Soil health is a term used to describe the general state or quality of soil, and in an
agroecosystem, soil health can be defined as the ability of the soil to respond to agricultural …

Due to the scarcity of alternative organic amendments, the retention of crop residue in fields
can be considered key in promoting physical, chemical, and biological attributes of soil …

Amid the current environmental crises that exert enormous pressure on the arable lands,
there is a need to adopt environment-friendly effective but highly productive conservation …

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 …

The adoption and diffusion of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) has become an
important issue in the development‐policy agenda for sub‐Saharan Africa, especially as a …

Conservation agriculture (CA) technologies involve minimum soil disturbance, permanent
soil cover through crop residues or cover crops, and crop rotations for achieving higher …

The rice (Oryza sativa)–rice system (RRS) is the most important agricultural production
system, and it provides staple food, income, employment, and livelihoods to millions of …

Drought and heat stress are two major abiotic stresses that challenge the sustainability of
agriculture to a larger extend. The changing and unpredictable climate further aggravates …

Conventional agriculture is energy and carbon intensive. Single and double-crop basis
residue-mulching in zero-tilled crop-sequences may minimize carbon-footprint with …

The use of chemical fertilizers (eg urea, calcium nitrate, ammonium sulphate, diammonium
phosphate etc.) have a great importance for the world's food production as it works as a fast …