Maintaining or even increasing crop yields while reducing nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions is
necessary to reconcile food security and climate change, while the metric of yield‐scaled …

Maize is one of the important cereal crops grown in rainfed regions of northwestern
Himalayas, however, persistent use of chemical fertilizers coupled with poor soil nutrients …

This article reviews and synthesizes the articles published in a virtual special issue
(VSI)“Land Degradation and Development in India: Status quo, challenges, and …

Maize-based crop systems are promoted in large scale in South Asia because they are more
sustainable and efficient than rice-based systems. In the present study, using two …

The rate of change in the relative amount of active and passive carbon (AC and PC) due to
the land management practices (cropping systems combined with tillage) may vary with soil …

Global climate change is a major impact of global warming, a critical environmental issue
affecting human life and other organisms on the earth. It is a gradual increase in the overall …

The drylands of semi-arid tropics face multiple challenges of land degradation, water
scarcity, climate change, low agricultural productivity, food insecurity and migration. Soils of …

The drylands of semi‑arid tropics face multiple challenges of land degradation, water
scarcity, cli‑mate change, low agricultural productivity, food insecurity and migration. Soils of …