Role of organic farming for achieving sustainability in agriculture

Farming System, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 1(1), P. 100005 - 100005

Published: March 28, 2023

Agriculture and farming have a long history. is the main economic structure for many developed developing countries. The modern agricultural practices affect environment namely nutrient cycle, soil erosion, carbon sequestration, other ecological patterns. Organic influential practice to minimize environmental impact of sustainable development. Usage more organic matters in can reduce adverse effects on by keep saving its natural cycles recovery process may enhance food quality too. largely exclude usage chemical fertilizers, pesticides, growth hormones feed additives livestock activities. A combination new technologies utmost importance limitations challenges farming. innovative methods approaches making trends toward sustainability system enhances productivity, life farmers an environmentally friendly way. In words, mirrors concepts Global Agriculture.

Language: Английский

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Soil salinity and its associated effects on soil microorganisms, greenhouse gas emissions, crop yield, biodiversity and desertification: A review

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 843, P. 156946 - 156946

Published: June 26, 2022

Language: Английский

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Remote sensing of soil degradation: Progress and perspective

International Soil and Water Conservation Research, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11(3), P. 429 - 454

Published: March 15, 2023

Soils constitute one of the most critical natural resources and maintaining their health is vital for agricultural development ecological sustainability, providing many essential ecosystem services. Driven by climatic variations anthropogenic activities, soil degradation has become a global issue that seriously threatens environment food security. Remote sensing (RS) technologies have been widely used to investigate as it highly efficient, time-saving, broad-scope. This review encompasses recent advances state-of-the-art ground, proximal, novel RS techniques in degradation-related studies. We reviewed RS-related indicators could be monitoring properties. The direct (mineral composition, organic matter, surface roughness, moisture content soil) indirect proxies (vegetation condition land use/land cover change) evaluating were comprehensively summarized. results suggest these above are effective degradation, however, no system established date. also discussed RS's mechanisms, data, methods identifying specific phenomena (e.g., erosion, salinization, desertification, contamination). investigated potential relations between Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) challenges prospective use assessing degradation. To further advance optimize technology, analysis retrieval methods, we identify future research needs directions: (1) multi-scale degradation; (2) availability data; (3) process modelling prediction; (4) shared dataset; (5) decision support systems; (6) rehabilitation degraded resource contribution technology. Because difficult monitor or measure all properties large scale, remotely sensed characterization related particularly important. Although not silver bullet, provides unique benefits studies from regional scales.

Language: Английский

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Urbanisation-driven land degradation and socioeconomic challenges in peri-urban areas: Insights from Southern Europe

AMBIO, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 51(6), P. 1446 - 1458

Published: Jan. 29, 2022

Climate change and landscape transformation have led to rapid expansion of peri-urban areas globally, representing new 'laboratories' for the study human-nature relationships aiming at land degradation management. This paper contributes debate on human-driven processes by highlighting how natural socioeconomic forces trigger soil depletion environmental in areas. The aim was classify synthesise interactions urbanisation-driven factors with direct or indirect, on-site off-site, short-term century-scale impacts degradation, focussing Southern Europe as a paradigmatic case address this issue. Assuming complex multifaceted among influencing factors, relevant contribution shown derive from drivers, most important which were population growth urban sprawl. Viewing socio-environmental systems adapting intense transformations, these identified forming 'syndromes' driven urbanisation. Based classification, we suggested three key measures support future management European

Language: Английский

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A review of Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) studies of Mediterranean catchments: Applications, feasibility, and future directions

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 326, P. 116799 - 116799

Published: Nov. 19, 2022

The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is a well-established eco-hydrological model that has been extensively applied to watersheds across the globe. This work reviews over two decades (2002–2022) of SWAT studies conducted on Mediterranean watersheds. A total 260 articles have identified since earliest documented use in catchment back 2002; which 62% were carried out Greece, Italy, or Spain. applications increased significantly recent years 86% reviewed papers published past decade. major objective for most works was check applicability specific great number publications included procedures calibration validation reported performance results. region mainly cover water resources quantity quality assessment hydrologic environmental impacts evaluation land climate changes. Nevertheless, tendency towards multi-purpose revealed. numerous examples combined with other tools techniques outline model's flexibility. Several performed constructive comparisons between watersheds' responses compared models methods. effects inputs outputs innovative modifications improvements also focus some surveyed articles. However, significant difficulties regarding data availability, as these are either scarce, poor resolution not freely available. Therefore, it highly recommended identify develop accurate testing optimize performance.

