Climate change and ensuring food security for an exponentially growing global human
population are the greatest challenges for future agriculture. Improved soil management …

Dryland agriculture requires the efficient utilization of water resources and the
implementation of water-conserving technologies. Mulching is a water conservation practice …

Conservation agriculture (CA) can be an important strategy for improving soil organic carbon
(SOC) and total nitrogen (TN). Numerous studies have examined SOC and TN dynamics in …

Crop straw return is being widely applied as a sustainable soil management practice to
improve soil organic carbon (SOC) storage in intensive agricultural ecosystems. However …

The contribution of soil to supporting, regulating, provisioning and cultural functions as well
as its role in the ecosystem services is well-known in the international literature. However, in …

The climatic variations and swiftly increasing the world's population are crucial drivers of
universal famines and lead to the stern food insecurity. These factors affect all the …

Soil and water conservation practices are key to agroecosystems sustainability and avoiding
diffuse pollution. Here, we compare the impacts of different types of mulch, barley straw …

Despite field mulching has been widely adopted to improve crop productivity, agro-
ecosystem sustainability of this technology in arid and semi-arid areas is inconclusive. We …

Crop straw is often retained on the ground as mulch or incorporated into soil through tillage
practices. These straw management practices may affect straw decomposition rates and …

Straw returning to the field has become a common way to utilize crop residues. This method
does not only solve the problem of rational utilization of straw but also improves soil organic …