Soil is the most basic resource for sustainable agricultural production; it promotes water
quality, is a key component of the biogeochemical cycles and hosts a huge diversity of …

Abstract Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) is a grassroot agrarian movement and a state
backed extension in Andhra Pradesh, and has been claimed to potentially meet the twin …

Traditionally, earthworms are considered one of the most frequently used bioindicators to
evaluate the sustainability of soil use. Therefore a new index, called QBS-e (Soil Biological …

The diversification and intensification of crop rotations (DICR) in no-till systems is a novel
approach that aims to increase crop production, together with decreasing environmental …

Agriculture is the main human land use that modifies the environment. The industrial
paradigm is the current predominant agricultural model in the Pampean region of Argentina …

Lumbricids and several species of the genus Amynthas have spread over all continents and
seem to be better competitors than natives in disturbed ecosystems and agricultural fields …

Purpose To build a more holistic understanding of soil pH change we assessed the
synchronised effects of a contrived soil pH change on soil chemistry, vegetation growth and …

The challenge to sustain food security while halting the loss of biodiversity and soil quality
might be achieved by a transformation in agriculture from high-input management of annual …

In the Pampean region of Argentina, large-scale ecologically-based farming systems (EBS)
are proposed as a more sustainable alternative to the conventional systems (CS). EBS rely …

Earthworm species composition, the density of individuals, and their biomass were
investigated in spring barley and faba bean fields in a long-term (52-year) experiment …