A healthy soil acts as a dynamic living system that delivers multiple ecosystem services,
such as sustaining water quality and plant productivity, controlling soil nutrient recycling …

Meeting global demand of safe and healthy food for the ever-increasing population now and
into the future is currently a crucial challenge. Increasing crop production by preserving …

This paper argues that input-intensity and a lack of democratic control over the conditions for
advanced technology adoption indicates that low-tech approaches, despite generating …

Rice–wheat crop** system, intensively followed in Indo-Gangetic plains (IGP), played a
prominent role in fulfilling the food grains demand of the increasing population of South …

Maximizing food production for feeding a rapidly growing human population while
minimizing critical resource use and soil quality degradation is a major challenge for global …

Of late, intensive farming for higher food production is often associated with many negative
implications for soil systems, such as decline of soil organic matter (SOM), increase in risks …

One of the great challenges in agricultural development and sustainable intensification is
the assurance of social equity in food security oriented interventions. Development …

Intensive tillage coupled with imbalanced nutrient management in maize–wheat systems in
low-carbon calcareous soils often results in poor productivity vis-à-vis degradation in soil …

Rice-maize system (RMS) is emerging as dominant option for diversification of existing rice-
wheat systems in Asia due to better suitability and higher yields of maize compared to wheat …

Abstract The Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia is a region of high rural poverty and low
agronomic productivity, with crops grown using traditional management practices which are …