ch. 1. Principles of soil management / Rattan Lal -- ch. 2. Marginality principle / Jerry L. Hatfield and Lois Wright Morton -- ch. 3. Principles of soil management in neotropical savannas : the Brazilian Cerrado / Yuri L. Zinn and Rattan Lal -- ch. 4. Facts and myths of feeding the world with organic farming methods / Bobby A. Stewart, Xiaobo Hou, and Sanjeev Reddy Yalla -- ch. 5. Building upon traditional knowledge to enhance resilience of soils in sub-Saharan Africa / M. Tenywa, J. Y. K. Zake, and Rattan Lal -- ch. 6. Soil fertility as a contingent rather than inherent characteristic : considering the contributions of crop-symbiotic soil microbiota / Norman Uphoff ... [et al.] -- ch. 7. Human dimensions that drive soil degradation / Tomas M. Koontz ... [et al.] -- ch. 8. Managing soil organic carbon concentration by cropping systems and fertilizers in the north China plain / Jin Qing, Xiangbin Kong, and Rattan Lal -- ch. 9. Global extent of land degradation and its human dimension / Ephraim Nkonya ... [et al.] -- ch. 10. Cost-benefit analysis of soil degradation and restoration / Fred J. Hitzhusen and Sarah E. Kiger -- ch. 11. Spiritual aspects of sustainable soil management / B.C. Ball -- ch. 12. Theological and religious approaches to soil stewardship / Gregory E. Hitzhusen, Gary W. Fick, and Richard H. Moore -- ch. 13. Traditional knowledge for sustainable management of soils / B. Venkateswarlu, Ch. Srinivasarao, and J. Venkateswarlu -- ch. 14. Sustainable soil management is more than what and how crops are grown / Amir Kassam ... [et al.] -- ch. 15. Mining of nutrients in African soils due to agricultural intensification / Eric T. Craswell and Paul L. G. Vlek -- ch. 16. Carbon sink capacity and agronomic productivity of soils of semiarid regions of India / Ch. Srinivasarao ... [et al.] -- ch. 17. Soil renewal and sustainability / Richard M. Cruse ... [et al.] -- ch. 18. Organic carbon sequestration potential and the co-benefits in China's cropland / Genxing Pan ... [et al.] -- ch. 19. Soil management for sustaining ecosystem services / Rattan Lal and Bobby A. Stewart.