Regenerative agriculture—A literature review on the practices and mechanisms used to improve soil health

R Khangura, D Ferris, C Wagg, J Bowyer - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Conventional farming practices can lead to soil degradation and a decline in productivity.
Regenerative agriculture (RA) is purported by advocates as a solution to these issues that …

Sustainable agro-food systems for addressing climate change and food security

A Wijerathna-Yapa, R Pathirana - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite world food production keeping pace with population growth because of the Green
Revolution, the United Nations (UN) State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 …

Conservation agriculture and soil organic carbon: Principles, processes, practices and policy options

R Francaviglia, M Almagro, JL Vicente-Vicente - Soil Systems, 2023 - mdpi.com
Intensive agriculture causes land degradation and other environmental problems, such as
pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, biodiversity decline, and greenhouse gas (GHG) …

Optimizing carbon sequestration in croplands: A synthesis

A Tiefenbacher, T Sandén, HP Haslmayr, J Miloczki… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change and ensuring food security for an exponentially growing global human
population are the greatest challenges for future agriculture. Improved soil management …

Agroecology for adaptation to climate change and resource depletion in the Mediterranean region. A review

E Aguilera, C Díaz-Gaona, R García-Laureano… - Agricultural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mediterranean agriculture has coevolved with harsh environments and changing climate
conditions over millennia, generating an extremely rich heritage of traditional knowledge; …

[HTML][HTML] The science of soil security and food security

LE Pozza, DJ Field - Soil Security, 2020 - Elsevier
There is a nexus of seven inter-linked global existential challenges; Soil Security and Food
Security are two of these. The established concept of Food Security is well defined and …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of tillage, crop establishment and diversification on soil organic carbon, aggregation, aggregate associated carbon and productivity in cereal systems …

HS Jat, A Datta, M Choudhary, AK Yadav… - Soil and Tillage …, 2019 - Elsevier
Intensive tillage based management practices are threatening soil quality and systems
sustainability in the rice-wheat belt of Northwest India. Furthermore, it is accentuated with …

Quantifying nutrient budgets for sustainable nutrient management

X Zhang, EA Davidson, T Zou… - Global …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, provide vital support for human life, but
overloading nutrients to the Earth system leads to environmental concerns, such as water …

Soils as carbon stores and sinks: expectations, patterns, processes, and prospects of transitions

M van Noordwijk, E Aynekulu, R Hijbeek… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The few percent of soil organic carbon (SOC) among mineral components form the interface
of climate, plant growth, soil biological processes, physical transport infrastructure, and …

Soil organic carbon sequestration rates in vineyard agroecosystems under different soil management practices: A meta-analysis

FT Payen, A Sykes, M Aitkenhead, P Alexander… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Vineyards are usually cultivated in soils characterised by low soil organic carbon (SOC)
content and have high risks of soil erosion and degradation. Increasing SOC stocks in these …