A healthy soil acts as a dynamic living system that delivers multiple ecosystem services,
such as sustaining water quality and plant productivity, controlling soil nutrient recycling …

Puddled transplanted rice (Oryza sativa L.) followed by intensively tilled wheat (Triticum
aestivum L.)(R–W) is the most predominant crop** system and the lifeline for billions of …

Disposal of paddy residue has turn out to be a huge problem in north-west Indian states,
resulting farmers prefer to burn the residues in-situ. Paddy residue management is of utmost …

Sustainable management of surplus paddy residue in the Indo-Gangetic plain is a back-
breaking task for farmers due to lack of viable options. Eventually, farmers prefer to …

Rice–wheat crop** system, intensively followed in Indo-Gangetic plains (IGP), played a
prominent role in fulfilling the food grains demand of the increasing population of South …

Soil degradation in India is estimated to be occurring on 147 million hectares (Mha) of land,
including 94 Mha from water erosion, 16 Mha from acidification, 14 Mha from flooding, 9 …

Rice–wheat crop** system (RWCS) of the South Asia is labour-, water-, capital-and
energy-intensive, and become less profitable as the availability of these resources …

Of late, intensive farming for higher food production is often associated with many negative
implications for soil systems, such as decline of soil organic matter (SOM), increase in risks …

Abstract Rice (Oryza sativa L.), a staple food for more than half of the world population, is
commonly grown by transplanting seedlings into puddled soil (wet tillage) in Asia. This …

In the most productive area of the Indo-Gangetic Plains in Northwest India where high yields
of rice and wheat are commonplace, a medium-term crop** system trial was conducted in …