Soil fertility enhancing microorganisms and their application as biofertilizers / Lily Lili Liu and Shengwu Ma -- Model simulation of carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a biowaste compost fertilisation experiment / B. Foereid [and others] -- Impact of soil fertility on rice productivity and efficiency: a case study from Bangladesh / Sanzidur Rahman -- A comparison between short-term effects of sewage sludge compost and phosphate salt fertilizations on microbial activities involved in P turn-over of two calcareous and siliceous Mediterranean vineyard soils / Steven Criquet and Armelle Braud -- Contribution of the root cap to soil fertility: extracellular plant lectins / G. Curlango-Rivera [and others] -- Contributions of leaf-cutting ants to soil fertility: causes and consequences / Alejandro G. Farji-Brener and Mariana Tadey -- Soil microbial biomass and sustainable farming: enhancing nutrient retention in soils through management of microbial biomass / Song Qiu, Richard Bell and Arthur McComb -- Can soil fertility be modelled? / B. Foereid -- Soil charcoal amendments maintain soil fertility and establish a carbon sink: research and prospects / Christoph Steiner -- Fertility status and dyamics of soils in the Nepal Himalaya: a review and analysis / Roshan M. Bajracharya and Dil Prasad Sherchan.