Soil constraints in an arid environment—challenges, prospects, and implications

A Naorem, S Jayaraman, YP Dang, RC Dalal… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate models project that many terrestrial ecosystems will become drier over the course of
this century, leading to a drastic increase in the global extent of arid soils. In order to …

Soil organic carbon dynamics: Impact of land use changes and management practices: A review

T Ramesh, NS Bolan, MB Kirkham, H Wijesekara… - Advances in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Global climate change has resulted in changes to the earth's geological, ecological, and
biological ecosystems, which pose a severe threat to the existence of human civilization and …

Desertification

A Mirzabaev, J Wu, J Evans, F García-Oliva… - 2019 - philpapers.org
Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …

Strategies for greenhouse gas emissions mitigation in Mediterranean agriculture: A review

A Sanz-Cobena, L Lassaletta, E Aguilera… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2017 - Elsevier
An integrated assessment of the potential of different management practices for mitigating
specific components of the total GHG budget (N 2 O and CH 4 emissions and C …

Conservation agriculture effects on soil water holding capacity and water-saving varied with management practices and agroecological conditions: A Review

AM Abdallah, HS Jat, M Choudhary, EF Abdelaty… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Improving soil water holding capacity (WHC) through conservation agriculture (CA)-
practices, ie, minimum mechanical soil disturbance, crop diversification, and soil mulch …

Rehabilitation of degraded dryland ecosystems–review

E Yirdaw, M Tigabu, AAM Monge - Silva Fennica, 2017 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
Land degradation is widespread and a serious threat affecting the livelihoods of 1.5 billion
people worldwide of which one sixth or 250 million people reside in drylands. Globally, it is …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon sequestration potential, challenges, and strategies towards climate action in smallholder agricultural systems of South Asia

ML Jat, D Chakraborty, JK Ladha, CM Parihar… - Crop and …, 2022 - Elsevier
South Asia is a global hotspot for climate change with enormous pressure on land and water
resources for feeding the burgeoning population. The agricultural production systems are …

Potential of crop-livestock integration to enhance carbon sequestration and agroecosystem functioning in semi-arid croplands

KM Brewer, ACM Gaudin - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
While characteristics of semi-arid climates place limitations on soil organic carbon (SOC)
storage, there is opportunity and urgency for increasing the quality and long-term …

[HTML][HTML] Land-use-and climate-mediated variations in soil bacterial and fungal biomass across Europe and their driving factors

JA Siles, A Vera, M Díaz-López, C García… - Geoderma, 2023 - Elsevier
Elucidating contents and drivers of soil bacterial and fungal biomass in contrasting land
uses and climates at European scale is useful to define appropriate policies for the …

The way forward: An agroecological perspective for Climate-Smart Agriculture

S Saj, E Torquebiau, E Hainzelin, J Pages… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The concept of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) has consistently been positioned
between science and policy. CSA has given rise to a lively debate in both the scientific …