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 …

Environmental problems related to the use of synthetic fertilizers and to organic waste
management have led to increased interest in the use of organic materials as an alternative …

Agricultural intensification has led to the use of very high inputs of nitrogen fertilizers into
cultivated land. As a consequence of this, nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions have increased …

The management of agroecosystems plays a crucial role in the global carbon cycle with soil
tillage leading to known organic carbon redistributions within soils and changes in soil CO 2 …

Nitrogen (N) and precipitation are the main limiting factors in food production under rain-fed
cropping systems in arid and semiarid regions. A long-term field experiment was conducted …

There is an increasing concern about the negative impacts associated to the release of
reactive nitrogen (N) from highly fertilized agro-ecosystems. Ammonia (NH 3) and nitrous …

Urea is considered the cheapest and most commonly used form of inorganic N fertilizer
worldwide. However, its use is associated with emissions of ammonia (NH3), nitrous oxide …

A solution for environmentally wiser agriculture is the use of composted organic wastes as
soil amendments. Just as this alleviates the problem of recycling organic residues, it …

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions have been increasing as a result of intensive nitrogen (N)
fertilisation. Soil nitrification and denitrification are the main sources of N2O, and the use of …

Shifting from conventional tillage to a no-till system can contribute to improving soil carbon
sequestration and sustaining crop productivity. However, our understanding of the soil …