Carbon emission from soil is not only one of the major sources of greenhouse gases but
also threatens biological diversity, agricultural productivity, and food security. Regulation …

Assessment of management-induced changes in soil quality is important to sustaining high
crop yield. A large diversity of cultivated soils necessitate identification development of an …

Soil degradation reduces soil quality by a loss of organic matter, reduced soil fertility, and
structural breakdown, erosion, undesirable changes in salinity, acidity or alkalinity and the …

In order to address agronomic sustainability issues for the densely populated country like
India tools for assessing soil quality are the prime requisite. In the present study with the …

Soil quality degradation is a major challenge in submontane Punjab. This poses a great
threat to soil quality of this particular area. Thus, a study was conducted to address the …

Soil health deterioration due to intensive agricultural activity is a worldwide problem. To
better understand this process, there is a prime need to map soil health over wide areas …

Sustaining soil and land quality under intensive land use and fast economic development is
a major challenge for improving crop productivity in the developing world. Assessment of …

Being integral to all functions of terrestrial ecosystem, soil is intended to produce food for
feeding the growing population of the world. However, food security is facing threat from soil …

Inappropriate management of land use systems is one of the main factors that leads to soil
quality degradation and its quantification is crucial to their sustainable utilization planning …

On the basis of existing spatial databases and maps of soil parameters relating to
production, environmental parameters and soil threats, indices of agricultural soil quality in …