Sustainable remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites

D Hou, A Al-Tabbaa, D O'Connor, Q Hu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Widespread pollution from industrial activities has driven land degradation with detrimental
human health effects, especially in urban areas. Remediation and redevelopment of the …

Regenerative agriculture—a literature review on the practices and mechanisms used to improve soil health

R Khangura, D Ferris, C Wagg, J Bowyer - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Conventional farming practices can lead to soil degradation and a decline in productivity.
Regenerative agriculture (RA) is purported by advocates as a solution to these issues that …

Soil constraints in an arid environment—challenges, prospects, and implications

A Naorem, S Jayaraman, YP Dang, RC Dalal… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate models project that many terrestrial ecosystems will become drier over the course of
this century, leading to a drastic increase in the global extent of arid soils. In order to …

Effect of animal manure, crop type, climate zone, and soil attributes on greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils—A global meta-analysis

A Shakoor, S Shakoor, A Rehman, F Ashraf… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Agricultural lands, because of their large area and exhaustive management practices, have
a substantial impact on the earth's carbon and nitrogen cycles, and agricultural activities …

Effects of six-year biochar amendment on soil aggregation, crop growth, and nitrogen and phosphorus use efficiencies in a rice-wheat rotation

Q Zhang, Y Song, Z Wu, X Yan, A Gunina… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The effective use of biochar as biomass recycling in agriculture to improve both crop
production and environmental performance requires an understanding of its effects on soil …

Soil aggregation and soil aggregate stability regulate organic carbon and nitrogen storage in a red soil of southern China

A Mustafa, X Minggang, SAA Shah, MM Abrar… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil aggregation plays a critical role in the maintenance of soil structure, as well as in its
productivity. Fertilization influences soil aggregation, especially by regulating soil organic …

Extent and management of acid soils for sustainable crop production system in the tropical agroecosystems: a review

G Agegnehu, T Amede, T Erkossa, C Yirga… - … , Section B—Soil & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Increasing areas of agricultural land in high rainfall areas of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA),
where crop production used to be reliable, are affected by soil acidity. This review focuses …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of agricultural management practices on soil quality: A review of long-term experiments for Europe and China

Z Bai, T Caspari, MR Gonzalez, NH Batjes… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper we present effects of four paired agricultural management practices (organic
matter (OM) addition versus no organic matter input, no-tillage (NT) versus conventional …

How to measure, report and verify soil carbon change to realize the potential of soil carbon sequestration for atmospheric greenhouse gas removal

P Smith, JF Soussana, D Angers… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is growing international interest in better managing soils to increase soil organic
carbon (SOC) content to contribute to climate change mitigation, to enhance resilience to …

Cover crop trends, programs, and practices in the United States

S Wallander, D Smith, M Bowman, R Claassen - 2021 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
On US cropland, the use of cover crops increased by 50 percent between 2012 and 2017.
Over this same period, Federal and State conservation programs have increased efforts to …