Soils and food sufficiency: A review

R Lal - Sustainable agriculture, 2009 - Springer
Soil degradation, caused by land misuse and soil mismanagement, has plagued humanity
since the dawn of settled agriculture. Many once thriving civilizations collapsed due to …

Identifying the main crops and key factors determining the carbon footprint of crop production in China, 2001–2018

X Chen, C Ma, H Zhou, Y Liu, X Huang, M Wang… - Resources …, 2021 - Elsevier
Agriculture affects climate change and contributes directly and indirectly to greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions. However, no reports have fully quantified the GHG emissions from …

The myth of nitrogen fertilization for soil carbon sequestration

SA Khan, RL Mulvaney, H Domnariu, CL Reardon, VA Manning… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2024 - Elsevier
Simple rotation systems as wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)-fallow practiced in semi-arid regions
are currently being transformed by replacing fallow with winter pea (Pisum sativum L.) …

Long‐term‐fertilization effects on soil organic carbon, physical properties, and wheat yield of a loess soil

X Yang, P Li, S Zhang, B Sun… - Journal of Plant Nutrition …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The large dryland area of the Loess Plateau (China) is subject of develo** strategies for a
sustainable crop production, eg, by modifications of nutrient management affecting soil …