ABSTRACT
Food Security ............................................................... 135 5.7 Conclusions .................................................................. 136 References............................................................................. 137
Global climate change, global food security, and soil degradation are some of the most important challenges of the 21st century. The latter problem is exacerbated by the depletion of the pool of soil organic carbon (SOC) and an accompanying
decline in soil quality. Global climate change, the greenhouse effect, and global warming are three interrelated processes. However, whereas global climate change and the greenhouse effect are natural processes, global warming is driven by anthropogenic activities.
