Weed management challenges in modern agriculture: The role of environmental factors and fertilization strategies

Crop Protection, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 185, С. 106903 - 106903

Опубликована: Авг. 18, 2024

Язык: Английский

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The transition from shifting cultivation to indigenous agroforestry as nature-based solution for land restoration in the Indian Eastern Himalayas

Ecological Indicators, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 162, С. 112031 - 112031

Опубликована: Апрель 15, 2024

In the Indian Eastern Himalayas, shifting cultivation has long been a major cause of land degradation. However, indigenous communities, like Hmar, have successfully transitioned from to agroforestry systems such as pineapple agroforestry, leading restoration and increased household incomes. Despite these positive outcomes, little is known about how soil health indicators change during this transition. Thus, present study aimed investigate changes in selected erodibility across different age classes (<5, 5–10, 11–15, > 15 years old) compared nearby natural forests. Soil samples were collected six sites, including stages systems, phases, forest. At each site, three (10 × 10 m) quadrats selected, two (1 1 vertical pits dug quadrat, sampling depths 0 100 cm. The transition improved organic carbon (SOC) stratification ratios while reducing erodibility. SOC stocks estimated at 182.7 Mg C/ha for forest 188.2 cropping phase cultivation. On other hand, < 5, 11–15 old stands system 169.7 C/ha, 157.2 168.9 177 respectively. under comparable with adjacent land. (SR 2) macronutrients indicated better quality than cropped clay modified decreased increasing stands. highest ratio was recorded topsoil 5-year-old system, indicating greater risk exposure rainfall events cycle. It concluded that transitioning nature-based solution restore degraded lands presents an excellent opportunity sustainable sink management.

Язык: Английский

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Innovative Soil Management Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 16(21), С. 9481 - 9481

Опубликована: Окт. 31, 2024

Agriculture has always resulted from available technology and the necessity to secure humanity’s food needs. In recent decades, a third factor been recognized in this system—the environment. For centuries, side effect of agricultural development environmental pollution uncontrolled use natural resources. New legislation is being introduced worldwide protect environment move towards sustainable economy. An example EU Green Deal, aimed at making Europe world’s first climate-neutral continent. integral part strategy agriculture, based on balanced resources, recycling, ecological practices latest technological solutions. It also important change perception soil recognize its pivotal role ensuring security. Soil non-renewable resource; without healthy soil, no agriculture can exist. reason, paper summarizes trends perspective management conservation. includes summary nanomaterial use, organic farming, health, precision threats challenges sustainability posed by climate change. We conclude that despite rapid extensive solutions striving increase productivity, measures are still lacking will allow maintain adequate efficiency while fully protecting environment, especially developing countries.

Язык: Английский

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Forest land-use change affects soil organic carbon in tropical dry forests of the Peruvian Amazon

Forest Systems, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 33(3), С. 20896 - 20896

Опубликована: Янв. 14, 2025

Aim of study: The loss forest cover is a global problem that alters ecosystems, contributing to carbon emissions. This study measured the soil organic (SOC) at different depths in tropical dry forests Huallaga Central Peruvian Amazon. Area San Martín Region, Material and methods: A total 24 plots 100 m2 were selected primary (~200 years), intervened (~50 years since intervention), deforested (10 ago), with 120 samples collected across five depths. Soil texture (hydrometer), bulk density (cylinder method), SOC content, density, erodibility (K parameter) calculated. Main results: content 0-20 cm horizon was 79.5±21.3 t ha-1 for forest, 58.5±11.8 41.8±10 forest. K 0.065 observed 0.076 0.093 forests. In average, obtained this 7.6±5.1 6.2±3.6 4.7±2.7 Research highlights: Primary had highest followed by forests, while opposite pattern found erodibility. These patterns especially marked first 40 depth.

