Carbon for soils, not soils for carbon

GYK Moinet, R Hijbeek, DP van Vuuren… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The role of soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration as a 'win‐win'solution to both climate
change and food insecurity receives an increasing promotion. The opportunity may be too …

[HTML][HTML] Food security and the dynamics of wheat and maize value chains in Africa and Asia

U Grote, A Fasse, TT Nguyen… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
There is an ongoing debate about how best to feed the growing world population in the long
run and associated implications for research and development. Some call for a new Green …

Regenerative agriculture: an agronomic perspective

KE Giller, R Hijbeek, JA Andersson… - Outlook on …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Agriculture is in crisis. Soil health is collapsing. Biodiversity faces the sixth mass extinction.
Crop yields are plateauing. Against this crisis narrative swells a clarion call for Regenerative …

[HTML][HTML] Conservation agriculture as a sustainable system for soil health: A review

B Cárceles Rodríguez, VH Durán-Zuazo… - Soil Systems, 2022 - mdpi.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] The ability of conservation agriculture to conserve soil organic carbon and the subsequent impact on soil physical, chemical, and biological properties and …

KL Page, YP Dang, RC Dalal - Frontiers in sustainable food systems, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Increases in human populations and the emerging challenges of climate change mean that
the world's agricultural systems will need to produce more food in an environment that is …

Climate drives global soil carbon sequestration and crop yield changes under conservation agriculture

W Sun, JG Canadell, L Yu, L Yu, W Zhang… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation agriculture has been shown to have multiple benefits for soils, crop yield and
the environment, and consequently, no‐till, the central practice of conservation agriculture …

Conservation agriculture for sustainable intensification in South Asia

ML Jat, D Chakraborty, JK Ladha, DS Rana… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Agriculture's contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals requires climate-smart and
profitable farm innovations. In the past decade, attention has been given to conservation …

Major limitations to achieving “4 per 1000” increases in soil organic carbon stock in temperate regions: Evidence from long‐term experiments at Rothamsted Research …

P Poulton, J Johnston, A Macdonald… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We evaluated the “4 per 1000” initiative for increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) by
analysing rates of SOC increase in treatments in 16 long‐term experiments in southeast …

[HTML][HTML] A new analytical framework of farming system and agriculture model diversities. A review

O Therond, M Duru, J Roger-Estrade… - Agronomy for sustainable …, 2017 - Springer
In most current farming system classifications (eg “conventional” versus “organic”), each type
of farming system encompasses a wide variety of farming practices and performances …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of agronomic measures on crop, soil, and environmental indicators: A review and synthesis of meta-analysis

MD Young, GH Ros, W de Vries - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Sustainable agricultural management implies optimization of resources for crop production
while minimizing adverse impacts on the environment. This requires a better understanding …