{"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [{"id": "10.5281/zenodo.10959077", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:22:08Z", "type": "Dataset", "created": "2023-10-30", "title": "Knowledge gaps on trade-offs of soil carbon sequestration related to soil management strategies", "description": "The database contains 87 unique literature items (29 reviews, 42 meta-analyses, 16 original papers) describing the effect of a soil management strategy (tillage management, cropping systems, water management, cover crops, crop residues, livestock manure, slurry, compost, biochar, liming) on the trade-offs between soil carbon sequestration or SOC change and N2O emission, CH4 emission and nitrogen leaching. Since some literature items describe effects of several SMS categories, the database_summary tab comprises a total of 112 unique inputs. For each input it is indicated in the Database_summary tab if it was used as input for the 'Soil management effect assessment' in Maenhout et al. (2024) [Maenhout, P., Di Bene, C., Cayuela, M. L., Diaz-Pines, E., Govednik, A., Keuper, F., Mavsar, S., Mihelic, R., O'Toole, A., Schwarzmann, A., Suhadolc, M., Syp, A., & Valkama, E. (2024). Trade-offs and synergies of soil carbon sequestration: Addressing knowledge gaps related to soil management strategies. European Journal of Soil Science, 75(3), e13515. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13515] and/or to define knowledge gaps ('Knowledge gap in tab'-column). Knowledge gaps and research recommendations are gouped per soil management strategy in different tabs in this database. Per soil management strategy, knowledge gaps are clustered per theme in groups. These themes include: the specific soil management strategy, pedoclimatic conditions, establishment of experiments, other soil management strategies, meta-analysis, modelling and other", "keywords": ["Water management", "EJP SOIL", "Climate change mitigation", "Nitrogen leaching", "CH4", "Conservation agriculture", "Cropping systems", "SOMMIT", "N2O", "Organic matter inputs", "Tillage"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10959077"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5281/zenodo.10959077", "name": "item", "description": "10.5281/zenodo.10959077", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5281/zenodo.10959077"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-05-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.fcr.2010.08.012", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:15:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-09-29", "title": "The Effect Of Tillage, Crop Rotation And Residue Management On Maize And Wheat Growth And Development Evaluated With An Optical Sensor", "description": "Abstract   Crop growth and development as well as yield are the result of the efficiency of the chosen agricultural management system within the boundaries of the agro-ecological environment. End-of-season yield results do not permit the evaluation of within-season management interactions with the production environment and do not allow for full understanding of the management practice applied. Crop growth and development were measured during the 2004, 2006 and 2008 crop cycles with an optical handheld NDVI sensor for all plots of the different management treatments of a long-term (since 1991) sustainability trial in the highlands of Mexico. Cropping systems varying in (1) tillage (conventional vs. zero tillage); (2) residue management (retention vs. removal); (3) rotation (monocropping vs. a maize [ Zea mays  L.]/wheat [ Triticum aestivum  L.] rotation) were compared. The NDVI-handheld sensor was evaluated as a tool to monitor crop growth and development and was found to be an excellent tool for this purpose. There was a strong relation between NDVI and biomass accumulation of maize and wheat. The measurement with the handheld sensor was non-destructive and fast so that a representative plot area could be measured easily and time-efficiently. Zero tillage induced different crop growth dynamics over time compared to conventional tillage. Zero tillage with residue retention is characterized by a slower initial crop growth, compensated for by an increased growth in the later stages, positively influencing final grain yield. Also crop rotation influenced early crop growth, with lower NDVI values for crops sown after wheat than crops after maize. Zero tillage with residue removal had low NDVI values throughout the growing season. Zero tillage with retention of crop residues results in time efficient use of resources, as opposed to conventional tillage, regardless of residue management, and zero tillage with residue removal. The results indicated that different tillage, rotation and residue management practices influence crop growth and development. It is important to monitor and understand crop growth under different management systems to select the right varieties and adjust timing and practice of input supply (fertilizer, irrigation etc.) in a holistic way in each cropping system.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Conservation agriculture", "Ecoagriculture", "Residue management", "Triticum aestivum", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Crop rotations", "Semiarid zones", "Zero tillage", "Soil conservation", "Crop growth", "Zea mays l.", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Field Scale", "Rainfed agriculture", "Ndvi hand-held sensor"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2010.08.012"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Field%20Crops%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.fcr.2010.08.012", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.fcr.2010.08.012", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.fcr.2010.08.012"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1002/ldr.2726", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:13:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-02-23", "title": "Conservation Agriculture Had A Poor Impact On The Soil Porosity Of Veneto Low-Lying Plain Silty Soils After A 5-Year Transition Period", "description": "Abstract<p>Conservation agriculture practices have been proposed as a set of techniques for improving soil structure properties and related ecosystem services. This study compared conservation agriculture (CA) practices (no\uffe2\uff80\uff90tillage, cover crop and residue retention) and conventional intensive tillage system in order to evaluate their effects on total porosity, pore size distribution, pore architecture and morphology. The experiment was set up in 2010 on four farms of the low\uffe2\uff80\uff90lying Veneto Region plain characterized by silty soils. Almost hundred soil samples were collected in 2015 at four depths down to 50\uffe2\uff80\uff90cm layer and investigated for porosity from micrometre (0\uffc2\uffb70074\uffc2\uffa0\uffce\uffbcm) to macrometre (2\uffc2\uffb75\uffc2\uffa0mm) by coupling mercury intrusion porosimetry and X\uffe2\uff80\uff90ray computed microtomography (\uffce\uffbcCT). Indices of soil morphology and architecture were derived by analysing 3D images and mercury intrusion porosimetry pore size curves. Results suggested that silty soils of Veneto plain are microstructured because much (82%) of the porosity ranged between 0\uffc2\uffb70074 and 30\uffc2\uffa0\uffce\uffbcm. CA practices positively influenced the ultramicroporosity class (0\uffc2\uffb71\uffe2\uff80\uff935\uffc2\uffa0\uffce\uffbcm) (1\uffc2\uffb786E\uffe2\uff80\uff9001 vs 1\uffc2\uffb767E\uffe2\uff80\uff9001\uffc2\uffa0\uffce\uffbcm3\uffc2\uffa0\uffce\uffbcm\uffe2\uff88\uff923) that is strictly linked to soil organic carbon stabilization while no effects were observed in X\uffe2\uff80\uff90ray \uffce\uffbcCT porosity domain (&gt; 26\uffc2\uffa0\uffce\uffbcm). Silty soils of Veneto plain showed a slow reaction to CA because of the poor aggregate stability and low soil organic carbon. However, the positive response of the ultramicropore fraction indicates that a virtuous cycle was initiated between soil organic carbon and porosity, hopefully leading to well\uffe2\uff80\uff90developed macropore systems and, in turn, enhanced soil functions and ecosystem services. Copyright \uffc2\uffa9 2017 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Conservation agriculture; Mercury intrusion porosimetry; Pore morphology and architecture; Pore size distribution; X-ray computed microtomography; Environmental Chemistry; Development3304 Education; 2300; Soil Science", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2726"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Land%20Degradation%20%26amp%3B%20Development", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1002/ldr.2726", "name": "item", "description": "10.1002/ldr.2726", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1002/ldr.2726"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-05-12T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agee.2016.07.008", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:15:17Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-08-10", "title": "Alternative Arable Cropping Systems: A Key To Increase Soil Organic Carbon Storage? Results From A 16 Year Field Experiment", "description": "Alternative cropping systems such as conservation agriculture and organic farming are expected to decrease negative impacts of conventional systems through sequestration of organic carbon in soil and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. We studied soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics in the long-term (16 years) field experiment \u201cLa Cage\u201d (France) which compares four arable cropping systems, free from manure application, under conventional (CON), low input (LI), conservation agriculture (CA) and organic (ORG) management. Bulk densities and SOC concentrations were measured at different dates between 1998 and 2014. SOC stocks were calculated at equivalent soil mass taking into account bulk density variations and SOC redistribution across the different soil layers. We analyzed the evolution of SOC stocks and compared it with outputs of the simulation model AMG. The rate of change in SOC stocks in the old ploughed layer (ca. 0\u201330 cm) during the 16 years was 0.08, 0.02, 0.63 and 0.28 t ha\u22121 yr\u22121 in the CON, LI, CA and ORG systems respectively and significantly differed from 0 in the CA and ORG treatments. The AMG model satisfactorily reproduced the observed evolution of SOC stocks in the old ploughed layer in all treatments. A Bayesian optimization procedure was used to assess the mean and the distribution of the most uncertain parameters: the SOC mineralization rate and the C inputs derived from belowground biomass of cover crops which were fescue (Festuca rubra) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa). The model thus parameterized was able to predict SOC evolution in each block and soil layer (0\u201310, 10\u201320 and 20\u201330 cm). There was no significant difference in SOC mineralization rates between all cropping systems including CA under no-till. In particular, the increased SOC storage in CA was explained by higher carbon inputs compared to the other cropping systems (+1.72 t C ha\u22121 yr\u22121 on average). The CA and ORG systems were less productive than the CON and LI systems but the smaller C inputs derived from cash crop residues were compensated by the extra inputs from additional crops (fescue and alfalfa) specifically grown in CA and ORG, resulting in a positive carbon storage in soil. We conclude that alternative arable systems have potential to sequester organic carbon in temperate climate conditions, through higher carbon input rather than by the effect of reduced soil tillage.