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About Us

Around the world, desert soil proves to be the most challenging for commercial agriculture from sustainability and socioeconomic perspectives. Our team builds essential, research-backed, educational resources for commercial producers to effectively manage soil health in carbon-depleted ecosystems of arid environments through innovative research. 

What we do?

Our mission is to develop strategies to maintain and improve soil health in commercial agroecosystems of arid and semi-arid environments. Through cutting-edge research and communication with stakeholders, we are investigating research based, practical solutions for desert producers.  We develop guidelines and recommendations for sustainable soil health management in desert environments.

Contact Information

Debankur Sanyal, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Statewide Soil Health Specialist

Department of Environmental Science

The University of Arizona

Maricopa Agricultural Center

Room no. 183

37860 W Smith-Enke Road

Maricopa, AZ 85138, USA

Email: dsanyal@arizona.edu

Phone: 520-374-6219

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Professional websites

https://profiles.arizona.edu/person/dsanyal

https://mac.arizona.edu/person/debankur-sanyal

https://extension.arizona.edu/person/debankur-sanyal

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