The Rio de la Plata region comprises central Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil.
Modern agriculture developed around 1900 with recent decades being characterized by the …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) systems rotated with perennial pastures have intensified in South
America to increase annual grain productivity, but the effects on rice yield and soil quality …

CONTEXT Integrated crop-livestock systems are facing the pressure to intensify worldwide,
yet decoupling crops and livestock can lead to specialized systems relying on greater …

The herbicide glyphosate (GLY) and its metabolite aminophosphonic acid (AMPA) are
troublesome compounds for analysis in the environment. Here we report a reliable …

To assess the sustainability of rice production systems, it is essential to quantify its impact on
the environment and energy flow. To analyze the energy flow and greenhouse gas …

Crop-pasture systems improve soil quality, but their intensification through the increase of
the frequency of annual crops may reduce it. We evaluated the impacts of six no-till rice …

The projected increase in the world's population requires an increase in the production of
edible energy that would meet the associated increased demand for food. However, food …

Improving the sustainability of rice, a global food staple with a significant environmental
footprint, is of utmost importance, given the growing population and increased depletion of …

Land use significantly affects soil biological fertility through impacts on carbon (C) and
nitrogen (N) cycling. The present study investigated the effects of long‐term rice cultivation …

Combining rice cultivation and aquaculture into an integrated cropping system is a
management approach that enhances the sustainability of rice fields. However, how soil …