Agroforestry systems for soil health improvement and maintenance

S Fahad, SB Chavan, AR Chichaghare, AR Uthappa… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Agroforestry integrates woody perennials with arable crops, livestock, or fodder in the same
piece of land, promoting the more efficient utilization of resources as compared to …

Positive but variable effects of crop diversification on biodiversity and ecosystem services

D Beillouin, T Ben‐Ari, E Malézieux… - Global change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological theory suggests that biodiversity has a positive and stabilizing effect on the
delivery of ecosystem services. Yet, the impacts of increasing the diversity of cultivated crop …

[PDF][PDF] Climate change 2022: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability

C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat - 2022 - hal.science
Chapter 2, building on prior assessments1, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their services

C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat, R Adrian… - 2023 - ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk
Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

[PDF][PDF] Agriculture, forestry and other land uses (AFOLU)

GJ Nabuurs, R Mrabet, AA Hatab… - Climate Change 2022 …, 2023 - library.wur.nl
Executive Summary The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use1 (AFOLU) sector
encompasses managed ecosystems and offers significant mitigation opportunities while …

Assessment and principles of environmentally sustainable food and agriculture systems

R Çakmakçı, MA Salık, S Çakmakçı - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Feeding the world depends on protecting our valuable ecosystems and biodiversity.
Currently, increasing public awareness of the problems posed by the current industrialized …

Priority science can accelerate agroforestry as a natural climate solution

DE Terasaki Hart, S Yeo, M Almaraz, D Beillouin… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
The expansion of agroforestry could provide substantial climate change mitigation (up to
0.31 Pg C yr− 1), comparable to other prominent natural climate solutions such as …

Expanding agroforestry can increase nitrate retention and mitigate the global impact of a leaky nitrogen cycle in croplands

AS Elrys, Y Uwiragiye, Y Zhang, MK Abdel-Fattah… - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
The internal soil nitrogen (N) cycle supplies N to plants and microorganisms but may induce
N pollution in the environment. Understanding the variability of gross N cycling rates …

The 10 Elements of Agroecology: enabling transitions towards sustainable agriculture and food systems through visual narratives

E Barrios, B Gemmill-Herren, A Bicksler… - Ecosystems and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The magnitude and urgency of the challenges facing agriculture and food systems demand
profound modifications in different aspects of human activity to achieve real transformative …

Innovative agronomic practices for sustainable intensification in sub-Saharan Africa. A review

S Kuyah, GW Sileshi, L Nkurunziza, N Chirinda… - Agronomy for …, 2021 - Springer
Africa's need to double food production and feed the burgeoning human population, without
compromising its natural resource base, has raised the momentum for sustainable …