India would require around 311 million tons of food grains (cereals and pulses) during 2030
to feed around 1.43 billion people, and the requirement expectedly would further increase to …

Soil degradation in India is estimated to be occurring on 147 million hectares (Mha) of land,
including 94 Mha from water erosion, 16 Mha from acidification, 14 Mha from flooding, 9 …

The internal soil nitrogen (N) cycle supplies N to plants and microorganisms but may induce
N pollution in the environment. Understanding the variability of gross N cycling rates …

Declining biodiversity (BD) is affecting food security, agricultural sustainability, and
environmental quality. Agroforestry (AF) is recognized as a possible partial solution for BD …

Agroforestry systems comprise trees and crops, or trees and pastures within the same field.
Globally, they cover approximately 1 billion hectares of land and contribute to the livelihoods …

Pastures store over 90% of their carbon and nitrogen below-ground as soil organic matter. In
contrast, temperate conifer forests often store large amounts of organic matter above-ground …

Deforestation in the tropics, and fossil fuel burning in temperate regions contribute to the
largest flux of CO2 to the atmosphere. Therefore, land-use systems that increase the soil …

Agroforestry is an agricultural diversification practice that purposefully grows trees together
with crops and/or animals. Nitrogen (N) plays a pivotal role in the sustainability and …

Land-use options that increase resilience and reduce vulnerability of contemporary societies
are fundamental to livelihood improvement and adaptation to environmental change …

With a large land area and diverse ecoregions, there is a considerable potential of
terrestrial/soil carbon sequestration in India. Of the total land area of 329 million hectares …