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. 

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