Drought is a predominant cause of low yields worldwide. There is an urgent need for more
water efficient cropping systems facing large water consumption of irrigated agriculture and …

Recent literature on no-till is reviewed with particular emphasis on research on commercial
uptake and environmental concerns in northern, western and south-western Europe …

Conservation tillage practices, here defined as no-tillage (NT) or reduced tillage (RT)
with/without residue retention, have been widely used to alleviate the negative effects …

In subhumid Southeastern USA, rapid decomposition of initially low cotton residue limits the
benefits of no-tillage system in regard to the soil quality. Long-term addition of cover crops …

Soil health reflects the capacity of a soil to provide ecosystem services. A major challenge of
soil management is to support agricultural productivity without jeopardizing other ecosystem …

Human efforts to produce ever-greater amounts of food leave their mark on our environment.
Persistent use of conventional farming practices based on extensive tillage, especially when …

The Argentine Pampas is one of the most important cropping regions of the World. Limited
tillage systems, and specially no-till, had widespread in recent years, occupying actually …

Soil degradation is a worsening global phenomenon driven by socio‐economic pressures,
poor land management practices and climate change. A deterioration of soil structure at …

A balanced assessment of ecosystem services provided by agriculture requires a systems-
level socioecological understanding of related management practices at local to landscape …

Agricultural systems are nitrogen (N) deficient throughout the world and N is the most
important nutrient in realizing the maximum potential of the crop and sustainability of the …