Conservation agriculture (CA) changes soil properties and processes compared to
conventional agriculture. These changes can, in turn, affect the delivery of ecosystem …

Annual production of crop residues has reached nearly 4 billion metric tons globally.
Retention of this large amount of residues on agricultural land can be beneficial to soil C …

Cover crops have been increasingly grown for improving soil health and crop production
and minimizing environmental impact compared to no cover crop. Systematic documentation …

Climate resilient cropping systems are required to adapt to the increasing threats of climate
change projected for Southern Africa and to better manage current climate variability …

There are many environmental benefits to incorporating cover crops into crop rotations, such
as their potential to decrease soil erosion, reduce nitrate (NO3) leaching, and increase soil …

Cotton (Gossypium hirustum L.) is grown globally as a major source of natural fiber. Nitrogen
(N) management is cumbersome in cotton production systems; it has more impacts on yield …

While there have been many valuable individual studies of the effects of agroforestry on
changes in net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, this information has not yet been brought …

Abstract The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) standard methodology to
conduct national inventories of soil N 2 O emissions is based on default (or Tier I) emission …

Losses of carbon (C) stocks in terrestrial ecosystems and increasing concentrations of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are challenges that scientists and policy makers have …

Management practices to improve soil health influence several ecosystem services
including regulation of water flows, changes in soil biodiversity and greenhouse gases that …