E-waste, also known as waste from electrical and electronic equipment, is a solid waste that
accumulates quickly due to high demand driven by the market for replacing newer electrical …

Soil heavy metal contamination results in both huge economic loss and severe health
problem. Many technologies, such as soil stabilization/solidification, soil excavation, soil …

Conventional agriculture is energy and carbon intensive. Single and double-crop basis
residue-mulching in zero-tilled crop-sequences may minimize carbon-footprint with …

The maize-wheat-mungbean (MWMb) cropping system is being advocated as an alternative
to the traditional rice-based cropping systems of north-western Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) to …

In a 7-year study, we assessed the conservation agriculture (CA) practices [permanent bed
(PB) and zero tillage (ZT)] and conventional till (CT) in 4-diversified maize rotations [maize …

In the Brazilian semi-arid region, the intensification of agriculture results in a change of
natural vegetation by irrigated crops. To quantify the contrast between these two …

Gravel mulching technology has been applied in the arid and semi-arid regions of Northwest
China for many years. However, systematic field studies concerning its effects on ecological …

Aiming to subsidize the rational water resources management, an R package called
“agriwater” was created in order to obtain the energy balance on the soil and actual …

Highlights•Cultivation and mulching materials reduced evapotranspiration and improved soil
water storage.•Different mulching materials reduced greenhouse gas emissions and …

Abstract 137 Cs is one of the most persistent radioactive contaminants in soil after a nuclear
accident. It can be taken up by plants and enter the human food chain generating a potential …