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "550", "Organic farming", "Soil organic carbon", "Conservation agriculture", "[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]", "No-till", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "AMG model", "630", "[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio]", "13. Climate action", "Cover crop", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Soil carbon sequestration"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.07.008"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%2C%20Ecosystems%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agee.2016.07.008", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agee.2016.07.008", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agee.2016.07.008"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10311-013-0420-8", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:14:29Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-05-07", "title": "Soil Microbial Diversity And C Turnover Modified By Tillage And Cropping In Laos Tropical Grassland", "description": "Agricultural practices should modify the diversity of soil microbes. However, the precise relationships between soil properties and microbial diversity are poorly known. Here, we study the effect of agricultural management on soil microbial diversity and C turnover in tropical grassland of north-eastern Laos. Three years after native grassland conversion into agricultural land, we compared soils from five land use management systems: one till versus two no-till rotational cropping systems, one no-till improved pasture and the natural grassland. Soils were incubated in microcosms during 64 days at optimum temperature and humidity. Bacterial and fungal diversity were evaluated by metagenomic 454-pyrosequencing of 16S and 18SrRNA genes, respectively. Changes in soil respiration patterns were evaluated by monitoring 12C- and 13C-CO2 release after soil amendment with 13C-labelled wheat residues. Results show that residue mineralization increased with bacterial richness and diversity in the tilled treatment 7 days after soil amendment. Native soil organic C mineralization and priming effect increased with fungal richness and diversity in improved pasture and natural grassland. No-till cropping systems represented intermediate situations between tillage and pasture systems. Our findings evidence the potential of controlling soil microbial diversity by agricultural practices to improve soil biological properties. We suggest the promotion of no-till systems as a fair compromise between the need for agriculture intensification and soil ecological processes preservation.", "keywords": ["P33 - Chimie et physique du sol", "cycle du carbone", "Microbial diversity", "Conservation agriculture", "F08 - Syst\u00e8mes et modes de culture", "agro\u00e9cologie", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7172", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "630", "Tillage", "biodiversit\u00e9", "labour", "Acid savannah", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_12076", "biologie du sol", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33990", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2018", "sol acide", "Priming effect", "savane", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6154", "pratique culturale", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8511", "F07 - Fa\u00e7ons culturales", "2. 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Life on land", "travail du sol", "rotation culturale", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_92381", "[SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology", "exp\u00e9rimentation au champ", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6825", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_17299", "[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6021", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_89", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7771", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6662"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-013-0420-8"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Chemistry%20Letters", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10311-013-0420-8", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10311-013-0420-8", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10311-013-0420-8"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-05-08T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10705-004-1927-y", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:14:38Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2005-03-15", "title": "Long-Term Effects Of Fallow Systems And Lengths On Crop Production And Soil Fertility Maintenance In West Africa", "description": "In the development of short fallow systems as alternatives to shifting cultivation in West Africa, a long-term trial was established at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on an Alfisol in the forest-savanna transitional zone of southwestern Nigeria, comparing three fallow systems; natural regrowth fallow, cover crop fallow and alley cropping on soil productivity and crop yield sustainability. The natural fallow system consisted of natural regrowth of mainly Chromolaena odorata shrub as fallow vegetation. The cover crop fallow system consisted of Pueraria phaseoloides, a herbaceous legume as fallow vegetation. The alley cropping system consisted of woody hedgerows of Leucaena leucocephala as fallow vegetation. The fallow lengths were 0 (continuous cropping), 1, 2 and 3 years after 1 year of maize/cassava intercropping. Biomass produced from natural fallow and cover crop fallow was burnt during the land preparation. Fertilizer was not applied throughout the study. Without fertilizer application, maize yield declined from above 3.0 t ha\u22121 to below 0.5 t ha\u22121 during 12 years of cultivation (1989\u20132000) on a land cleared from a 23-year old secondary forest. Temporal change in cassava tuber yield was erratic. Mean maize grain yields from 1993\u20132000 except for 1999 were higher in cover crop fallow system (1.89 t ha\u22121) than in natural fallow system (1.73 t ha\u22121), while natural fallow system outperformed alley cropping system (1.46 t ha\u22121). During the above 7 years, mean cassava tuber yield in cover crop system (7.7 t ha\u22121) did not differ from natural fallow system (8.2 t ha\u22121), and both systems showed higher cassava tuber than the alley cropping system (5.7 t ha\u22121). The positive effect of fallowing on crop yields was observed for both crops in the three systems, however, insignificant effects were seen when fallow length exceeded 1 year for cover crop and alley cropping, and 2 years for natural fallow. Soil pH, organic carbon, available P and exchangeable Ca, Mg and K decreased considerably after 12 years of cultivation, even in a 3-year fallow subplot. After 12 years, soil organic carbon (SOC) within 0\u20135 cm depth in alley cropping (13.9 g kg\u22121) and natural fallow (13.7 g kg\u22121) was higher than in cover crop fallow (11.6 g kg\u22121). Whereas significant increase in SOC with either natural fallow or alley cropping was observed only after 2 or 3 years of fallow, the SOC in the 1-year fallow alley cropping subplot was higher than that in continuous cropping natural fallow subplot. It can be concluded from our study that in transforming shifting cultivation to a permanent cropping, fallow with natural vegetation (natural fallow), herbaceous legumes (cover crop fallow) and woody legumes (alley cropping) can contribute to the maintenance of crop production and soil fertility, however, length of fallow period does not need to exceed 2 years. When the fallow length is reduced to 1 year, a better alternative to natural regrowth fallow would be the cover crop for higher maize yield and alley cropping for higher soil organic matter. For fallow length of 2 years, West African farmers would be better off with the natural fallow system.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Soil management", "Soil organic matter", "Crop yields", "Conservation agriculture", "Cover crops", "Nigeria", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil fertility", "Soil degradation", "01 natural sciences", "Soil quality", "Woody species", "Long-term trial", "West Africa", "Shifting cultivation", "Fallow", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Field Scale"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Guanglong Tian, Guanglong Tian, B. T. Kang, F. K. Salako, P. Idinoba, G.O. Kolawole,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-004-1927-y"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Nutrient%20Cycling%20in%20Agroecosystems", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10705-004-1927-y", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10705-004-1927-y", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10705-004-1927-y"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2005-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-017-3401-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:14:53Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-09-11", "title": "Biochemical Proxies Indicate Differences In Soil C Cycling Induced By Long-Term Tillage And Residue Management In A Tropical Agroecosystem", "description": "A potential benefit of conservation agriculture (CA) is soil organic carbon (SOC) accrual, yet recent studies indicate limited or no impact of CA on total SOC in tropical agroecosystems. We evaluated biochemical indicators of soil C cycling after 9\u00a0years (18 seasons) of contrasting tillage with and without maize residue retention in western Kenya. Potential activities of C-cycling enzymes (\u03b2-glucosidase, GLU; \u03b2-galactosidase, GAL; glucosaminidase, GLM; cellobiohydrolase, CEL), permanganate-oxidizable C (POXC), and soil organic matter (SOM) composition (by infrared spectroscopy) were measured. POXC tended to be greater under reduced tillage and residue retention, but did not significantly differ among treatments (\u2264 2% of SOC). Despite no significant differences in SOC concentrations or stocks, activities of all 4 C-cycling enzymes responded strongly to tillage, and to a lesser extent to residue management. Activities of GLU, GAL, and GLM were greatest under the combination of reduced tillage and residue retention relative to other treatments. Reduced tillage produced an enrichment in carboxyl C\u00a0=\u00a0O (+6%) and decreased polysaccharide C-O (\u22123.5%) relative to conventional tillage irrespective of residue management. Though enzyme activities and POXC are typically associated with SOC accrual, changes in soil C cycling at this site have not translated into significant differences in SOC after 9\u00a0years. Elevated enzyme activities may have offset potential SOC accumulation under CA. However, the ratio of C-cycling enzyme activities to SOC was higher under reduced tillage and residue retention relative to other treatments, indicating that stoichiometric scaling of SOC and enzyme activities does not explain absence of significant differences in SOC among tillage and residue managements. Potential factors that may explain the low SOC accrual rates in this tropical agroecosystem included the low, albeit realistic, levels of residue retention, nutrient limitations, and high temperatures favoring decomposition.", "keywords": ["glucosidase", "Conservation agriculture", "actividad enzim\u00e1tica", "residuos", "glucosidasa", "Tillage", "residue", "Enzyme activities", "2. Zero hunger", "Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences", "Soil organic carbon", "Agronomy & Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Biological Sciences", "15. Life on land", "Kenya", "agricultura de conservaci\u00f3n", "enzyme activity", "soil organic carbon", "conservation agriculture", "Residue", "13. Climate action", "tillage", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "labranza", "Glucosidase", "Environmental Sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://escholarship.org/content/qt3217p4kt/qt3217p4kt.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-017-3401-z"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-017-3401-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-017-3401-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-017-3401-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-09-08T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-018-3810-7", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:14:53Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-10-27", "title": "Hidden miners \u2013 the roles of cover crops and soil microorganisms in phosphorus cycling through agroecosystems", "description": "Phosphorus (P) is a limiting nutrient in many agroecosystems and costly fertilizer inputs can cause negative environmental impacts. Cover crops constitute a promising management option for sustainable intensification of agriculture. However, their interactions with the soil microbial community, which is a key driver of P cycling, and their effects on the following crop, have not yet been systematically assessed. We conducted a meta-analysis of published field studies on cover crops and P cycling, focusing on plant-microbe interactions. We describe several distinct, simultaneous mechanisms of P benefits for the main crop. Decomposition dynamics, governed by P concentration, are critical for the transfer of P from cover crop residues to the main crop. Cover crops may enhance the soil microbial community by providing a legacy of increased mycorrhizal abundance, microbial biomass P, and phosphatase activity. Cover crops are generally most effective in systems low in available P, and may access \u2018unavailable\u2019 P pools. However, their effects on P availability are difficult to detect by standard soil P tests, except for increases after the use of Lupinus sp. Agricultural management (i.e. cover crop species selection, tillage, fertilization) can improve cover crop effects. In summary, cover cropping has the potential to tighten nutrient cycling in agricultural systems under different conditions, increasing crop P nutrition and yield.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Conservation agriculture", "Mobilisation <Bodenchem", "Sustainable intensification", "Bodenmikrobiologie", "Fruchtfolge", "P-mobilization", "Agriculture", "Phosphor", "Plant-microbial interactions", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "N\u00e4hrstoffkreislauf", "Zwischenfrucht", "15. Life on land", "Nutrient cycling", "630", "Bodenmikroorganismus", "ddc:630", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Phosphorkreislauf"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11104-018-3810-7.