4 Editorial
7 Reclaiming earthly smell and livelihoods –SVARAJ’s experience
L C Nagaraj
9 Cover crops do it all
Máximo Ochoa and Pedro J Oyarzun
11 Green manures: Nature’s gift to improve soil fertility
Arulanandam Vakeesan, Tharshani Nishanthan and Gunasingham Mikunthan
13 Indigenous soil management to revive below ground biodiversity – case of Garhwal
Shalini Misra, R K Maikhuri and Deepak Dhyani
15 Talking soil science with farmers
Pablo Tittonell, Michael Misiko and Isaac Ekise
18 Farmers’ parameters for assessing soil fertility in semiaridregions
B Suresh Reddy
20 Rejuvenating soils with innovative farming approaches
Wardjito
21 Vermicomposting for building soil fertility
A S Ninawe
22 Traditional night-soil composting continues to bring benefits
Santaram S Oinam
23 Changing attitudes to night-soil in Tanzania
Patrick Mwalukisa
25 Microbial wealth regulates crop quality and soil health
D P Singh and H B Singh
27 Implications of genetically engineered crops on soil fertility
Amitava Rakshit, N C Sarkar, D Sen and R K Maity
28 Sustainable agriculture in the news: International study stresses role of farmers
Janice Jiggins
29 The Narayana Reddy Column Effective microorganisms for ecological agriculture during transition
30 Farmers Diary The Living Soil
Madhu Ramakrishnan
31 Sources
32 Networking
33 Books
34 Building healthy soils organically
K Raghavendra Rao
35 Themes for LEISA India
