Humans are currently confronted by many global challenges. These include achieving food
security for a rapidly expanding population, lowering the risk of climate change by reducing …

To limit warming to well below 2° C, most scenario projections rely on greenhouse gas
removal technologies (GGRTs); one such GGRT uses soil carbon sequestration (SCS) in …

In the face of climate change, cropping systems need to achieve a high performance,
providing food and feed and adapting to variable environmental conditions. Diversification of …

Background There has been renewed global interest in both genetic and management
strategies to improve root system function in order to improve agricultural productivity and …

Soil carbon sequestration (SCS) is one of the cheapest and technically least demanding
carbon dioxide (CO 2) removal (CDR) or negative CO 2 emission technologies. For a …

The potential of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) to provide sufficient N for production has
encouraged re-appraisal of cropping systems that deploy legumes. It has been argued that …

High expectations to harness agricultural soils as sinks for atmospheric carbon (C)
necessitate methods for verifying changes in soil organic C (SOC) stocks and improving the …

The temporal evolution of soil organic carbon (SOC) is of major importance given its status
as a key parameter in many soil functions. Furthermore, soils constitute an important …

Diversifying cropping systems by increasing the number of cash and cover crops in crop
rotation plays an important role in improving resource use efficiency and in promoting …

Intensive arable cropping depletes soil organic carbon and earthworms, leading to loss of
macropores, and impaired hydrological functioning, constraining crop yields and …