Agrogeology: An interdisciplinary approach to serve agricultural development

Agrogeology is a relatively new applied, problem-solving, interdisciplinary earth and agricultural science that aims at improving agricultural production using agromineral resources. There are two aspects of agrogeology: 1. The influence of parent material on soil development and soil fertility, and 2. The beneficial application of rocks and minerals to enhance soil fertility and crop productivity (‘rocks for crops’). New research on the influence of parent material on soil development and soil fertility will be presented from geochemical and geophysical research in NE Brazil. Integrated geophysical survey techniques are introduced that support soil fertility assessments, in this case soil fertility over different granites.