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 …

This research was carried out in order to demonstrate that mulching the ground helps to
conserve water, because agricultural sustainability in dryland contexts is threatened by …

No-till agriculture represents a relatively widely adopted management system that aims to
reduce soil erosion, decrease input costs, and sustain long-term crop productivity. However …

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 …

One of the primary challenges of our time is to feed a growing and more demanding world
population with reduced external inputs and minimal environmental impacts, all under more …

Conservation agriculture (CA) is based on minimum soil disturbance, permanent soil cover,
and crop rotation; it is promoted as a sustainable alternative to systems involving …

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 …

No-tillage (NT) has been touted as one of several climate-smart agriculture (CSA)
management practices that improve food security and enhance agroecosystem resilience to …

Increasing food demands by a growing human population require substantial increases in
crop productivity. In rain-fed arid and semiarid areas where the water supply is limited, an …

Climate resilient crop** systems are required to adapt to the increasing threats of climate
change projected for Southern Africa and to better manage current climate variability …