Soil health is a state in which a soil fulfills its range of ecosystem functions appropriately in its environment. In simpler terms, the well-being of soil arises from favorable interactions among all its components, such as micro-biota, plants, and animals.

The book "Soil Health Management for Sustainable Development Goals" primarily addresses the issue of soil management at the grassroots level. Soil fertility is the capacity of soil to sustain plant growth and optimize crop yield. This can be enhanced through the use of organic and inorganic fertilizers in the soil. As is widely recognized, the management of soil fertility is a prime concern for crop production and can be improved through the adoption of several sustainable management practices.

Several techniques are suggested that enhance soil fertility and crop production while minimizing environmental impact. Soil fertility can be further improved by incorporating cover crops that add organic matter to the soil, leading to improved soil structure and promoting a healthy, fertile soil; by using green manure or growing legumes to fix nitrogen from the air through the process of biological nitrogen fixation by microbes. Healthy soils produce healthy crops that, in turn, nourish people and animals. Indeed, soil quality is directly linked to food quality and quantity. Soils supply essential nutrients, water, oxygen, and root support that our food-producing plants need to grow and thrive.
The present book focuses on such global issues and offers possible solutions specifically related to UNSDG-17 goals. It also focuses on global strategies with possible solutions to manage sustainability. 

Dr. Hanuman Singh Jatav is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Soil science and Agricultural Chemistry, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner Jaipur (Rajasthan), India. He has more than 4 years of Teaching and 7 years of Research experience in the field of Sewage Sludge, Biochar, Micronutrients, Heavy Metals, Soil Fertility Management including M.Sc. (Ag.) and Ph.D. He has completed B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture from Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur-Rajasthan, India. Dr. Jatav has completed his M.Sc. (Ag.) and Ph.D. in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry from the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- U.P. India.  At present, Dr. Jatav is an emerging person in the field of research transforming himself to an excellent scientific level by enhancing research capacity by promoting environmental sustainability.  He has published more than 120 paper(s) including Research papers, Review papers, Books, Book chapters and Technical papers from various National and International repute Journals and Publishers. He is serving as an Academic Editor and member of Subject expertise in Springer, Taylor and Francis, Elsevier, Frontiers, CARJ, JEB, ICAR Journals and Science Domain for the last six years. He is serving as an active member of more than 15 various national and international scientific societies.  Dr. Jatav has been awarded a Certificate of Gratitude as an Ambassador by IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature- Gland, Switzerland (https://www.iucn.org/) in the World Conservation Congress during Global Youth Summit. He has been also awarded the best paper and poster presentation for his work. He has also attended more than 40 conferences besides this he has also completed more than 35 training pertaining to his research. Considering Dr. Jatav work at an excellent level he has been awarded as Outstanding Assistant Professor of the Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner Jaipur (Rajasthan) India.

Taqi Raza is working as a research assistant and Ph.D. graduate at the Department of Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. He has more than 3 years of teaching and 6 years of research experience in the field of carbon sequestration, waste management, bioherbicides, climate change, bioenergy, soil-plant-microbes interaction, zero tillage, and soil nutrients management.

He has published more than 35 papers including research papers, review papers, book chapters, and technical papers in various nationally and internationally reputed journals and publishers. He is serving as a young editorial board member in Carbon Research Journal and reviewer with several scientific journals.

Chapter 1.Green Technologies for Restoration of Degraded Soil    Nafisa Kanwal, Aqsa, Muhammad Yahya Khan, Mazhar Iqbal, Muhammad Rashid Waqas, Sajid Mahmood Nadeem and Muhammad Shaban
Chapter 2.Advance Techniques for Improvement in Soil Productivity    Sadia Zafar, Rizwan Rasheed, Ayesha Mishaal Fatima and Inam Mehdi Khan
Chapter 3.Use of soil amendments including organic and bio-fertilizer for improving Soil health and productivity    Waleed Asghar, Ahmad Mahmood, Md. Tareq Bin Salam and Ryota Kataoka
Chapter 4.Organic Agriculture: Nurturing the Soil, Feeding the People, Sustaining the Future    Sana Ullah, Aqeel Shahzad, Malaika Zaheer and Muhammad Tariq
Chapter 5.Soil Restoration and Management for Soil Sustainability Goals    Muhammad Sohail, Haroon Ur Rashid, Muhammad Moaz Khursheed, Sobia Riaz,  Rashba Sahar, Irfan Ahamd and Muhammad Asif
Chapter 6.Waste Management and Utilization for Soil Sustainability Goals    Tooba Mumtaz, Muhammad Farhan Qadir, Azmat Qadir Maria, Rizwan Ahmad,Iftikhar Ali Ahmad and Muhammad Iqbal
Chapter 7.Biochar as amendment to Achieve Soil Sustainability Goals    Mahmood Ul Hassan, Taqi Raza and Quanzhen Wang
Chapter 8.Role of Agriculture Extension to Achieve Soil Sustainability Goals Muhammad Hammad Raza, Abdulazeez Hudu Wudil, Hafiz Ali Raza, Muhammad Sajid Mehmood, Gulfam Hassan,Ghazanfar Ali Khan and  Muhamamd Sohail Saddiq
Chapter 9.Agroecology to Achieve Soil Sustainability Goals    Samama Tariq, Sidra Sohail, Muhammad Usman, Asad Shehzaib and Muhammad Mehran Abbas
Chapter 10.Nano-black carbon: Sustainable technology for the replenishment of soil health under Abiotic stress    Imran, Asad Ali Khan, Ibrahim Ortas and Hayat Zada
Chapter 11. Non-Chemical Soil Practices for Soil Sustainability Goals    Mazahir Abbas, Naheed Malik, Sahar Nasreen, Rabia Saleem, Shabana Haneef and Taqi Raza
Chapter 12.Conservation approaches for enhancing crop production    Muhammad Rashid Waqas, Zeeshan Ahmad, Sajid Mahmood Nadeem, Sabahat Farooq, Rimsha Kanwal, Liaqat Ali and Muhammad Yahya Khan
Chapter 13.Structural and functional diversity of soil microbes in response to climate change in forest ecosystem    Shalini Purwar, Vinita Bisht and Shaili Shrivastava
Chapter 14.Biocrust: Converting drylands to green lands    Guntamukkala Sekhar, Jami Naveen, Sushmita Thokchom and Prem Kumar Bharteey
Chapter 15.Ecosystems services through agroforestry systems for SDG    Indu Kale, Nasam Midhun Kumar, Purumandla Vennela Reddy and Alok Kumar Singh
Chapter 16.Interaction Between Above and below ground Resources in Agroforestry Systems and its Socio-economic impact on farmers livelihood    Jitender Singh, Anshu Kumari and Hanuman Singh Jatav
Chapter 17.Dynamics and vulnerability of complex agroforestry systems to farmers well-being in North-western Himalayas    Rushal Dogra, Eepsa, Hitesh Gupta and Hanuman Singh Jatav
Chapter 18.Managing Water Soil and Waste in the Context of Global Climate Change    Shiv Singh Tomar, Aman Parashar, Tirunima Patle, Nivedita Singh and Hanuman Singh Jatav
Chapter 19.Rhizospheric Microorganisms for the Sustainable Management of Plant Health
Astha Pandey, Satish Kumar Singh, Adyasha Priyadarshini, BhartiYadav, , Sayon Mukharjee, Hanuman Singh Jatav, Sarbasree Goswami, Surendra Singh Jatav, Abhik Patra and Aayush Bahuguna