Native microorganisms as a strategy to improve soil health in agroforestry systems.

Abstract

The soil is considered a living organism because it houses a diversity of macro and microorganisms that
interact with each other, performing different functions in the global cycles of nature. Through a
contingent recovery contract between the University of Tolima and FIDUPREVISORA, resources from
MINCIENCIAS will be executed in the project entitled "Native rhizospheric microorganisms as a strategy
to improve soil health in agroforestry systems" within the framework of the program (87020) Products
and processes Technological techniques with microorganisms for the restoration of degraded soils in
agroforestry and agricultural ecosystems. In this project, four institutions under the leadership of the
University of Tolima will solve the following questions: Which edaphic microorganisms, and which
consortia of them, are present in different conditions of agricultural soils? And which of these
consortiums can constitute inocula that, when applied as biofertilizers, improve soil quality and,
therefore, is this reflected in better indicators of primary and agronomic productivity of crops? It is
expected to obtain at least one consortium that can be inoculated into the soil to enhance its fertility,
recover the biostructure and improve productivity in agroforestry and agricultural systems.

Keywords: biostructure, climate change, agroforestry, rizosphera