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3810-7"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-018-3810-7", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-018-3810-7", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-018-3810-7"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-10-27T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agee.2012.10.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:15:14Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-11-22", "title": "Medium-Term Impact Of Tillage And Residue Management On Soil Aggregate Stability, Soil Carbon And Crop Productivity", "description": "Conservation agriculture is widely promoted for soil conservation and crop productivity increase, although rigorous empirical evidence from sub-Saharan Africa is still limited. This study aimed to quantify the medium-term impact of tillage (conventional and reduced) and crop residue management (retention and removal) on soil and crop performance in a maize\u2013soybean rotation. A replicated field trial was started in sub-humid Western Kenya in 2003, and measurements were taken from 2005 to 2008. Conventional tillage negatively affected soil aggregate stability when compared to reduced tillage, as indicated by lower mean weight diameter values upon wet sieving at 0\u201315 cm (PT < 0.001). This suggests increased susceptibility to slaking and soil erosion. Tillage and residue management alone did not affect soil C contents after 11 cropping seasons, but when residue was incorporated by tillage, soil C was higher at 15\u201330 cm (PT*R = 0.037). Lack of treatment effects on the C content of different aggregate fractions indicated that reduced tillage and/or residue retention did not increase physical C protection. The weak residue effect on aggregate stability and soil C may be attributed to insufficient residue retention. Soybean grain yields tended to be suppressed under reduced tillage without residue retention, especially in wet seasons (PT*R = 0.070). Consequently, future research should establish, for different climatic zones and soil types, the critical minimum residue retention levels for soil conservation and crop productivity.", "keywords": ["organic-matter dynamics", "crop residues", "agregados del suelo", "no-till", "yields", "nitrogen", "conservaci\u00f3n del suelo", "crop rotation", "2. Zero hunger", "rotaci\u00f3n de cultivos", "carbon", "soil conservation", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "carbono", "protection", "stabilization", "conservation agriculture", "kenya", "soil aggregates", "africa", "tillage", "systems", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "labranza", "residuos de cosecha", "rendimiento", "africa al sur del sahara"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2012.10.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%2C%20Ecosystems%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agee.2012.10.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agee.2012.10.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agee.2012.10.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.03.006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:15:26Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-04-24", "title": "Influence Of Tillage, Residue Management, And Crop Rotation On Soil Microbial Biomass And Catabolic Diversity", "description": "The densely populated, intensively cropped subtropical highlands of the world have agricultural sustainability problems from soil erosion and fertility decline. In 1991, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) initiated a long-term field experiment at its semi-arid highland experiment station in Mexico (2240 masl; 19.318N, 98.508W; Cumulic Phaeozem) to investigate the long-term effects of tillage/seeding practices, crop rotations, and crop residue management on maize and wheat grown under rainfed conditions. Soil ecology status contributes to agricultural system sustainability, and evaluations were made to determine the effect of different management practices on soil microbial biomass (SMB) (substrate-induced respiration (SIR) and chloroform fumigation incubation (CFI)) and micro-flora physiological and catabolic diversity (BIOLOG TM ecoplate well system). SMB-C (CFI, SIR) was significantly and respectively 1.2 and 1.3 times higher for residue retention (average 387 mg C kg 1 dry soil and 515 mg C kg 1 dry soil, respectively) compared to residue removal. SMB-C (CFI) was significantly higher for wheat (369 mg C kg 1 dry soil) compared to maize (319 mg C kg 1 dry soil). SMB-N (CFI) was significantly 1.3 times higher for residue retention (average 28 mg N kg 1 dry soil) compared to residue removal. The average well color development (AWCD) obtained by the BIOLOG TM ecoplate essay indicated there were large differences in the catabolic capability of soil microbial communities after 15 years of contrasting management practices. While maize and wheat rotation under conventional tillage with residue retention showed a significantly higher overall AWCD value compared to the other treatments, AWCD of maize with zero tillage and residue removal was significantly lower than in the other treatments. AWCD was significantly higher for residue retention compared to residue removal and for wheat as compared to maize. For maize, the management practices were divided into two groups; zero tillage with residue removal was separate from all other treatments. For wheat, conventional tillage was separate from all zero tillage treatments. This study suggests that in the target area, a cropping system that includes zero tillage, crop rotation, and crop residue retention can increase overall biomass and micro-flora activity and diversity compared with common farming practices. In the long term, zero tillage combined with residue retention creates conditions", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Conservation agriculture", "Small-scale farming", "Residue management", "Microbial biomass", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Crop rotations", "Catabolic diversity", "6. Clean water", "Tillage", "Central Mexico", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Field Scale", "Rainfed agriculture", "Conservation tillage"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.03.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Soil%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.03.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.03.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.03.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.iswcr.2025.02.011", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:16:23Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2025-03-04", "title": "Long-term effects of tillage practices and future climate scenarios on topsoil organic carbon stocks in Lower Austria \u2013 A modelling and long-term experiment study", "description": "Conservation agriculture, with its reduced soil disturbance and enhanced cover, has the potential to increase carbon storage in the topsoil. However, it remains unclear how various tillage practices alter topsoil organic carbon (SOC) storage in the long-term affected by climate change. This study investigates the impacts of three tillage practices, Conventional Tillage (CT), Mulch Tillage (MT), and No-Till (NT) on future SOC stocks in the topsoil (0\u201315\u00a0cm), considering climate change scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) and local soil erosion effects. Therefore, we calibrated and applied the integrated terrestrial C-N-P cycle model (N14CP) to a long-term study site with a cereal-maize dominant crop rotation in Lower Austria. Our calibration (1994\u20131995) resulted in a RMSE of 45.3\u00a0g\u00a0m\u22122 and a PBIAS of 9.6%, while validation (2000\u20132023) resulted in a RMSE of 103.8\u00a0g\u00a0m\u22122 and a PBIAS of 3.9%. Long-term simulations indicate that topsoil SOC stocks tend to increase under MT by\u00a0+309\u00a0g\u00a0m\u22122 (baseline),\u00a0+233\u00a0g\u00a0m\u22122 (RCP4.5), and\u00a0+148\u00a0g\u00a0m\u22122 (RCP8.5), under NT by\u00a0+1145\u00a0g\u00a0m\u22122 (baseline),\u00a0+1059\u00a0g\u00a0m\u22122 (RCP4.5), and\u00a0+961\u00a0g\u00a0m\u22122 (RPC8.5), but SOC stocks may decrease under CT by\u00a0\u2212209\u00a0g\u00a0m\u22122 (baseline),\u00a0\u2212267\u00a0g\u00a0m\u22122 (RCP4.5), and\u00a0\u2212332\u00a0g\u00a0m\u22122 (RCP8.5) by 2100. In contrast to conventional management, our tested conservation agriculture practices (MT and NT) may both serve as viable options to mitigate climate change and erosion impacts on topsoil organic carbon in comparable agro-ecological settings.", "keywords": ["soil organic carbon", "N14CP model", "Conservation agriculture", "Lower Austria", "Long-term experiment", "Climate change", "TA1-2040", "Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2025.02.011"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/International%20Soil%20and%20Water%20Conservation%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.iswcr.2025.02.011", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.iswcr.2025.02.011", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.iswcr.2025.02.011"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.fcr.2012.07.014", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-08-09", "title": "Maize\u2013Grain Legume Intercropping Is An Attractive Option For Ecological Intensification That Reduces Climatic Risk For Smallholder Farmers In Central Mozambique", "description": "Abstract   Many farmers in central Mozambique intercrop maize with grain legumes as a means to improve food security and income. The objective of this study was to understand the farming system, and to evaluate the suitability of maize\u2013legume intercropping to alleviate the biophysical and socio-economic constraints faced by smallholder farmers in Ruaca and Vunduzi villages, central Mozambique. To achieve this we characterised the farming systems and measured grain yields, rainfall infiltration, economic returns and acceptability of maize\u2013legume intercrops under different N and P application rates. Two intercropping strategies were tested: (a) an additive design of within-row intercropping in which legume was intercropped with alternating hills of maize within the same row; maize plant population was the same as sole crop maize, and (b) a substitutive design with distinct alternating rows of maize and legume (local practice). Fertiliser treatments imposed on all treatments were: (i) no fertiliser, (ii) 20\u00a0kg\u00a0P\u00a0ha \u22121 , (iii) 20\u00a0kg\u00a0P\u00a0ha \u22121 \u00a0+\u00a030\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha \u22121 , and (iv) 20\u00a0kg\u00a0P\u00a0ha \u22121 \u00a0+\u00a060\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha \u22121 . Intercrops were relatively more productive than the corresponding sole crops; land equivalent ratios (LER) for within-row intercropping ranged between 1.1 and 2.4, and between 1.0 and 1.9 for distinct-row intercropping. Average maize yield penalty for intercropping maize and pigeonpea in the within-row was small (8%) compared with 50% in the distinct-row design; average (season\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0fertiliser) sole maize yield was 3.2\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 . Intercropping maize and cowpea in within-row led to maize yield loss of only 6%, whereas distinct-row intercropping reduced maize yield by 25% from 2.1\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121  of sole maize (season\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0fertiliser). Cowpea yield was less affected by intercropping: sole cowpea had an average yield of 0.9\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 , distinct-row intercropping (0.8\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 ) and the within-row intercropping yielded 0.9\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 . Legumes were comparatively less affected by the long dry spells which were prevalent during the study period. Response to N and P fertiliser was weak due to poor rainfall distribution. In the third season, maize in rotation with pigeonpea and without N fertiliser application yielded 5.6\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 , eight times more than continuous maize which was severely infested by striga ( Striga asiatica ) and yielded only 0.7\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 . Rainfall infiltration increased from 6\u00a0mm\u00a0h \u22121  to 22\u00a0mm\u00a0h \u22121  with long-term maize\u2013legume intercropping due to a combination of good quality biomass production which provided mulch combined with no tillage. Intercropping maize and pigeonpea was profitable with a rate of return of at least 343% over sole maize cropping. Farmers preferred the within-row maize\u2013legume intercropping with an acceptability score of 84% because of good yields for both maize and legume. Intercropping increased the labour required for weeding by 36% compared with the sole crops. Farmers in Ruaca faced labour constraints due to extensification thus maize\u2013pigeonpea intercropping may improve productivity and help reduce the area cultivated. In Vunduzi, land limitation was a major problem and intensification through legumes is amongst the few feasible options to increase both production and productivity. The late maturity of pigeonpea means that free-grazing of cattle has to be delayed, which allows farmers to retain crop residues in the fields as mulch if they choose to; this allows the use of no-tillage practises. We conclude that maize\u2013legume intercropping has potential to: (a) reduce the risk of crop failure, (b) improve productivity and income, and (c) increase food security in vulnerable production systems, and is a feasible entry point to ecological intensification.