Conservation agriculture as a sustainable system for soil health: A review

B Cárceles Rodríguez, VH Durán-Zuazo… - Soil Systems, 2022 - mdpi.com
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 …

The ability of conservation agriculture to conserve soil organic carbon and the subsequent impact on soil physical, chemical, and biological properties and yield

KL Page, YP Dang, RC Dalal - Frontiers in sustainable food systems, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Increases in human populations and the emerging challenges of climate change mean that
the world's agricultural systems will need to produce more food in an environment that is …

[HTML][HTML] Drivers of farmers' adoption and continuation of climate-smart agricultural practices. A study from northeastern Italy

F Pagliacci, E Defrancesco, D Mozzato… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The EU rural development policy has addressed challenges related to climate change in
agriculture by introducing public voluntary schemes, which financially support the adoption …

A global dataset for crop production under conventional tillage and no tillage systems

Y Su, B Gabrielle, D Makowski - Scientific Data, 2021 - nature.com
No tillage (NT) is often presented as a means to grow crops with positive environmental
externalities, such as enhanced carbon sequestration, improved soil quality, reduced soil …

Effective climate change mitigation through cover crop** and integrated fertilization: A global warming potential assessment from a 10-year field experiment

G Guardia, E Aguilera, A Vallejo… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, field-specific data was collected from a 10-year experiment in central Spain in
which vetch (Vicia sp. L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) were established as cover crops …

Identifying N fertilizer management strategies to reduce ammonia volatilization: Towards a site-specific approach

M Mencaroni, N Dal Ferro, J Furlanetto, M Longo… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Concerns about ammonia (NH 3) losses from nitrogen (N) mineral fertilizers have forced
policymakers to set emission reduction commitments across Europe. Although best …

Farmers' adoption of low-carbon agriculture in China: An extended theory of the planned behavior model

J Hou, B Hou - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Farmers' adoption of low-carbon agriculture is conductive to addressing climate change and
achieving sustainable development of agriculture. The purpose of this study is to explore …

[PDF][PDF] Integrated soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa: Evolving paradigms toward integration

J Mugwe, F Ngetich, EO Otieno - Zero Hunger. Encyclopedia of …, 2019 - ir-library.ku.ac.ke
Integrated soil fertility management is defined as a set of soil fertility management practices
that necessarily include the use of fertilizer, organic inputs, and improved germplasm …

Conservation tillage practices reduce nitrogen losses in the slo** upland of the Three Gorges Reservoir area: No-till is better than mulch-till

Y Zhang, D **e, J Ni, X Zeng - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Nitrogen (N) losses contribute to a series of ecological problems such as non-point source
pollution and aquatic eutrophication. The effects of tillage practices on N losses in the …

Have we reached the turning point? Looking for evidence of SOC increase under conservation agriculture and cover crop practices

C Camarotto, I Piccoli, N Dal Ferro… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in agricultural soils is currently of special
interest because it can help mitigate global warming through atmospheric carbon (C) …