The CGIAR crop improvement (CI) programs, unlike commercial CI programs, which are
mainly geared to profit though meeting farmers' needs, are charged with meeting multiple …

Soil organic carbon (SOC), greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and water footprint (WF) are
the key indicators of environmental sustainability in agricultural systems. Increasing SOC …

The conventional method of intensive tillage alters the soil environment, destroys soil
aggregates, depletes soil organic carbon (SOC), emits more carbon, requires higher energy …

Sustainable farmland construction (SFC) is a priority development strategy used to address
the integrated goals of “efficiency output, resource conservation, and environmental …

Monoculture is widely practiced to increase crop productivity, but long-term adaptation has
drawbacks as it increases the depletion of soil nutrients and reduces soil quality, especially …

Supplemental irrigation based on runoff harvesting is a sustainable solution in the current
context of water scarcity that is prevalent in Sahelian countries. Runoff water harvesting …

Overuse or underuse of nutrients relative to recommendations is a likely cause of crop yield
gaps and an impediment to the achievement of food security. Government-endorsed …

Appreciating and dealing with the plurality of farmers' perceptions and their contextual
knowledge and perspectives of the functioning and performance of their agroecosystems …

Climate change contributes to a rise in salinity levels in the coastal regions of Bangladesh,
notably impacting agricultural productivity. Therefore, crop-level adaptation strategies …

Despite the looming scarcity of agricultural land and rapidly growing demand for food and
biofuel globally, more agricultural lands are being abandoned from farming than are being …