogue with the purpose of this educational process. On the perspective of education for social transformation, it is recommended that professors of Higher Education avoid from pedagogical actions with traditional approaches, and start using other strategies and methodologies centered on students and […]

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Agronomy researchers and research scholars in Brazil: Gender, scientific age, scientific production and impact, and training of human resources

José Miguel Reichert ORCID logo , Eduardo Guimarães Couto ORCID logo , Daiane Gonçalves Schir ORCID logo

18/Jul/2022

ABSTRACT Transparency of evaluation criteria and monitoring recommendations for research grants require careful judgment and frequent reassessment of guiding parameters. The aim of this study is to inform the scientific community and funding agencies about the applicants profile for research productivity grants (PQ) in the field of Agronomy of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), and to contribute to the analysis of grant distribution using the grant applicants of the 2018 call as a study sample. The […]

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Soil quality literature in Brazil: A systematic review

Carla da Penha Simon ORCID logo , Taciana Figueiredo Gomes ORCID logo , Thaís Nascimento Pessoa ORCID logo , Amin Soltangheisi ORCID logo , Wanderlei Bieluczyk ORCID logo , Plínio Barbosa de Camargo ORCID logo , [...]

06/Apr/2022

ABSTRACT Brazilian soil scientists have increased the use of the term “soil quality” in their scientific publications in the last decade. However, it remains unclear if those publications only mention “soil quality” in a broad context, or the studies are focused on soil quality assessments, integrating soil chemical, physical and biological indicators. The objective of this systematic review was to carry out a critical analysis of the conception in using the term “soil quality” in recent publications derived from studies […]

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Climate change adaptation and the agricultural sector in South American countries: Risk, vulnerabilities and opportunities

Miguel Ángel Taboada ORCID logo , Alejandro Oscar Costantini ORCID logo , Mercedes Busto ORCID logo , Michelle Bonatti ORCID logo , Stefan Sieber ORCID logo

05/Nov/2021

ABSTRACT South America covers a vast area with diverse climates and landscapes, with high participation in the global production of food and fibers. It is crucial to understand the risks, vulnerabilities, and opportunities that climate change brings to this region. We analyzed the increasing tension between agribusiness models and smallholder models, the risks, opportunities, and main adaptation measures that can be adopted in the agricultural sector of the South American countries facing climate change. This study is a review of […]

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A teachers’ formative process in soil education takes place while integrated to their life stories

Selma Barbosa Bastos ORCID logo , Fabiane Machado Vezzani ORCID logo , Valentim da Silva ORCID logo , Marcelo Ricardo de Lima ORCID logo

07/Apr/2021

ABSTRACT The teacher’s formative process is developed by a critical reflective response to the paths of life, the profession, and its practices. The teacher’s formative process analysis should consider the process’s objectives (theoretical, practical, and emancipatory), and the dimensions that make up the teacher (person, practices, and profession). As a result, this study aims to introduce the elements that outline the categories stemming from the relationship matrix between the objectives and the dimensions, and use them to analyze a formative […]

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