Language: Английский

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Biochar application in remediating salt-affected soil to achieve carbon neutrality and abate climate change

Biochar, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 5(1)

Published: July 21, 2023

Abstract Salt-affected soils urgently need to be remediated achieve the goals of carbon neutrality and food security. Limited reviews are available on biochar performance in remediating salt-affected context climate change mitigation. This work summarized two pathways during using biochars, i.e., production from sustainable feedstock thermal technologies, application for promoting plant productivity mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emission. Converting biomass wastes into biochars can reduce GHG emission promote dioxide removal (CDR), collection halophyte as feedstocks, development poly-generation systems with or negativity could promising strategies. Biochar effectively improve growth soils, showing that grand mean response was 29.3%, via improving physicochemical characteristics, shifting microbial communities, enhancing halotolerance. Moreover, mitigate inducing negative priming effect, soil properties, changing communities associated nitrogen cycle, direct adsorption GHG. However, also may pose effects because stress toxic compounds free radicals, deterioration properties. The promoted is mainly ascribed positive provision labile inorganic fractions substrates. Finally, this review pointed out gaps current studies future perspectives. Particularly, “carbon neutral” negative” system, balancing relationship effectiveness functionality its environmental risks costs, designing biochar-based adsorbents would important directions abate change. Graphical

Language: Английский

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Fostering plant growth performance under drought stress using rhizospheric microbes, their gene editing, and biochar

Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 46(2)

Published: Jan. 16, 2024

Language: Английский

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Hydrochars as slow-release phosphorus fertilizers for enhancing corn and soybean growth in an agricultural soil

Carbon Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(1)

Published: Jan. 24, 2024

Abstract Hydrochars as carbonaceous amendments rich in porous structures and nutrients can be used promising slow-release fertilizers soil health amendments. Yet, the performance of hydrochars derived from different feedstocks improving crop plant growth phosphorus (P) availability is not well understood. Here, a batch sewage sludge (SS) chicken manure (CM) (SSCs CMCs) were produced at 125 225 °C (SS125/225 CM125/225) to investigate their characteristics performances seedling two representative crops, soybean ( Glycine max ) corn Zea mays ), P an acidic agricultural comparison with triple super phosphate (TSP), conventional fertilizer. Compared CMCs, SSCs more rougher surfaces contained relatively lower contents carbon (C; 32.3–33.3%), hydrogen (H; 3.9–4.69%), potassium (K; 29.2–51 mg g −1 but higher (37.4–85.4%) nitrogen (N; 2.26–4.9%), O-containing N-containing functional groups. The impacts on showed distinct variations. application little effect (i.e., biomass, chlorophyl contents, number leaves), while CMCs significantly increased its total dry biomass by 23.2–66.2%. For corn, both 32.8–92.4% 21.8–69.7%, respectively, compared those un-amended soils. In addition, temperature (SS225 CM225), ones (SS125 CM125) 24.6% 34.9% for 44.8% 39.3% respectively. significant improvement was mainly due direct nutrient supply (particularly P) hydrochars, which supported shoot concentrations. Moreover, hydrochar led rise water soluble (WSP) levels. However, time progressed, these levels fell fixation adsorption via precipitation, electrostatic attraction, ion exchange hydrochars. Contrarily, TSP maintained persistently high WSP levels, increasing leaching risk through profile. Our results provide evidence enhance production give better insights producing functionalized P-rich chars alternative chemical maintain sustainable production. Graphical

Language: Английский

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Government Support Mechanisms for Sustainable Agriculture: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(5), P. 2185 - 2185

Published: March 6, 2024

Government support for enterprises can be provided in different forms, such as subsidies, tax incentives, or direct public investment. also given to develop environmentally and socially responsible initiatives. In the agriculture sector, government involves providing early-warning information from meteorological monitoring, policies encourage companies citizens engage sustainable behavior, organization of disaster relief activities. A comprehensive view mechanisms employed industry their possible effects on adoption initiatives is yet literature. Through a systematic literature review articles published 1992 2023 Web Science Scopus databases, this study found that programs, regulations, financial assistance are main used by governments agriculture. Moreover, our reduction environmental impacts, stimulus organic production, growth, rural development most common goals using We geographically categorize research field showing where has been produced it should improved. call more focused South America. observed protection, supply foods, urban frequently impacted when there not enough support. At last, we propose some questions guide future studies. expect policymakers will use outcomes design implementation new aimed at improving performance firms. The help managers make investment decisions.

Language: Английский

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Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles by Mushrooms: A Crucial Dimension for Sustainable Soil Management

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 14(7), P. 4328 - 4328

Published: April 6, 2022

Soil is the main component in agroecosystem besides water, microbial communities, and cultivated plants. Several problems face soil, including soil pollution, erosion, salinization, degradation on a global level. Many approaches have been applied to overcome these issues, such as phyto-, bio-, nanoremediation through different management tools. Mushrooms can play vital role bio-nanoremediation, especially under biological synthesis of nanoparticles, which could be used bioremediation process. This review focuses green nanoparticles using mushrooms potential bio-nanoremediation for polluted soils. The distinguished roles improvement are considered crucial dimension sustainable management, may include controlling improving aggregates, increasing organic matter content, enhancing bioavailability nutrients, resorting damaged and/or field still requires further investigation, particularly regarding

Language: Английский

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