Soil salinization and sodification are common processes that particularly characterize
drylands. These processes can be attributed either to natural conditions or anthropogenic …

A major challenge of the Sustainable Development Goals linked to Agriculture, Food
Security, and Nutrition, under the current global crop production paradigm, is that increasing …

Food security is threatened by the increasing food demand, competition for land and water
resources, soil salinization, and curbing hazardous emissions. Currently, climate change is …

Cover crop** is a promising and sustainable agronomic practice to ameliorate soil health
and crop performances in agro-ecosystems. Indeed, cover crops (CCs) may regulate several …

Agriculture is major sector in the economy of Central Asia. The sustainable use of
agricultural land is therefore essential to economic growth, human well-being, social equity …

Desertification is one of the main ecological environmental problems in Central Asia. To
prevent and eradicate this problem, it is extremely urgent to monitor the long-term …

Climate change (CC) may pose a challenge to agriculture and rural livelihoods in Central
Asia, but in-depth studies are lacking. To address the issue, crop growth and yield of 14 …

Dryland soil salinization strongly affects soil properties, with severe consequences for
regional ecology, agriculture and the aeolian dust dynamics. Given its climate-sensitivity it …

Soil salinization, sodification, and non-point source pollution are among the most important
and widespread environmental problems in agricultural regions with scarce water …

In arid and semi-arid regions, salinity is a serious and chronic problem for agriculture. A 3-
year field experiment in the arid environment of **njiang, northwest China, was conducted to …