Delineating the soil physicochemical and microbiological factors conferring disease-suppression in organic farms

P Chaudhary, A Bhattacharjee, S Khatri, RC Dalal… - Microbiological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Organic farming utilizes farmyard manure, compost, and organic wastes as sources of
nutrients and organic matter. Soil under organic farming has an increased microbial …

Challenges of applying conservation agriculture in Iran: an overview on experts and farmers' perspectives

P Ataei, H Sadighi, T Aenis… - Air, Soil and Water …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Different countries face diverse challenges for Conservation Agriculture (CA) development.
The main purpose of this study was to examine the challenges of applying CA in Iran from …

Modelling habitat suitability of the critically endangered Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) in the Indian East Himalayan region

A Hazarika, JR Deka, PC Nath, GW Sileshi… - Biodiversity and …, 2023 - Springer
Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) is a critically endangered species on the IUCN red list
globally. It is highly valued for its aromatic wood, popularly called agar, which has been …

[HTML][HTML] Historical evolution of gully erosion and its response to land use change during 1968–2018 in the Mollisol region of Northeast China

S Zhang, M Guo, X Liu, Z Chen, X Zhang, J Xu… - International Soil and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Gully erosion is one of the most severe types of land degradation, hindering food production
and sustainable agricultural development. However, the historical evolution process and the …

Feasibility of fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) and fuzzy TOPSIS methods to assess the most sensitive soil attributes against land use change

M Zahedifar - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2023 - Springer
The increase in demand for more food production due to the population growth has caused
land efficiency and sustainable soil management to be taken into consideration. Multi …

Spatial variability of soil chemical properties under different land-uses in Northwest Ethiopia

GA Tiruneh, TY Alemayehu, DT Meshesha… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The understanding of the spatial variation of soil chemical properties is critical in agriculture
and the environment. To assess the spatial variability of soil chemical properties in the …

Sorghum yield response to NPKS and NPZn nutrients along sorghum-growing landscapes

G Desta, T Amede, T Gashaw, G Legesse… - Experimental …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is the major cereal crop used as staple crop in
the arid and semi-arid regions of Ethiopia. Low sorghum yields are attributed to soil, climate …

[HTML][HTML] Land-use changes and precipitation cycles to understand hydrodynamic responses in semiarid Mediterranean karstic watersheds

T Palacios-Cabrera, J Valdes-Abellan… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-planned agricultural land abandonment is affecting natural hydrological processes.
This is especially relevant in vulnerable arid karstic watersheds, where water resources are …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of land-use and topography on soil physicochemical properties in the Wamancho watershed, Southern Ethiopia

M Masha, M Belayneh, E Bojago, S Tadiwos… - Journal of Agriculture …, 2023 - Elsevier
For sustainable land management, clear information that accounts for changes in land-use
types and landscapes is essential. The purpose of this study was to examine how land-use …

The effect of land use type on selected soil physicochemical properties in Shihatig watershed, Dabat district, Northwest Ethiopia

TK Asmare, B Abayneh, M Yigzaw, TA Birhan - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Different land use practices have a substantial influence on soil quality. An inappropriate
land use system in Ethiopia leads to extensive deforestation which aggravates the loss of …