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "F08 - Syst\u00e8mes et modes de culture", "rendement des cultures", "agro\u00e9cologie", "petite exploitation agricole", "extensification", "nitrogen-fixation", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "630", "analyse \u00e9conomique", "l\u00e9gume sec", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6214", "striga", "syst\u00e8me de culture", "intensification", "2. Zero hunger", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_10967", "soil fertility", "1. 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Life on land", "yield", "Maize", "cowpea", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3351", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33484", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33485", "systems", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3910", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2469", "culture intercalaire", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1971", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4964", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8247", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7113"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2012.07.014"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Field%20Crops%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.fcr.2012.07.014", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.fcr.2012.07.014", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.fcr.2012.07.014"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.06.025", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:16:16Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-07-31", "title": "Land Use And Management Effects On Soil Organic Matter Fractions In Rhodic Ferralsols And Haplic Arenosols In Bindura And Shamva Districts Of Zimbabwe", "description": "Abstract   Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a major attribute of soil quality that responds to land management activities which is also important in the regulation of global carbon (C) cycling. This study evaluated bulk soil C and nitrogen (N) contents and C and N dynamics in three soil organic matter (SOM) fractions separated by density. The study was based on three tillage systems on farmer managed experiments (conventional tillage (CT), ripping (RP), direct seeding (DS)) and adjacent natural forest (NF) in Haplic Arenosols (sandy) and Rhodic Ferralsols (clayey) of Zimbabwe. Carbon stocks were significantly larger in forests than tillage systems, being significantly lower in sandy soils (15 and 14\u00a0Mg\u00a0C\u00a0ha\u2212\u00a01) than clayey soils (23 and 21\u00a0Mg\u00a0C\u00a0ha\u2212\u00a01) at 0\u201310 and 10\u201330\u00a0cm respectively. Nitrogen content followed the same trend. At the 0\u201310\u00a0cm depth, SOC stocks increased under CT, RP and DS by 0.10, 0.24, 0.36\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u2212\u00a01\u00a0yr\u2212\u00a01 and 0.76, 0.54, 0.10\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u2212\u00a01\u00a0yr\u2212\u00a01 on sandy and clayey soils respectively over a four year period while N stocks decreased by 0.55, 0.40, 0.56\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u2212\u00a01 and 0.63, 0.65, 0.55\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u2212\u00a01 respectively. SOM fractions were dominated by mineral associated heavy fraction (MaHF) which accounted for 86\u201393% and 94\u201398% on sandy and clayey soils respectively. Tillage systems on sandy soils had the smallest average free light fraction (fLF) and occluded light fraction (oLF) C stocks (25.3\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.3 g m\u2212\u00a02 and 7.3\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.2\u00a0g\u00a0m\u2212\u00a02) at 0\u201330\u00a0cm when compared with corresponding NF (58.4\u00a0\u00b1\u00a04 g\u00a0m2 and 18.5\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.0\u00a0g\u00a0m\u2212\u00a02). Clayey soils, had the opposite, having all fLF C and N in tillage systems being higher (80.9\u00a0\u00b1\u00a012\u00a0g\u00a0C m\u2212\u00a02 and 2.7\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.4\u00a0g\u00a0N\u00a0m\u2212\u00a02) than NF (57.4\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.0\u00a0g\u00a0C\u00a0m\u2212\u00a02 and 2.4\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.3\u00a0g\u00a0N\u00a0m\u2212\u00a02). Results suggest that oLF and MaHF C and N are better protected under DS and RP where they are less vulnerable to mineralisation while fLF contributes more in CT. Thus, DS and RP can be important in maintaining and improving soil quality although their practicability can be hampered by unsupportive institutional frameworks. Under prevailing climatic and management conditions, improvement of residue retention could be a major factor that can distinguish the potential of different management practices for C sequestration. The exploitation of the benefits of RP or DS and the corresponding sustainability of systems need support for surface cover retention which should also be extended to conventional tillage.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "pools", "microbial biomass", "assessment", "no-tillage", "dynamics", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "term changes", "carbon sequestration", "stabilization", "soil organic carbon", "conservation agriculture", "soil organic matter", "tillage", "impact", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "climate", "density fractions", "agriculture"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.06.025"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.06.025", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.06.025", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.06.025"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172054", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:16:44Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-04-02", "title": "Mineral and organic fertilisation influence ammonia oxidisers and denitrifiers and nitrous oxide emissions in a long-term tillage experiment", "description": "Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from different agricultural systems have been studied extensively to understand the mechanisms underlying their formation. While a number of long-term field experiments have focused on individual agricultural practices in relation to N2O emissions, studies on the combined effects of multiple practices are lacking. This study evaluated the effect of different tillage [no-till (NT) vs. conventional plough tillage (CT)] in combination with fertilisation [mineral (MIN), compost (ORG), and unfertilised control (CON)] on seasonal N2O emissions and the underlying N-cycling microbial community in one maize growing season. Rainfall events after fertilisation, which resulted in increased soil water content, were the main triggers of the observed N2O emission peaks. The highest cumulative emissions were measured in MIN fertilisation, followed by ORG and CON fertilisation. In the period after the first fertilisation CT resulted in higher cumulative emissions than NT, while no significant effect of tillage was observed cumulatively across the entire season. A higher genetic potential for N2O emissions was observed under NT than CT, as indicated by an increased (nirK\u00a0+\u00a0nirS)/(nosZI\u00a0+\u00a0nosZII) ratio. The mentioned ratio under NT decreased in the order CON > MIN\u00a0>\u00a0ORG, indicating a higher N2O consumption potential in the NT-ORG treatment, which was confirmed in terms of cumulative emissions. The AOB/16S ratio was strongly affected by fertilisation and was higher in the MIN than in the ORG and CON treatments, regardless of the tillage system. Multiple regression has revealed that this ratio is one of the most important variables explaining cumulative N2O emissions, possibly reflecting the role of bacterial ammonia oxidisers in minerally fertilised soil. Although the AOB/16S ratio aligned well with the measured N2O emissions in our experimental field, the higher genetic potential for denitrification expressed by the (nirK\u00a0+\u00a0nirS)/(nosZI\u00a0+\u00a0nosZII) ratio in NT than CT was not realized in the form of increased emissions. Our results suggest that organic fertilisation in combination with NT shows a promising combination for mitigating N2O emissions; however, addressing the yield gap is necessary before incorporating it in recommendations for farmers.", "keywords": ["du\u0161ik", "2. Zero hunger", "compost", "denitrification", "denitrifikacija", "N$_2$O", "kompost", "15. Life on land", "sonaravno kmetijstvo", "nitrifikacija", "nitrification", "6. Clean water", "conservation agriculture", "conservation agriculture", " compost", " N$_2$O", " N-cycle", " nitrification", " denitrification", "N-cycle", "13. Climate action", "ohranitveno kmetijstvo", "ohranitveno kmetijstvo", " sonaravno kmetijstvo", " kompost", " du\u0161ik", " nitrifikacija", " denitrifikacija", "info:eu-repo/classification/udc/631.4"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Govednik, Anton, Eler, Klemen, Miheli\u010d, Rok, Suhadolc, Marjetka,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172054"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Science%20of%20The%20Total%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172054", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172054", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172054"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.still.2005.02.023", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:17:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2005-03-24", "title": "Carbon Sequestration In Two Brazilian Cerrado Soils Under No-Till", "description": "Abstract   A considerable proportion of the 200 million hectares of the Brazilian Cerrado is suitable for annual crops but little is known about the effects of tillage on the C dynamics of Cerrado soils. We evaluated the role of two representative Cerrado Oxisols (350 and 650\u00a0g clay\u00a0kg\u22121) as sources or sinks of atmospheric C when managed under three tillage systems (conventional tillage (CT), reduced tillage (RT), and no-till (NT)) in 8- and 5-year long-term experiments. A literature review was also carried out and the mean C sequestration rates in no-till soils of tropical and subtropical regions of Brazil were calculated and compared with values for soils from temperate regions of the world. The original C stocks in 0\u201320\u00a0cm layer of soils under native Cerrado were higher in the clayey (54.0\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121) than in the sandy clay loam soil (35.4\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121), suggesting a higher physical stability of organic matter associated with variable clay minerals in the clayey Oxisol. The original C stocks of the native Cerrado soils appear not to have decreased after 23 years of conventional tillage in the sandy clay loam Oxisol, except when the soil had been subjected to erosion (15% loss of C), or after 25 years in the clayey Oxisol. Compared to conventionally tilled soil, the C stocks in no-till sandy clay loam Oxisol increased by 2.4\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121 (C sequestration rate\u00a0=\u00a00.30\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0year\u22121) and in the clayey Oxisol by 3.0\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121 (C sequestration rate\u00a0=\u00a00.60\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0year\u22121). The mean rate of C sequestration in the no-till Brazilian tropical soils was estimated to be 0.35\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0year\u22121, similar to the 0.34\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0year\u22121 reported for soils from temperate regions but lower than the 0.48\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0year\u22121 estimated for southern Brazilian subtropical soils. Considering the large area (about 70 million hectares) of the Cerrado which is currently used and potentially available for cropland, the adoption of no-till systems could turn the Cerrado soils into a significant sink for atmospheric C and contribute to the mitigation of global climate change.", "keywords": ["Carbon sequestration", "2. Zero hunger", "Tropical zones", "Soil organic matter", "Conservation agriculture", "Sustainable agriculture", "No-till", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Ecosystem Field Scale", "Tropical soils", "13. Climate action", "C sequestration", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Conservation