A review on the effect of soil compaction and its management for sustainable crop production

MR Shaheb, R Venkatesh, SA Shearer - Journal of Biosystems …, 2021‏ - Springer
Purpose Sustainable crop production could contribute to feed and fuel for the ever-
increasing global population. The use of heavy agricultural machinery has improved the …

Mechanization and sustainable agri-food system transformation in the Global South. A review

T Daum - Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2023‏ - Springer
There is an urgent need for agri-food system transformation to achieve global sustainability
goals. Innovations can play a key role in this transformation but often come with both …

Farm vehicles approaching weights of sauropods exceed safe mechanical limits for soil functioning

T Keller, D Or - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022‏ - pnas.org
Mechanization has greatly contributed to the success of modern agriculture, with vastly
expanded food production capabilities achieved by the higher capacity of farm machinery …

[HTML][HTML] How farmers approach soil carbon sequestration? Lessons learned from 105 carbon-farming plans

TJ Mattila, E Hagelberg, S Söderlund, J Joona - Soil and Tillage Research, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Soil carbon sequestration is a recognized climate mitigation method, but it involves changes
in the practices of more than 0.5 billion farms worldwide. Regionally customized carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Three hypotheses on changing river flood hazards

G Blöschl - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2022‏ - hess.copernicus.org
There is serious concern that the hazard, or probability, of river floods is increasing over
time. Starting from narratives that are sometimes discussed in public, the article addresses …

Soil organic matter research and climate change: merely re-storing carbon versus restoring soil functions

PC Baveye, LS Schnee, P Boivin, M Laba… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Over the last two decades, the sequestration of carbon in soils has often been advocated as
a solution to mitigate the steady increase in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, one …

[HTML][HTML] Natural and managed soil structure: On the fragile scaffolding for soil functioning

D Or, T Keller, WH Schlesinger - Soil and Tillage Research, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Soil structure in natural systems is a product of complex interactions between biological
activity, climate and soil minerals that promote aggregation and accumulation of biopores. In …

Automating agroecology: How to design a farming robot without a monocultural mindset?

L Ditzler, C Driessen - Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 2022‏ - Springer
Robots are widely expected—and pushed—to transform open-field agriculture, but these
visions remain wedded to optimizing monocultural farming systems. Meanwhile there is little …

[HTML][HTML] Agricultural limitations to soil carbon sequestration: Plant growth, microbial activity, and carbon stabilization

TJ Mattila, N Vihanto - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Soil carbon (C) sequestration is an important process for mitigating climate change while
improving soil productivity. At the same time, it presents challenges for nutrient availability …

Future roots for future soils

JP Lynch, SJ Mooney, CF Strock… - Plant, Cell & …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mechanical impedance constrains root growth in most soils. Crop cultivation changed the
impedance characteristics of native soils, through topsoil erosion, loss of organic matter …