Soil salinity is one of the major and widespread challenges in the recent era that hinders
global food security and environmental sustainability. Worsening the situation, the harmful …

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 …

Rice–wheat cropping system, intensively followed in Indo-Gangetic plains (IGP), played a
prominent role in fulfilling the food grains demand of the increasing population of South …

Of late, intensive farming for higher food production is often associated with many negative
implications for soil systems, such as decline of soil organic matter (SOM), increase in risks …

In the most productive area of the Indo-Gangetic Plains in Northwest India where high yields
of rice and wheat are commonplace, a medium-term cropping system trial was conducted in …

Intensive tillage based management practices are threatening soil quality and systems
sustainability in the rice-wheat belt of Northwest India. Furthermore, it is accentuated with …

An integrated method is required for comprehensive assessment of the environmental
impacts and economic benefits of rice production systems. Therefore, the objective of this …

Soil is an important natural resource providing water, nutrient, and mechanical support for
plant growth. In agroecosystem, continuous manipulation of soil is going on due to addition …

Improving soil water holding capacity (WHC) through conservation agriculture (CA)-
practices, ie, minimum mechanical soil disturbance, crop diversification, and soil mulch …

Presently, rice-fallows are targeted for cropping intensification in South Asia. Rice-fallows a
rainfed mono-cropping system remain fallow after rice due to lack of irrigation facilities and …