tillage", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2005.02.023"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20and%20Tillage%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.still.2005.02.023", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.still.2005.02.023", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.still.2005.02.023"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.still.2006.08.006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:17:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-09-27", "title": "Long-Term Impact Of Reduced Tillage And Residue Management On Soil Carbon Stabilization: Implications For Conservation Agriculture On Contrasting Soils", "description": "Residue retention and reduced tillage are both conservation agricultural management options that may enhance soil organic carbon (SOC) stabilization in tropical soils. Therefore, we evaluated the effects of long-term tillage and residue management on SOC dynamics in a Chromic Luvisol (red clay soil) and Areni-Gleyic Luvisol (sandy soil) in Zimbabwe. At the time of sampling the soils had been under conventional tillage (CT), mulch ripping (MR), clean ripping (CR) and tied ridging (TR) for 9 years. Soil was fully dispersed and separated into 212\u20132000 mm (coarse sand), 53\u2013212 mm (fine sand), 20\u201353 mm (coarse silt), 5\u201320 mm (fine silt) and 0\u20135 mm (clay) size fractions. The whole soil and size fractions were analyzed for C content. Conventional tillage treatments had the least amount of SOC, with 14.9 mg C g \ufffd 1 soil and 4.2 mg C g \ufffd 1 soil for the red clay and sandy soils, respectively. The highest SOC content was 6.8 mg C g \ufffd 1 soil in the sandy soil under MR, whereas for the red clay soil, TR had the highest SOC content of 20.4 mg C g \ufffd 1 soil. Organic C in the size fractions increased with decreasing size of the fractions. In both soils, the smallest response to management was observed in the clay size fractions, confirming that this size fraction is the most stable. The coarse sand-size fraction was most responsive to management in the sandy soil where MR had 42% more organic C than CR, suggesting that SOC contents of this fraction are predominantly controlled by amounts of C input. In contrast, the fine sand fraction was the most responsive fraction in the red clay soil with a 66% greater C content in the TR than CT. This result suggests that tillage disturbance is the dominant factor reducing C stabilization in a clayey soil, probably by reducing C stabilization within microaggregates. In conclusion, developing viable conservation agriculture practices to optimize SOC contents and long-term agroecosystem sustainability should prioritize the maintenance of C inputs (e.g. residue retention) to coarse textured soils, but should focus on the reduction of SOC decomposition (e.g. through reduced tillage) in fine textured soils. # 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.", "keywords": ["organic-matter dynamics", "Soil management", "Conservation agriculture", "Residue management", "no-tillage", "continuous cultivation", "sudano-sahelian conditions", "loam soil", "Tropical agroecosystems", "Tillage", "Agricultural ecosystems", "conventional-tillage", "Field Scale", "Conservation tillage", "2. Zero hunger", "Tropical zones", "Soil organic matter", "microbial biomass", "Particulate organic matter (pom)", "Soil organic carbon", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "crop residue", "fractions", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "manure application"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2006.08.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20and%20Tillage%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.still.2006.08.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.still.2006.08.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.still.2006.08.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.still.2008.11.007", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:17:04Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-01-08", "title": "Soil Organic Carbon And Fertility Interactions Affected By A Tillage Chronosequence In A Brazilian Oxisol", "description": "Abstract   No-till (NT) adoption is an essential tool for development of sustainable agricultural systems, and how NT affects the soil organic C (SOC) dynamics is a key component of these systems. The effect of a plow tillage (PT) and NT age chronosequence on SOC concentration and interactions with soil fertility were assessed in a variable charge Oxisol, located in the South Center quadrant of Parana State, Brazil (50\u00b023\u2019W and 24\u00b036'S). The chronosequence consisted of the following six sites: (i) native field (NF); (ii) PT of the native field (PNF-1) involving conversion of natural vegetation to cropland; (iii) NT for 10 years (NT-10); (iv) NT for 20 years (NT-20); (v) NT for 22 years (NT-22); and (vi) conventional tillage for 22 years (CT-22) involving PT with one disking after summer harvest and one after winter harvest to 20\u00a0cm depth plus two harrow disking. Soil samples were collected from five depths (0\u20132.5; 2.5\u20135; 5\u201310; 10\u201320; and 20\u201340\u00a0cm) and SOC, pH (in H 2 O and KCl), \u0394pH, potential acidity, exchangeable bases, and cation exchangeable capacity (CEC) were measured. An increase in SOC concentration positively affected the pH, the negative charge and the CEC and negatively impacted potential acidity. Regression analyses indicated a close relationship between the SOC concentration and other parameters measured in this study. The regression fitted between SOC concentration and CEC showed a close relationship. There was an increase in negative charge and CEC with increase in SOC concentration: CEC increased by 0.37\u00a0cmol c \u00a0kg \u22121  for every g of C\u00a0kg \u22121  soil. The ratio of ECEC:SOC was 0.23\u00a0cmol c \u00a0kg \u22121  for NF and increased to 0.49\u00a0cmol c \u00a0kg \u22121  for NT-22. The rates of P and K for 0\u201310\u00a0cm depth increased by 9.66\u00a0kg\u00a0ha \u22121 \u00a0yr \u22121  and 17.93\u00a0kg\u00a0ha \u22121 \u00a0yr \u22121 , respectively, with NF as a base line. The data presented support the conclusion that long-term NT is a useful strategy for improving fertility of soils with variable charge.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Soil management", "Soil organic matter", "Root depth", "Crop residues", "Cation exchange capacity (CEC)", "Conservation agriculture", "Chronosequence", "Acidity", "Sustainable agriculture", "No-till", "Soil ph", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil fertility", "Soil quality", "Tillage", "Variable charge", "Soil analysis", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Oxisols", "Field Scale"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2008.11.007"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20and%20Tillage%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.still.2008.11.007", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.still.2008.11.007", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.still.2008.11.007"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.still.2015.02.008", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:17:08Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-03-13", "title": "Evaluation Of Seasonal Variability Of Soil Biogeochemical Properties In Aggregate-Size Fractioned Soil Under Different Tillages", "description": "Open AccessPeer reviewed", "keywords": ["CP MAS NMR", "2. Zero hunger", "Enzymatic activities", "Conservation agriculture", "Total organic carbon", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "3. Good health", "13. Climate action", "Labile carbon pools", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2015.02.008"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20and%20Tillage%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.still.2015.02.008", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.still.2015.02.008", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.still.2015.02.008"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.still.2018.05.016", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:17:10Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-06-11", "title": "The Benefits Of Conservation Agriculture On Soil Organic Carbon And Yield In Southern Africa Are Site-Specific", "description": "Abstract   Conservation agriculture (CA), with reduced tillage, permanent soil cover and diversified cropping systems, is advocated in southern Africa to improve soil quality, reduce input costs and mitigate climate-induced risks. However, improvements in terms of yield and soil organic carbon (SOC) under CA are slow and variable and many small-scale farmers are unable to buffer themselves against potential short-term financial losses. In this study we examined the effects of CA-related management practices on SOC sequestration and productivity at two medium-term sites on a sandy soil (eight year trial) and clay soil (six years) in maize producing areas of South Africa. Using field data, current input costs and market prices for crops, we calculated the gross margin for each system. Treatments compared conventional ploughing under maize monoculture with reduced tillage, intercropping and crop rotation. On the clay soil, SOC was increased under reduced tillage (57.6\u202ft C ha\u22121) compared to conventional tillage (54.9\u202ft C ha\u22121) while there was no difference for the sandy soil (19.7\u202ft C ha\u22121 average across treatments). Profitability was most strongly influenced by seasonal rainfall, but was higher on the sandy soil than the clay soil, with an average gross margin of R11,344 ha\u22121 and R5,686 ha\u22121, respectively. This study has demonstrated that while certain CA practices can create site-specific benefits for farmers, it is highly dependent on local weather and soil conditions. For the clay soil an additional payment scheme would be required to reward farmers in southern Africa for C-sequestration to make CA profitable and achieve increased C-mitigation through soil sequestration.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Conservation agriculture (CA)", "Losses", "Cropping systems", "Soil organic carbon (SOC)", "Crops", "Small-scale farmers", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Zea mays", "Maize", "Costs", "Intercropping", "Crop rotation", "Soil conservation", "Sand", "Monoculture", "Reduced tillage", "Soil conditions", "Clay", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Profitability", "Agricultural machinery", "Organic carbon"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2018.05.016"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20and%20Tillage%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.still.2018.05.016", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.still.2018.05.016", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.still.2018.05.016"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.13515", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:18:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-06-07", "title": "Trade\u2010offs and synergies of soil carbon sequestration: Addressing knowledge gaps related to soil management strategies", "description": "Abstract<p>Soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration in agricultural soils is an important tool for climate change mitigation within the EU soil strategy for 2030 and can be achieved via the adoption of soil management strategies (SMS). These strategies may induce synergistic effects by simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and/or nitrogen (N) leaching. In contrast, other SMS may stimulate emissions of GHG such as nitrous oxide (N2O) or methane (CH4), offsetting the climate change mitigation gained via SOC sequestration. Despite the importance of understanding trade\uffe2\uff80\uff90offs and synergies for selecting sustainable SMS for European agriculture, knowledge on these effects remains limited. This review synthesizes existing knowledge, identifies knowledge gaps and provides research recommendations on trade\uffe2\uff80\uff90offs and synergies between SOC sequestration or SOC accrual, non\uffe2\uff80\uff90CO2 GHG emissions and N leaching related to selected SMS. We investigated 87 peer\uffe2\uff80\uff90reviewed articles that address SMS and categorized them under tillage management, cropping systems, water management and fertilization and organic matter (OM) inputs. SMS, such as conservation tillage, adapted crop rotations, adapted water management, OM inputs by cover crops (CC), organic amendments (OA) and biochar, contribute to increase SOC stocks and reduce N leaching. Adoption of leguminous CC or specific cropping systems and adapted water management tend to create trade\uffe2\uff80\uff90offs by stimulating N2O emissions, while specific cropping systems or application of biochar can mitigate N2O emissions. The effect of crop residues on N2O emissions depends strongly on their C/N ratio. Organic agriculture and agroforestry clearly mitigate CH4 emissions but the impact of other SMS requires additional study. More experimental research is needed to study the impact of both the pedoclimatic conditions and the long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term dynamics of trade\uffe2\uff80\uff90offs and synergies. Researchers should simultaneously assess the impact of (multiple) agricultural SMS on SOC stocks, GHG emissions and N leaching. This review provides guidance to policymakers as well as a framework to design field experiments and model simulations, which can address knowledge gaps and non\uffe2\uff80\uff90intentional effects of applying agricultural SMS meant to increase SOC sequestration.