Collaboration behavioural factors for sustainable agri-food supply chains: A systematic review

WAP Dania, K ** of soil properties using remote sensing variables in south-western Burkina Faso: a comparison of machine learning and multiple linear …
G Forkuor, OKL Hounkpatin, G Welp, M Thiel - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Accurate and detailed spatial soil information is essential for environmental modelling, risk
assessment and decision making. The use of Remote Sensing data as secondary sources of …

Map** soil properties of Africa at 250 m resolution: Random forests significantly improve current predictions

T Hengl, GBM Heuvelink, B Kempen, JGB Leenaars… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
80% of arable land in Africa has low soil fertility and suffers from physical soil problems.
Additionally, significant amounts of nutrients are lost every year due to unsustainable soil …

Productivity limits and potentials of the principles of conservation agriculture

CM Pittelkow, X Liang, BA Linquist, KJ Van Groenigen… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
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 …

Soil nutrient maps of Sub-Saharan Africa: assessment of soil nutrient content at 250 m spatial resolution using machine learning

T Hengl, JGB Leenaars, KD Shepherd… - Nutrient Cycling in …, 2017 - Springer
Spatial predictions of soil macro and micro-nutrient content across Sub-Saharan Africa at
250 m spatial resolution and for 0–30 cm depth interval are presented. Predictions were …

Solutions for a cultivated planet

JA Foley, N Ramankutty, KA Brauman, ES Cassidy… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Increasing population and consumption are placing unprecedented demands on agriculture
and natural resources. Today, approximately a billion people are chronically malnourished …

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

MWI Schmidt, MS Torn, S Abiven, T Dittmar… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Globally, soil organic matter (SOM) contains more than three times as much carbon as either
the atmosphere or terrestrial vegetation. Yet it remains largely unknown why some SOM …