Regenerative agriculture—A literature review on the practices and mechanisms used to improve soil health

R Khangura, D Ferris, C Wagg, J Bowyer - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Conventional farming practices can lead to soil degradation and a decline in productivity.
Regenerative agriculture (RA) is purported by advocates as a solution to these issues that …

The deep soil organic carbon response to global change

CE Hicks Pries, R Ryals, B Zhu, K Min… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Over 70% of soil organic carbon (SOC) is stored at a depth greater than 20 cm belowground.
A portion of this deep SOC actively cycles on annual to decadal timescales and is sensitive …

Optimizing carbon sequestration in croplands: A synthesis

A Tiefenbacher, T Sandén, HP Haslmayr, J Miloczki… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change and ensuring food security for an exponentially growing global human
population are the greatest challenges for future agriculture. Improved soil management …

Cover crop functional types differentially alter the content and composition of soil organic carbon in particulate and mineral‐associated fractions

Z Zhang, JP Kaye, BA Bradley, JP Amsili… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cover crops (CCs) can increase soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration by providing
additional OC residues, recruiting beneficial soil microbiota, and improving soil aggregation …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of cover crops at the four spheres: A review of ecosystem services, potential barriers, and future directions for North America

LL Van Eerd, I Chahal, Y Peng, JC Awrey - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cover crops have been studied for over a century, but the recognition of a complex
interaction of cover crop on the Earth's biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and …

Carbon sequestration to avoid soil degradation: A review on the role of conservation tillage

S Hussain, S Hussain, R Guo, M Sarwar, X Ren… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human efforts to produce more food for increasing populations leave marks on the
environment. The use of conventional agricultural practices, including intensive tillage …

Soil carbon sequestration in global working lands as a gateway for negative emission technologies

M Almaraz, M Simmonds, FG Boudinot… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The ongoing climate crisis merits an urgent need to devise management approaches and
new technologies to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (GHG) in the near …

A framework for promoting natural climate solutions in the agriculture sector

L Ashton - Land Use Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural climate solutions adopted by agricultural producers, such as cover crops, avoided
grassland conversion, and improved nutrient management, can contribute to climate change …

Does carbon reduction and sequestration conflict with food security in rural China?—What, why and how?

D Hao, R Xu, B Du, J Yang, W Liu - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Based on panel data of 31 provinces in rural China from 1997 to 2020, this manuscript first
applies a carbon reduction and sequestration (CRS) model from the perspective of …

Do cover crops increase subsequent crop yield in temperate climates? A meta-analysis

I Chahal, LL Van Eerd - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cover crops (CCs) are a promising strategy for maintaining and enhancing agroecosystem
sustainability, yet CCs' effects on the subsequent crop yield are highly variable. To …