Язык: Английский

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Comparative analysis of carbon stock and litter nutrient concentration in tropical forests along the ecological gradient in Kenya

Journal of Forestry Research, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 36(1)

Опубликована: Фев. 6, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Carbon sequestration and soil responses to soil amendments – A review

Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 100714 - 100714

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

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Revisiting agroecological transitions in Rwanda a decade later: the role of local knowledge in understanding the crop diversity–food security–land degradation nexus

Frontiers in Agronomy, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 7

Опубликована: Апрель 8, 2025

The challenge of achieving food security amidst broken systems, the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, degrading land, and growing social inequity remains a critical development priority in alignment with Vision 2030 agenda. While crop diversification is cornerstone agroecological transitions security, global systems have often overlooked its potential, largely due to insufficient local participation reliance on blanket policies unsuitable for heterogeneous contexts. This article revisits Western Rwanda decade after data collection, assessing enduring relevance knowledge understanding diversity–food security–land degradation nexus. Using systematic knowledge-based approach (AKT5), were collected from 150 smallholder farmers through Paired Catchment Assessment. Findings 1995–2015 period revealed decline or disappearance “low-value” crops, driven by Crop Intensification Program (76%), land shortages (55%), abandonment slow-growing crops (49%). As result, 83% reported insecurity, primarily manifesting as seasonal (51%). Perennial emerged bridging hunger gaps, while reduced diversity forced many rely off-farm sources. original analysis identified seven principles integral nexus: soil health, biodiversity, synergy, economic diversification, values diets, co-creation knowledge, participation. These findings varied significantly status, emphasizing importance context-specific solutions. study also showed that become more dependent sourcing off-farm, produced on-farm supporting an average 6.6 months annually 2015 compared 10.1 1995. underpins need leverage ecological rather than administrative boundaries, ensuring connectivity within fostering equitable trade mechanisms if are be realized. A later, this reflected upon validated recent literature, which validity transitions. advocates stronger integration stakeholder collaboration promote co-design tailored context-appropriate, inclusive, sustainable policy frameworks foster across scales.

Язык: Английский

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Synergistic interplay of management practices and environmental factors in shaping grassland soil carbon stocks: Insights into the effects of fertilization, mowing, burning, and grazing

Journal of Environmental Management, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 382, С. 125236 - 125236

Опубликована: Апрель 15, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Determining Plant-Cover Diversity Impact on Spatial Distribution of Physical Soil Properties Using GIS

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 1487(1), С. 012215 - 012215

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

Abstract The research aims to study the effect of difference in vegetation cover and land use on temporal spatial distribution soil texture, bulk density (BD), particles (PD), porosity (P) organic matter (OM). area Algadwal Algharby Karbala Governorate was chosen with an 14585 hectares. Sixty sites were randomly selected where disturbed undisturbed samples collected a depth 0-0.3 m. air dried, ground passed through 2 mm sieve for laboratory analysis while by core sampler determination. It found that dominant texture classes (clay loam 35%, clay 20%, silt 13.3%, 10%, silty sandy 6.7%, 3.3% 1.7%). results showed variation coefficient (CV), skewness (SK), dependence (SD) clay, silt, sand as follows: (39.15%, 0.176, 34.34%), (37.52%, 0.587, 27.29%), (45.83%, 0.148, 34.17%) respectively. Vegetation did not show any low variation. values CV, SK SD density, (7.08%, -0.294, 25.18%), (2.09%, 0.146, 24.46%) (8.33%, -0.073, 29.23%) (35.36%, - 0.866, 35.69%) percent OM content different (1.4, 1.29, 1.24, 0.94)% palm trees, crops, plus citrus trees fallow respectively affected plant diversity which intern porosity. These findings may be attributed presence root systems, type amount residues, agricultural practices. Values kurtosis coefficients (KU) are agreement assumption normality distribution. also moderate strong studied characteristics spherical model circular particle matter.

Язык: Английский

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Machine learning models predict organic fertilization effects on soil organic carbon stocks in global agroecosystems

Deleted Journal, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 100033 - 100033

Опубликована: Май 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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