Carbon for soils, not soils for carbon

GYK Moinet, R Hijbeek, DP van Vuuren… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The role of soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration as a 'win‐win'solution to both climate
change and food insecurity receives an increasing promotion. The opportunity may be too …

Food security and the dynamics of wheat and maize value chains in Africa and Asia

U Grote, A Fasse, TT Nguyen… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
There is an ongoing debate about how best to feed the growing world population in the long
run and associated implications for research and development. Some call for a new Green …

Global crop production increase by soil organic carbon

Y Ma, D Woolf, M Fan, L Qiao, R Li, J Lehmann - Nature Geoscience, 2023 - nature.com
Soil organic carbon sequestration has been promoted to combat climate change while
improving soil fertility. However, its quantitative contribution to crop productivity has proven …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change: Strategies for mitigation and adaptation

F Wang, JD Harindintwali, K Wei, Y Shan… - The Innovation …, 2023 - the-innovation.org
The sustainability of life on Earth is under increasing threat due to human-induced climate
change. This perilous change in the Earth's climate is caused by increases in carbon dioxide …

[HTML][HTML] Global meta-analysis of the relationship between soil organic matter and crop yields

EE Oldfield, MA Bradford, SA Wood - Soil, 2019 - soil.copernicus.org
Resilient, productive soils are necessary to sustainably intensify agriculture to increase
yields while minimizing environmental harm. To conserve and regenerate productive soils …

Soil organic matter content and crop yield

R Lal - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 2020 - jswconline.org
Healthy soils are important to growing healthy crops, raising healthy animals, and
supporting a healthy human population through nutritionally balanced diets and …

Biochar improves phosphorus use efficiency of organic-inorganic fertilizers, maize-wheat productivity and soil quality in a low fertility alkaline soil

M Arif, M Ilyas, M Riaz, K Ali, K Shah, IU Haq… - Field crops …, 2017 - Elsevier
Low and declining soil organic matter contents pose a significant threat to soil fertility, crop
productivity and economic returns in arid and semi-arid agroecosystems. Holistic …

Management‐induced changes in soil organic carbon and related crop yield dynamics in China's cropland

BJ Lin, RC Li, KC Liu, O Pelumi Oladele… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Enhancing soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration and food supply are vital for human
survival when facing climate change. Site‐specific best management practices (BMPs) are …

Quantifying direct yield benefits of soil carbon increases from cover cropping

I Vendig, A Guzman, G De La Cerda, K Esquivel… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cropland management practices that restore soil organic carbon (SOC) are increasingly
presented as climate solutions that also enhance yields. But how often these benefits align …

Soil organic carbon stock as an indicator for monitoring land and soil degradation in relation to U nited N ations' S ustainable D evelopment G oals

K Lorenz, R Lal, K Ehlers - Land Degradation & Development, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in September 2015
aim to end hunger and poverty, to protect the Planet, and to ensure peace and prosperity for …