</p", "keywords": ["CH4", "330", "N2O", "cropping systems", "organic matter inputs", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "01 natural sciences", "630", "climate change mitigation", "conservation agriculture", "EJPSOIL", "water management", "tillage", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "nitrogen leaching", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13515"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.13515", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.13515", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.13515"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1023/a:1004873206350", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:17:23Z", "type": "Journal Article", "description": "Open AccessUsing a three year trial in Nigeria, this article examines the effectiveness of leguminous cover crops on maize yield in West Africa. Testing multiple types of cover crops, the study universally demonstrates the cover crops conserve nitrogen and result in improvements for maize yield in both drier and wetter years. While the cover crop was more effective in improving nitrogen in wetter conditions, yields still improved during the drier year with the cover crop.", "keywords": ["Soil nutrients", "Soil management", "fertilizers", "Conservation agriculture", "Nitrogen concentration", "legumes", "trials", "Green manure crops", "crops", "Soil fertility", "Soil quality", "Biomass production", "Legume cover crops", "Soil conservation", "Nitrogen fertilizer replacement index", "West Africa", "Maize yield", "Field Scale"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Tian, G., Kolawole, G.O., Kang, B.T., Kirchhof, G.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1004873206350"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1023/a:1004873206350", "name": "item", "description": "10.1023/a:1004873206350", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1023/a:1004873206350"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2000-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1051/cagri/2020003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:17:52Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-03-03", "title": "L\u2019adoption du semis direct sous couvert v\u00e9g\u00e9tal\u2009: transition douce ou rupture\u2009?", "description": "<p>Le semis direct sous couvert repose sur l\uffe2\uff80\uff99application simultan\uffc3\uffa9e et continue de trois principes\uffe2\uff80\uff89: la r\uffc3\uffa9duction quasi-totale du travail du sol, une couverture organique des sols et une rotation diversifi\uffc3\uffa9e. Ce syst\uffc3\uffa8me agricole adopt\uffc3\uffa9 en France \uffc3\uffa0 partir des ann\uffc3\uffa9es\uffe2\uff80\uff892000 sous l\uffe2\uff80\uff99impulsion de groupes d\uffe2\uff80\uff99agriculteurs est en extension. Pour les agriculteurs, adopter un nouveau syst\uffc3\uffa8me agricole revient \uffc3\uffa0 modifier, de mani\uffc3\uffa8re plus ou moins importante, leurs pratiques. Concernant le semis direct sous couvert v\uffc3\uffa9g\uffc3\uffa9tal, peu d\uffe2\uff80\uff99informations existent. Cet article a pour objectif d\uffe2\uff80\uff99\uffc3\uffa9clairer les modifications que peut induire sa mise en place. Pour cela, il s\uffe2\uff80\uff99appuie sur les r\uffc3\uffa9ponses de 425\uffe2\uff80\uff89agriculteurs fran\uffc3\uffa7ais \uffc3\uffa0 une enqu\uffc3\uffaate en ligne. Pour 30\uffe2\uff80\uff89% des agriculteurs, le semis direct sous couvert constitue une modification compl\uffc3\uffa8te du syst\uffc3\uffa8me agricole. La r\uffc3\uffa9duction quasi-totale du travail du sol est le principe qui entra\uffc3\uffaene le plus de modifications (pour 96\uffe2\uff80\uff89% des agriculteurs). Au contraire, la diversification de la rotation conna\uffc3\uffaet le moins de modifications (48\uffe2\uff80\uff89% des agriculteurs). L\uffe2\uff80\uff99absence d\uffe2\uff80\uff99une modification de la rotation peut s\uffe2\uff80\uff99expliquer par une rotation d\uffc3\uffa9j\uffc3\uffa0 diversifi\uffc3\uffa9e en place ou l\uffe2\uff80\uff99incapacit\uffc3\uffa9 pour les agriculteurs d\uffe2\uff80\uff99ajouter de nouvelles cultures \uffc3\uffa0 leur rotation. L\uffe2\uff80\uff99optimisation de la couverture v\uffc3\uffa9g\uffc3\uffa9tale du sol entra\uffc3\uffaene une modification des pratiques pour 67\uffe2\uff80\uff89% des agriculteurs. Durant les premi\uffc3\uffa8res ann\uffc3\uffa9es, les agriculteurs s\uffe2\uff80\uff99orientent majoritairement vers l\uffe2\uff80\uff99utilisation de couverts temporaires plurisp\uffc3\uffa9cifiques. Bouleversant certains fondamentaux de l\uffe2\uff80\uff99agriculture, ces agriculteurs minimisent les risques encourus en favorisant une transition progressive et en partageant les connaissances acquises.</p>", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "330", "Agriculture (General)", "surveys / conservation agriculture / conservation tillage / land cover / crop diversification", "enqu\u00eate", "Plant culture", "diversification des cultures", "non-travail du sol", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "630", "S1-972", "SB1-1110", "conservation agriculture", "surveys", "land cover", "[SDE]Environmental Sciences", "agriculture de conservation", "couverture du sol", "conservation tillage", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "crop diversification enqu\u00eate"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.cahiersagricultures.fr/10.1051/cagri/2020003/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1051/cagri/2020003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Cahiers%20Agricultures", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1051/cagri/2020003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1051/cagri/2020003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1051/cagri/2020003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3389/fenvs.2020.575466", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:20:40Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-09-18", "title": "Multi-Functional Land Use Is Not Self-Evident for European Farmers: A Critical Review", "description": "Soils perform more functions than primary productivity. Examples of these functions are the recycling of nutrients, the regulation and purification of water, the regulation of the climate, and supporting biodiversity. These abilities are generally referred to as the soil quality. Soil management that favors primary productivity may have positive and negative impacts on the other functions, and vice versa, depending on soil and climatic conditions. All these functions are under pressure, particularly in intensive agriculture. In the absence of mandatory regulations, most European farmers give limited attention to other functions than primary productivity in spite of recommendations by scientists, society and policy makers to acknowledge the ecosystem services provided by soils. The present paper analyses the underlying causes of this limited attention for the multi-functionality of soils by farmers. It is concluded that their focus on primary productivity may stem from (1) insufficient visible proof for soil degradation and benefits of preventive measures over curative measures, (2) limited awareness or conviction of long-term synergies, (3) insufficient remuneration of ecosystem services by society or compensation of yield penalties in favor of these services, (4) lacking trustworthy knowledge about and support for multi-functional soil management, and (5) absence of incentives and regulations on soil management and their enforcement. All these shortcomings need to be addressed by advisors, scientists, and policy makers, whilst acknowledging the need for underpinning and differentiation of incentives and regulations.", "keywords": ["GLOBAL DILEMMA", "DEPLETE SOIL-NITROGEN", "ECOSYSTEM SERVICES", "COVER CROPS", "CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE", "01 natural sciences", "primary productivity", "soil degradation", "MANAGEMENT", "QUALITY", "GE1-350", "soil quality", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "CLIMATE-CHANGE", "soil health", "land management", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Environmental sciences", "ORGANIC-MATTER", "13. Climate action", "CATTLE SLURRY", "soil function", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "ecosystem services"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.575466"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Environmental%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3389/fenvs.2020.575466", "name": "item", "description": "10.3389/fenvs.2020.575466", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3389/fenvs.2020.575466"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-09-18T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1080/23311932.2024.2437574", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:18:13Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-12-14", "title": "Organic carbon sequestration potential of Slovenian agricultural soil and the impact of management practices on SOC stock", "description": "Improving soil management is crucial for mitigating climate change by increasing soil organic carbon (SOC). This study addresses the question of whether Slovenian agricultural soils can increase SOC stocks and achieve the 4per1000 initiative (4p1000.org). We calculated the SOC stocks, soil carbon sequestration (SCS) potential of the fine soil fraction (<20\u2009\u00b5m) (Csd) and the SCS potential of bulk soil for different agricultural uses in Slovenia. In addition, we conducted agricultural land management scenarios to determine a possible increase in SOC stocks. The results showed an average SOC stock of 94.7 t ha\u22121 in the agricultural soils of Slovenia. High Csd values were mainly found in croplands, intensive orchards and vineyards. The Csd (0\u201330\u2009cm) amounts to 16.3\u2009Mt SOC for the entire country. In addition, our results on SCS potential were compared with similar assessments from other European countries, where the range of bulk soil SCS potential was between 0.03 and 2.8\u2030 SOC change yr\u22121. With the current management of agricultural land in Slovenia, the SCS is almost balanced (+0.1\u2030). Different management scenarios showed that efficient fertilizer use, no-till, vegetation cover with biodiverse crop rotation and keeping residues on the surface lead to a significant SOC stock increase by 19.6 t ha\u22121 in 20\u2009years, which supports the 4per1000 initiative target (10.5\u2030).", "keywords": ["soil organic carbon", "conservation agriculture", "fine soil fraction", "S", "Soil organic carbon sequestration potential", "land use", "Agriculture", "TP368-456", "soil management", "Food processing and manufacture"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/23311932.2024.2437574"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2024.2437574"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Cogent%20Food%20%26amp%3B%20Agriculture", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1080/23311932.2024.2437574", "name": "item", "description": "10.1080/23311932.2024.2437574", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1080/23311932.2024.2437574"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-12-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.13483", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:18:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-04-25", "title": "Towards enhanced adoption of soil\u2010improving management practices in Europe", "description": "Abstract<p>Sustainable agricultural soil management practices are key to restore, maintain and improve soil health. The European Joint Programme for SOIL (EJP SOIL) has identified twelve main soil challenges in Europe. To assess the potential and eventually increase the adoption of soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90improving management practices, it is necessary to know (i) the current levels of adoption of the practices, (ii) socio\uffe2\uff80\uff90technical barriers influencing their adoption, and (iii) their bio\uffe2\uff80\uff90physical limits. This study compiled an inventory of soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90improving management practices relevant to European conditions, and used a survey among soil scientists to assess the levels of adoption of these practices in Europe. In total, 53 soil management practices were identified that address one or several of the soil challenges. The adoption of most practices was low or spatially heterogeneous across Europe, highlighting region\uffe2\uff80\uff90specific limitations to sustainable soil management. Qualitative interviews were conducted to explore the importance of socio\uffe2\uff80\uff90technical aspects of adoption. Using conservation agriculture as an example, factors that can hinder adoption included the availability of knowledge and adequate machinery, financial risks, and farming traditions. Through a modelling approach, 54% of arable land in Europe was found to be suitable for cover cropping, indicating that the adoption of soil management practices is frequently limited by climatic constraints. We propose a region\uffe2\uff80\uff90specific approach that recognizes the importance of identifying and overcoming socio\uffe2\uff80\uff90technical barriers, and by acknowledging bio\uffe2\uff80\uff90physical limits that may be expanded by innovation.