Reducing chemical inputs in agriculture requires a system change

Communications Earth & Environment, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 5(1)

Опубликована: Июль 10, 2024

Abstract Many countries have implemented policies to reduce the use of chemical inputs in agriculture. However, these face many obstacles that limit their effectiveness. The purpose this paper is review main challenges associated with reducing agriculture and propose potential solutions. Our analysis, based on a literature linking agronomy economics, shows several agronomic options proven effective or mitigating negative impacts. We argue organization agri-food system itself major barrier implementation. Involving all stakeholders, from input industry consumers, designing appropriate policy frameworks are key address issue. recommend combining different instruments, such as standards, taxes subsidies, simplified coherent way increase effectiveness ensure better coordination adoption sustainable practices.

Язык: Английский

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Machine Learning Methods for Crop Yield Prediction Across Diverse Agricultural Environments

Lecture notes in networks and systems, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 107 - 126

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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The Role of Fermented Vegetables as a Sustainable and Health-Promoting Nutritional Resource

Applied Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(23), С. 10853 - 10853

Опубликована: Ноя. 23, 2024

The increasing global burden of morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases related to poor diet quality, coupled with the unsustainable depletion vital planetary resources by current food production systems, threatens future security highlights urgent need transition high-quality plant-based diets as a viable solution mitigate economic, health, environmental challenges. Taking into consideration significant role that fermented vegetables may play sustainable, healthy, long-lasting, nutritional resource, this narrative review analyzes their benefits. For purpose, mechanisms fermentation process are explored, along importance probiotic cultures in foods, implications on safety within broader framework low-impact, organic, plant-derived nutrition. Additionally, health benefits probiotics examined, including effects mental health. Vegetable is versatile method for enhancing preservation, safety. This ancient practice prolongs shelf life perishable items, reduces toxicity raw ingredients, improves digestibility. Specific starter cultures, particularly lactic acid bacteria, essential controlling fermentation, ensuring safety, maximizing Fermented vegetables, rich probiotics, support gut immune function. Emerging research indicates potential alleviate adverse symptoms such stress anxiety, highlighting significance modern dietary guidelines management.

Язык: Английский

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Impact of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Quality and Cotton–Maize System Yield in Semi-Arid India

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 17(3), С. 978 - 978

Опубликована: Янв. 25, 2025

Intensive agriculture is the chief cause of soil degradation, particularly in regions with low organic carbon status, such as semi-arid southern India. In quest to attain sustainable yield and improved quality, conservation (CA) being advocated adopted globally, including this experiment, CA was implemented investigate synergistic impacts tillage weed management on quality index system identify a remunerative treatment combination that can sustain enhance quality. Contrasting practices (main plots) included T1: conventional cotton–conventional maize–fallow, i.e., no Sesbania rostrata (Farmers’ practice), T2: cotton–zero maize–zero T3: zero cotton + residues–zero maize stubbles. Weed tactics (sub-plots) were W1: chemical control, W2: herbicide rotation, W3: integrated W4: single hand-weeded control split-plot design cotton–maize–Sesbania cropping over 3 years, design. Principal component analysis (PCA) performed using (SQI)-CAL Version 1.0 software tool extract minimum datasets from measured properties. A total 40 variables analyzed at 60 DAS after harvest, then subjected principal PCA choose variables, dataset obtain index. The following properties, (SOC), silt fraction, available zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), potassium (K), nitrogen (N), pH, electrical conductivity (EC), (C:N) cation exchange capacity (CEC), selected indicators based correlations, calculated adept opinions texture lime concretions experimental soil. by 23.34% T3W4 compared T1W1. 51.79% higher adoption T3W3 combinations. Therefore, considering both index, T3 W3 best among all others crop productivity region.

Язык: Английский

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“It feels like we’re doing something good.” Mapping farmer perceptions of zero budget natural farming onto crop yields in Andhra Pradesh

World Development Perspectives, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 37, С. 100665 - 100665

Опубликована: Фев. 18, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Equating Low-Cost Natural Farming Vis-à-Vis Integrated Crop Management and Organic Practices in Groundnut-Wheat Cropping System in Gujarat Plains of India

International Journal of Plant Production, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 27, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Synergistic Bio-Organic Fertilization Enhances Tobacco Antioxidative Defense and Soil Health for Sustainable Agriculture

ACS Omega, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 10(19), С. 20001 - 20014

Опубликована: Май 8, 2025

The extensive use of chemical/inorganic fertilizer application over the past few decades has significantly enhanced global food production potentials. However, excessive these fertilizers resulted in environmental issues, soil nutrient imbalances, and poor quality food. study aimed to evaluate impact various blends bio-organic fertilizer, farm manure, compound on health, focusing content, enzymatic parameters, physio-biochemical attributes, traits tobacco. experimental treatments incorporated different combinations conventional with organic fertilizers. findings revealed that improved tobacco growth, photosynthetic traits, antioxidant enzyme activity, activities. These amendments leaf by limiting proline accumulation (62.17 77.31%) malondialdehyde content (35.33 41.91%) at reefing flowering stages, respectively. Soil treated a combination (B4) showed an increased activities acid phosphatase improving 19.91%, urease 40.00%, catalase activity 7.41%, which results status compared other treatments. Based findings, it can be concluded combined better antioxidative defense system, reducing (10%) activating thereby boosting productivity agricultural systems.

Язык: Английский

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Impact of regenerative farming practices on soil quality and yield of cotton-sorghum system in semi arid Indian conditions

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 196(5)

Опубликована: Апрель 20, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Food Systems Restoration

Sustainable Food Technology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 2(5), С. 1365 - 1390

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Restoring global food systems to improve sustainability.

Язык: Английский

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Effects of different tillage and fertilizer on soil quality under wheat‐maize rotation in the North China Plain

Land Degradation and Development, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 35(6), С. 2122 - 2136

Опубликована: Фев. 20, 2024

Abstract The North China Plain plays an important role in China's crop cultivation regions, with the wheat‐maize rotation serving as predominant cropping system. Nonetheless, a dearth of research refers to impact tillage and fertilizer employment on soil quality (SQ) this region. In study, primary objective centered utilizing index (SQI) derived from both minimum total datasets (MDS, TDS) by linear nonlinear scoring criteria assess SQ. results indicated that there was significant correlation between yield SQI, revealing association key parameters such bulk density, porosity, phosphorus, alkali‐hydrolyzed nitrogen, available phosphorus cation exchange capacity at 0–60 cm layer. study identifies substantially elevated SQI mean values were completely under T8 whose 0.980 (linear), 0.672 (nonlinear) MDS 0.908 0.701 TDS 20–40 cm. Importantly, annual yields highest when maximum. Furthermore, SQ levels within locale demonstrate moderate highly favorable status, ultimately underscoring area's propitious conditions for cultivation. This provides indispensable theoretical guidance agricultural practitioners offers foundational framework supporting enhanced local grain crops.

Язык: Английский

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