European soybean to benefit people and the environment

Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(1)

Published: March 31, 2024

Abstract Europe imports large amounts of soybean that are predominantly used for livestock feed, mainly sourced from Brazil, USA and Argentina. In addition, the demand GM-free human consumption is project to increase. Soybean has higher protein quality digestibility than other legumes, along with high concentrations isoflavones, phytosterols minerals enhance nutritional value as a food ingredient. Here, we examine potential increase production across feed direct consumption, review possible effects on environment health. Simulations field data indicate rainfed yields 3.1 ± 1.2 t ha −1 southern UK through (compared 3.5 average North America). Drought-prone regions cooler northern require breeding incorporate stress-tolerance traits. Literature synthesized in this work evidenced properties important nutrition, health, traits related processing compared alternative sources. While acknowledging uncertainties inherent any modelling exercise, our findings suggest further integrating into European agriculture could reduce GHG emissions by 37–291 Mt CO 2e year fertiliser N use 0.6–1.2 , concurrently improving health nutrition.

Language: Английский

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Approaches for the amelioration of adverse effects of drought stress on soybean plants: from physiological responses to agronomical, molecular, and cutting-edge technologies

Plant and Soil, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 14, 2025

Language: Английский

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Understanding the intertwined nature of rising multiple risks in modern agriculture and food system

Environment Development and Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 26(9), P. 24107 - 24150

Published: Aug. 6, 2023

Language: Английский

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Projecting the impacts of climate change on soybean production and water requirements using AquaCrop model

European Journal of Agronomy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 165, P. 127538 - 127538

Published: Feb. 16, 2025

Language: Английский

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A win-win situation – Increasing protein production and reducing synthetic N fertilizer use by integrating soybean into irrigated Mediterranean cropping systems

European Journal of Agronomy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 146, P. 126817 - 126817

Published: March 13, 2023

Over the last decades, non-cereal crops have been displaced in European cropping systems leading to a significant dependency on imported soybean. Continuous maize under Mediterranean irrigated conditions can lead agronomic and environmental problems. The objective of this work was assess diversified maximize protein production while reducing synthetic N fertilizer use. A field experiment carried out from 2019 2021 an area NE Spain. Four systems, (i) continuous (MM), (ii) soybean rotation one three years (MSrt), (iii) barley-maize double system (BM), (iv) barley-soybean (BS) were assessed at crop, pre-crop level. Productivity terms grain, energy yield measured crop calculated for As well, use efficiency each system. At level, introduction led 28% increase following cereal (maize or barley) mainly due residual effect. (MSrt) did not total compared MM (from 895 947 kg ha−1 yr−1), but it mildly increased efficiency. Protein BS (1778 yr−1) significantly higher than all other (990 yr−1 average). with highest (251 88 grain fertilizer−1). Our results demonstrate that introducing as barley is successful strategy reduce impacts resulting production, contributing plant self-sufficiency diversification.

Language: Английский

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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from North American soybean production

Nature Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 5, 2024

The agricultural sector is responsible for substantial amounts of greenhouse gas emissions that exacerbate climate change. Such from upland crops are difficult to abate because they dominated by nitrous oxide (N2O) production soil processes. Strategies reduce these focus on N fertilizer management, and there a widespread assumption legume crops, which do not receive fertilizer, emit little N2O. Here we show this incorrect; approximately 40% N2O the most extensive cropping system in North America—the maize–soybean rotation—occur during soybean phase. Yet, due lack input, opportunities abatement phase unclear. Using models systems, developed strategy combines cover-crop management earlier planting extended growth varieties 33%. These practices, complement maize, widely accessible represent an immediate, climate-smart production, thus only contributing climate-change mitigation but also maintaining productivity while adapting changing weather patterns. Soil processes involved practices considerable levels oxide, detrimentally contribute This study explores strategies crop US rotational system.

Language: Английский

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Recent Advances in Biochemical Reprogramming Network Under Drought Stress in Soybean

Journal of soil science and plant nutrition, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(2), P. 1692 - 1703

Published: March 18, 2024

Language: Английский

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Impact of climate change on rice growth and yield in China: Analysis based on climate year type

Geography and sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5(4), P. 548 - 560

Published: Aug. 14, 2024

Language: Английский

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Grain legume production in Europe for food, feed and meat-substitution

Global Food Security, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 39, P. 100723 - 100723

Published: Oct. 25, 2023

Partial shifts from animal-based to plant-based proteins in human diets could reduce environmental pressure food systems and serve health. Grain legumes can play an important role here. They are one of the few agricultural commodities for which Europe is not nearly self-sufficient. Here, we assessed area expansion yield increases needed European self-sufficiency faba bean, pea soybean. We show that such production use substantially less cropland (4–8%) GHG emissions (7–22% current meat production) when substituting animal-derived proteins. discuss changes required make grain competitive with cereals farmers how their cultivation help increase sustainability cropping systems.

Language: Английский

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MERCI: a simple method and decision-support tool to estimate availability of nitrogen from a wide range of cover crops to the next cash crop

Plant and Soil, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 494(1-2), P. 333 - 351

Published: Sept. 20, 2023

Abstract Background and aims Cover crops can efficiently increase nitrogen (N) recycling in agroecosystems. By providing a green-manure effect for the next crop, they allow reduced mineral fertilisation. We developed decision-support tool, called MERCI, to predict N available from cover crop residues over time, single measurement of fresh shoot biomass. Methods coupled large experimental database France with simulation experiment using soil-crop model STICS. More than 25 000 measurements 74 species as sole or bispecific mixtures were collected. Linear regression models, at species, family entire-database level depending on data available, built dry biomass, amount C:N ratio. Dynamics mineralized leaching predicted 24 contrasting sites function carbon (C):N ratio termination date. Results Correlations between biomass amounts strong (r = 0.80-0.96), relatively accurate. Percentages leached simulated by STICS explained mainly ratio, site number months after termination, but different degrees. Conclusion MERCI is an easy robust tool predicting release field, could thus be adopted advisors farmers improve management nutrient temperate arable cropping systems.

Language: Английский

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