Executive summary Food systems have the potential to nurture human health and support
environmental sustainability; however, they are currently threatening both. Providing a …

Raising temperature and increased drought events induced by a changing climate have
increased the need for efficient use of natural resources and energy supplies. Producing …

Nitrogen (N) is the most critical element limiting agricultural production at a global scale.
Despite many efforts, the N use efficiency (NUE) in agriculture remains in a range of less …

Although nitrogen (N) is the most limiting nutrient for agricultural production, its overuse is
associated with environmental pollution, increased concentration of greenhouse gases, and …

Aquaponics is known to be one of the most efficient agriculture production systems by far;
however, limited quantitative data are available on the level of efficiency, particularly in …

Nitrogen (N) surplus is a useful indicator for improving agricultural N management and
controlling N pollution. Few studies have developed benchmark values for crop** systems …

It is widely accepted that deficiency of macro (nitrogen) and micronutrients (zinc, copper etc.)
affects the plant growth and development which cause a significant threat to crop production …

In the perspective of a world reaching more than 9 billion people by 2050, and the need to
alleviate persistent hunger, which still affects more than 800 million people, nutrient …

Increasing nitrogen (N)-use efficiency (NUE) is key to improving crop production while
mitigating ecologically-damaging environmental N losses. Traditional approaches to assess …

Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi's (AMF) role in plant nutrition and stress management is well
known, but very few researches and studies have been conducted so far on the fungal ability …