</p", "keywords": ["Conservation agriculture", "Sustainable soil management", "sustainable soil management", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "Soil degradation", "630", "333", "12. Responsible consumption", "Soil challenges", "soil degradation", "Soil health", "11. Sustainability", "Life Science", "Soil threats", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "Soil restoration", "2. Zero hunger", "EJP SOIL", "soil health", "Cover crops", "15. Life on land", "soil threats", "soil challenges", "6. Clean water", "conservation agriculture", "13. Climate action", "soil restoration", "cover crops"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13483"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.13483", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.13483", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.13483"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/sum.12331", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:19:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-01-31", "title": "Soil Organic Carbon Changes After Seven Years Of Conservation Agriculture In A Rice-Wheat System Of The Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains", "description": "Abstract<p>Sequestration of soil organic carbon (SOC) is an important strategy to improve soil quality and to mitigate climate change. To investigate changes in SOC under conservation agriculture (CA), we measured SOC concentrations after seven years of rice (Oryza sativa L.)\uffe2\uff80\uff93wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) rotations in the eastern Indo\uffe2\uff80\uff90Gangetic Plains (IGP) of India under various combinations of tillage and crop establishment methods. The six treatments were as follows: conventional till transplanted rice followed by conventional till wheat (CTR\uffe2\uff80\uff90CTW), CTR followed by zero\uffe2\uff80\uff90till wheat (CTR\uffe2\uff80\uff90ZTW), ZT direct\uffe2\uff80\uff90seeded rice followed by CTW (ZTDSR\uffe2\uff80\uff90CTW), ZTDSR followed by ZT wheat both on permanent raised beds with residue (PBDSR\uffe2\uff80\uff90PBW+R), and ZTDSR followed by ZTW both with (ZTDSR\uffe2\uff80\uff90ZTW+R) and without residues (ZTDSR\uffe2\uff80\uff90ZTW). We hypothesized that CA systems (i.e. ZT with residue retention) would sequester more carbon (C) than CT. After seven years, ZTDSR\uffe2\uff80\uff90ZTW+R and PBDSR\uffe2\uff80\uff90PBW+R increased SOC at 0\uffe2\uff80\uff930.6\uffc2\uffa0m depth by 4.7 and 3.0 t C/ha, respectively, whereas the CTR\uffe2\uff80\uff90CTW system resulted in a decrease in SOC of 0.9 t C/ha. Over the same soil depth, ZT without residue retention (ZTDSR\uffe2\uff80\uff90ZTW) only increased SOC by 1.1 t C/ha. There was no increase in SOC where ZT in either rice or wheat was followed by CT in the next crop (i.e. CTR\uffe2\uff80\uff90ZTW and ZTDSR\uffe2\uff80\uff90CTW), most likely because the benefit of ZT is lost when followed by tillage. Tillage and crop establishment methods had no significant effect on the SOC stock below the 0.15\uffe2\uff80\uff90m soil layer. Over the seven years, the total carbon input from above\uffe2\uff80\uff90ground residues was ca. 14.5 t/ha in ZTDSR\uffe2\uff80\uff90ZTW+R and PBDSR\uffe2\uff80\uff90PBW+R, almost sixfold greater than in the other systems. Our findings suggest that the increased biomass production achieved through a combination of ZT and partial residue retention offers an opportunity to increase SOC whilst allowing residues to be used for other purposes.</p>", "keywords": ["soil organic carbon", "2. Zero hunger", "climate change", "conservation agriculture", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "food security", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "agriculture"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12331"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Use%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/sum.12331", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/sum.12331", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/sum.12331"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-01-31T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/sum.13023", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:19:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-02-22", "title": "Farmers' perception of soil health: The use of quality data and its implication for farm management", "description": "Abstract<p>Preventing and reversing soil degradation is essential to maintaining the ecosystem services provided by soils and guaranteeing food security. In addition to the scientific community, it is critical to engage multiple stakeholders to assess the degree of soil degradation and mitigation strategies' impact and meet the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, European Union's Common Agricultural Policy, and other national and international goals. A semi\uffe2\uff80\uff90structured questionnaire was distributed across countries participating in the EU Horizon\uffe2\uff80\uff902020 \uffe2\uff80\uff9cTransforming Unsustainable management of soils in key agricultural systems in E.U. and China. Developing an integrated platform of alternatives to reverse soil degradation (TUdi).\uffe2\uff80\uff9d Using farmers' associations and educational institutions as an intermediate to distribute the questionnaires was an effective strategy for gathering a high number of responses. Results from 456 responses to the questionnaire showed that farm country, size, type of agriculture, and educational level of farm managers were significantly associated with the farmers' perception of soil degradation issues. Farm size and type of agriculture were also correlated with applying a nutrient management plan. The implications of the results for soil conservation measures are discussed. Additionally, we highlight the potential of projects such as TUdi for creating collaboration networks to drive widespread adoption by farmers of technologies to reverse the degradation of agricultural soils.</p", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "330", "agricultural stakeholders", " conservation agriculture", " Europe", " questionnaire", " soil degradation", "Conservation agriculture", "Questionnaire", "Agricultural stakeholders", "1. No poverty", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil degradation", "01 natural sciences", "630", "12. Responsible consumption", "Europe", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/1960350/1/A56%20Falcao%20SUM.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.13023"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Use%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/sum.13023", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/sum.13023", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/sum.13023"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10261/398008", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:24:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2025-03-04", "title": "Long-term effects of tillage practices and future climate scenarios on topsoil organic carbon stocks in Lower Austria \u2013 A modelling and long-term experiment study", "description": "Open AccessPeer reviewed", "keywords": ["soil organic carbon", "Soil organic carbon", "Conservation agriculture", "Lower Austria", "N14CP model", "Long-term experiment", "Climate change", "TA1-2040", "Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10261/398008"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/International%20Soil%20and%20Water%20Conservation%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10261/398008", "name": "item", "description": "10261/398008", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10261/398008"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.18167/DVN1/NNBBAQ", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:19:50Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "Data for \"Diachronic assessment of soil organic C and N dynamics under long-term no-till cropping systems in the tropical upland of Cambodia\"", "description": "These are the raw data of the paper 'Diachronic assessment of soil organic C and N dynamics under long-term no-till cropping systems in the tropical upland of Cambodia\u201d authored by Vira Leng, R\u00e9mi Cardinael, Florent Tivet, Vang Seng, Phearum Mark, Pascal Lienhard, Titouan Filloux, Johan Six, Lyda Hok, St\u00e9phane Boulakia, Clever Briedis, Jo\u00e3o Carlos de Moraes S\u00e1, Laurent Thuri\u00e8s", "keywords": ["soil organic carbon", "P33 - Chimie et physique du sol", "conservation agriculture", "Agricultural Sciences", "carbon sequestration", "cover plants"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Leng, Vira, Cardinael, R\u00e9mi, Tivet, Florent, Seng, Vang, Mark, Phearum, Lienhard, Pascal, Filloux, Titouan, Six, Johan, Hok, Lyda, Boulakia, St\u00e9phane, Briedis, Clever, de Moraes S\u00e1, Jo\u00e3o Carlos, Thuri\u00e8s, Laurent,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.18167/DVN1/NNBBAQ"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.18167/DVN1/NNBBAQ", "name": "item", "description": "10.18167/DVN1/NNBBAQ", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.18167/DVN1/NNBBAQ"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.18167/DVN1/VPOCHN", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:19:50Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "Data for \"Mulch application as the overarching factor explaining increase in soil organic carbon stocks under conservation agriculture in two 8-year-old experiments in Zimbabwe\"", "description": "These are the raw data of the paper 'Mulch application as the overarching factor explaining increase in soil organic carbon stocks under conservation agriculture in two 8-year-old experiments in Zimbabwe\u201d authored by Armwell Shumba, Regis Chikowo, Christian Thierfelder, Marc Corbeels, Johan Six, R\u00e9mi Cardinael", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "sub-Saharan Africa", "P36 - \u00c9rosion", " conservation et r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration des sols", "F07 - Travail du sol", "Agricultural Sciences", "F08 - Syst\u00e8mes et modes de culture", "P35 - Fertilit\u00e9 du sol", "P30 - Sciences et am\u00e9nagement du sol", "15. Life on land", "maize", "carbon sequestration", "mulches", "cowpeas", "soil organic carbon", "conservation agriculture"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Shumba, Armwell, Chikowo, Regis, Thierfelder, Christian, Corbeels, Marc, Six, Johan, Cardinael, R\u00e9mi,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.18167/DVN1/VPOCHN"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.18167/DVN1/VPOCHN", "name": "item", "description": "10.18167/DVN1/VPOCHN", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.18167/DVN1/VPOCHN"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/su9061044", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:21:06Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-06-22", "title": "Reducing Global Warming Potential Through Sustainable Intensification Of Basmati Rice-Wheat Systems In India", "description": "<p>This study examines the effects of tillage, residue management and cropping system intensification through the inclusion of green gram on the performance of the rice-wheat (RW) system in NW India. We hypothesized that zero tillage (ZT) with residue retention provides a means of sustainably intensifying the RW system through lower production costs and higher economic profitability, whilst at the same time minimizing soil and environmental trade-offs. To test this hypothesis, we evaluated six combinations of tillage, residue management and green gram integration in RW rotation in northwest Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) of India. Treatments included in the study were: rice and wheat under conventional tillage (CT) with and without green gram (CTR-CTW, CTR-CTW+GG), both crops under zero-tillage (ZT) with and without green gram (ZTR-ZTW-R, ZTR-ZTW-R+GG) and both crops under ZT plus residues with and without green gram (ZTR-ZTW+R, ZTR-ZTW+R+GG). Based on two consecutive years of data, the net return from the RW system was significantly higher in the ZT than CT systems. Methane emissions were only observed under flooded conditions in CT rice plots; otherwise, emissions were negligible in all other treatment combinations. N2O emissions were dictated by N fertilizer application with no other treatment effects. Overall, ZT with residue retention resulted in the lowest global warming potential (GWP) ranging from \uffe2\uff88\uff923301 to \uffe2\uff88\uff92823 kg CO2-eq ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 year\uffe2\uff88\uff921 compared to 4113 to 7917 kg CO2-eq ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 year\uffe2\uff88\uff921 in other treatments. Operational inputs (tillage, planting, and irrigation) and soil C sequestration had significant effects on total GWP. The water footprint of RW production system was about 29% less in CA-based system compared to CT-based systems. Our study concludes that ZTR-ZTW+R and ZTR-ZTW+R+GG in RW systems of northwestern IGP have the potential to be agronomically productive, economically viable with benefits also for the environment in terms of soil health and GHG emissions.