Degraded land rehabilitation through agroforestry in India: Achievements, current understanding, and future prospectives

D Jinger, R Kaushal, R Kumar, V Paramesh… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Land degradation is one of the most important factors responsible for the alarming situation
of food security, human health, and socioeconomic development in the country. Currently …

Organic farming: A prospect for food, environment and livelihood security in Indian agriculture

MC Manna, MM Rahman, R Naidu, ASMF Bari… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Organic farming is an environmentally, economically and socially accepted way to produce
food. This review scrutinizes various facets of the practice including its impact on the …

[HTML][HTML] Remediation of Cd-, Pb-, Cu-, and Zn-contaminated soil using cow bone meal and oyster shell meal

X Zheng, M Zou, B Zhang, W Lai, X Zeng… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
To understand the environmental friendliness and high efficiency of organic materials during
remediating soil polluted by heavy metals by assessing the feedback of soil ecosystems …

Embedding spatial planning in contemporary multi-level governance: The sustainability entanglement

H Banikoi, F Dakyaga, PB Cobbinah - Land Use Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
The burgeoning unplanned urbanisation and growing environmental risks across global
South cities pose core questions to urban sustainability, planning theory and practice. Who …

Rice residue promotes mobilisation and plant acquisition of soil phosphorus under wheat (Triticum aestivum)-rice (Oryza sativa) cropping sequence in a semi-arid …

A Ghosh, DR Biswas, R Bhattacharyya, S Das… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Disposal of significant tonnages of rice straw is expensive, but using it to mobilise
phosphorus (P) from inorganically fixed pools in the soil may add value. This study was …

Eco-restoration of degraded lands through trees and grasses improves soil carbon sequestration and biological activity in tropical climates

A Ghosh, RV Kumar, MC Manna, AK Singh… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite several studies, role of eco-restoration strategies involving trees and grasses on soil
organic carbon pools and fractions, response of soil enzymes in degraded land of tropical …

Silvopasture systems for restoration of degraded lands in a semiarid region of India

RV Kumar, AK Roy, S Kumar, K Gautam… - Land Degradation & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Silvopasture systems (SPSs) provide an opportunities for efficient use of lands, apportioning
risk under adverse climate and giving higher returns than other systems. SPSs improve …

Impact of conservation practices on soil quality and ecosystem services under diverse horticulture land use system

AC Rathore, C Singh, J Jayaprakash… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The 20-year study investigated the effects of conservation practices (CPs) and farmers'
practices (FPs) on various soil quality parameters, yield, and economics of horticultural land …

Recycling rice straw enhances the solubilisation and plant acquisition of soil phosphorus by altering rhizosphere environment of wheat

A Ghosh, DR Biswas, R Bhattacharyya, S Das… - Soil and Tillage …, 2023 - Elsevier
An in-situ, rapid, and low cost management of the huge amount of rice straw (RS) is a great
challenge in south Asia. On the other hand, mobilisation of soil phosphorus (P) from …

Do moisture conservation practices influence stability of soil organic carbon and structure?

A Ghosh, AK Singh, S Kumar, MC Manna, P Jha… - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
As soil erosion is a major threat for global food security, soil and water conservation (SWC)
structures are essential in degraded lands of the tropics facing water scarcity. However …