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "food security", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "sustainability", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "climate change", "conservation agriculture; greenhouse gas emissions; carbon sequestration; methane; nitrous oxide; global warming potential", "13. Climate action", "greenhouse gases", "emission", "8. Economic growth", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "agriculture"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/6/1044/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/su9061044"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Sustainability", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/su9061044", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/su9061044", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/su9061044"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-06-21T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2136/sssaj1983.03615995004700060020x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:20:09Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-07-27", "title": "Effect Of Tillage, Cropping, And Fertilizer Management On Soil-Nitrogen Mineralization Potential", "description": "Abstract<p>Nitrogen mineralization potentials (No) were determined on soil from a long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term crop rotation tillage experiment on a Palouse silt loam (fine\uffe2\uff80\uff90silty, mixed, mesic Pachic Ultic Haploxerolls). Crop rotations included continuous winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), alternate winter wheat and (pea Pisum sativum L.), alternate winter wheat and spring wheat, and pea\uffe2\uff80\uff90alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)\uffe2\uff80\uff90green manure, followed by 5 y of alternate spring wheat and winter wheat. Tillage variables were moldboard plowing, chisel plowing, or no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till. Long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term N fertilizer rate plots were also studied on a Ritzville silt loam (coarse\uffe2\uff80\uff90silty, mixed, mesic Calciorthidic Haploxerolls). The tillage plots were cropped annually, whereas the fertilization rate plots were alternately fallowed and cropped to winter wheat with and without spring supplemental irrigation. Moldboard plowing resulted in uniform No values throughout the top 15 cm of soil, but N mineralization potential (No) was greater for chisel plowing and no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till than for moldboard plowing at the 0\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 5\uffe2\uff80\uff90cm depth and less at the 5\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 10\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and 10\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 15\uffe2\uff80\uff90cm soil depths. The net result was that average No for 0 to 15 cm was unaffected by tillage or crop rotation in the fall sampling. In the spring sampling, average No for either chisel plowing or no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till was significantly higher than for moldboard plowing. Also, peas\uffe2\uff80\uff90alfalfa\uffe2\uff80\uff90green manure followed by alternate spring wheat\uffe2\uff80\uff90winter wheat had a significantly higher No averge than both continuous winter wheat and winter wheat\uffe2\uff80\uff90pea but was not different from winter wheat\uffe2\uff80\uff90spring wheat. The No of the tillage and the crop rotation management treatments were significantly greater with samples obtained in the fall than from those obtained in the spring. Nitrogen mineralization potentials increased linearly with increased N rate on both the dryland and supplemental irrigated treatments. However, supplemental irrigation uniformly increased No compared with the corresponding nonirrigated treatments.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Soil nutrients", "0106 biological sciences", "Conservation agriculture", "Green manure crops", "No-till", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Crop rotations", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "Chisel plow", "Fertilization", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Moldboard plow", "Field Scale", "Conservation tillage"], "contacts": [{"organization": "El-Haris, M. K., Cochran, V. L., Elliott, L. F., Bezdicek, D. F.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj1983.03615995004700060020x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Science%20Society%20of%20America%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2136/sssaj1983.03615995004700060020x", "name": "item", "description": "10.2136/sssaj1983.03615995004700060020x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2136/sssaj1983.03615995004700060020x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "1983-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3389/fpls.2017.00996", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:20:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-06-20", "description": "Open AccessLas pr\u00e1cticas de agricultura de conservaci\u00f3n (AC) se est\u00e1n promoviendo ampliamente en muchas \u00e1reas del \u00c1frica subsahariana para recuperar los suelos degradados y mejorar los servicios ecosist\u00e9micos. Este estudio examin\u00f3 los efectos de tres pr\u00e1cticas de labranza [arado convencional con vertedera (CT), azada manual (MT) y labranza sin labranza (NT)], y tres sistemas de cultivo (ma\u00edz continuo, rotaci\u00f3n anual de soja-ma\u00edz y cultivo intercalado de soja/ma\u00edz) en la calidad del suelo, la productividad de los cultivos y la rentabilidad en ensayos en finca administrados por investigadores y agricultores de 2010 a 2013 en el noroeste de Ghana. En el ensayo madre gestionado por el investigador, las pr\u00e1cticas de AC de NT, retenci\u00f3n de residuos y rotaci\u00f3n/intercalaci\u00f3n de cultivos mantuvieron un mayor carbono org\u00e1nico del suelo y N total del suelo en comparaci\u00f3n con las pr\u00e1cticas de labranza convencionales despu\u00e9s de 4 a\u00f1os. La densidad aparente del suelo fue mayor en los suelos NT que en los suelos CT en los senderos madre gestionados por el investigador o en los ensayos de beb\u00e9s gestionados por los agricultores despu\u00e9s de 4 a\u00f1os. En el ensayo madre gestionado por el investigador, no hubo diferencias significativas entre los sistemas de labranza o los sistemas de cultivo en los rendimientos de ma\u00edz o soja en las primeras tres temporadas. En la cuarta temporada, la rotaci\u00f3n de cultivos tuvo el mayor impacto en los rendimientos de ma\u00edz con ma\u00edz CT despu\u00e9s de que la soja aumentara los rendimientos en un 41 y 49% en comparaci\u00f3n con el ma\u00edz MT y NT, respectivamente. En los ensayos gestionados por los agricultores, el rendimiento del ma\u00edz oscil\u00f3 entre 520 y 2700 kg ha-1 y entre 300 y 2000 kg ha-1 para CT y NT, respectivamente, lo que refleja las diferencias en la experiencia de los agricultores con NT. En promedio entre los agricultores, los sistemas de cultivo CT aumentaron el rendimiento de ma\u00edz y soja en un rango de 23 a 39% en comparaci\u00f3n con los sistemas de cultivo NT. El an\u00e1lisis parcial del presupuesto mostr\u00f3 que el costo de producir ma\u00edz o soja es 20-29% m\u00e1s barato con los sistemas NT y da mayores rendimientos al trabajo en comparaci\u00f3n con la pr\u00e1ctica de CT. Las relaciones beneficio/coste tambi\u00e9n muestran que los sistemas de cultivo NT son m\u00e1s rentables que los sistemas CT. Concluimos que con el tiempo, la implementaci\u00f3n de pr\u00e1cticas de AC que involucran NT, rotaci\u00f3n de cultivos, cultivos intercalados de ma\u00edz y soja junto con la retenci\u00f3n de residuos de cultivos presenta un escenario de beneficio mutuo debido a la mejora del rendimiento de los cultivos, el aumento del rendimiento econ\u00f3mico y las tendencias de aumento de la fertilidad del suelo. Sin embargo, el mayor desaf\u00edo sigue siendo producir suficiente biomasa y retenerla en el campo.", "keywords": ["Conservation agriculture", "Cropping", "Agricultural Innovation and Livelihood Diversification", "no-tillage", "Soil Science", "Plant Science", "Crop", "Soil quality", "Environmental science", "SB1-1110", "Tillage", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "residue retention", "crop rotation", "Crop rotation", "FOS: Mathematics", "profitability", "Crop residue", "Crop yield", "soil quality", "Crop Yield Stability", "Agroforestry", "Biology", "2. Zero hunger", "Conventional tillage", "Geography", "Crop Diversity", "Plant culture", "Life Sciences", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "crop yield", "Soil Nutrient Management", "15. Life on land", "Plough", "Agronomy", "conservation agriculture", "Intercropping", "Archaeology", "Agricultural science", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Intercropping in Agricultural Systems", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems", "General Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "intercropping", "Agronomy and Crop Science", "Mathematics", "Cropping system"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00996"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Plant%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3389/fpls.2017.00996", "name": "item", "description": "10.3389/fpls.2017.00996", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3389/fpls.2017.00996"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-06-21T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2136/sssaj2002.1930", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:20:14Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-07-27", "title": "Soil organic carbon sequestration rates by tillage and crop rotation: A global data analysis", "description": "<p>Changes in agricultural management can potentially increase the accumulation rate of soil organic C (SOC), thereby sequestering CO2 from the atmosphere. This study was conducted to quantify potential soil C sequestration rates for different crops in response to decreasing tillage intensity or enhancing rotation complexity, and to estimate the duration of time over which sequestration may occur. Analyses of C sequestration rates were completed using a global database of 67 long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term agricultural experiments, consisting of 276 paired treatments. Results indicate, on average, that a change from conventional tillage (CT) to no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till (NT) can sequester 57 \uffc2\uffb1 14 g C m\uffe2\uff88\uff922 yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921, excluding wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)\uffe2\uff80\uff90fallow systems which may not result in SOC accumulation with a change from CT to NT. Enhancing rotation complexity can sequester an average 20 \uffc2\uffb1 12 g C m\uffe2\uff88\uff922 yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921, excluding a change from continuous corn (Zea mays L.) to corn\uffe2\uff80\uff90soybean (Glycine max L.) which may not result in a significant accumulation of SOC. Carbon sequestration rates, with a change from CT to NT, can be expected to peak in 5 to 10 yr with SOC reaching a new equilibrium in 15 to 20 yr. Following initiation of an enhancement in rotation complexity, SOC may reach a new equilibrium in approximately 40 to 60 yr. Carbon sequestration rates, estimated for a number of individual crops and crop rotations in this study, can be used in spatial modeling analyses to more accurately predict regional, national, and global C sequestration potentials.</p>", "keywords": ["Carbon sequestration", "2. Zero hunger", "Soil organic matter", "Conventional tillage", "Conservation agriculture", "Ipcc", "Modeling", "No-till", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Intergovernmental panel on climate change (ipcc)", "Crop rotations", "Som", "Carbon", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "Reduced tillage", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "SOC", "Field Scale", "Conservation tillage", "Soil organic c"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2002.1930"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Science%20Society%20of%20America%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2136/sssaj2002.1930", "name": "item", "description": "10.2136/sssaj2002.1930", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2136/sssaj2002.1930"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2002-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2136/sssaj2004.1935", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:20:15Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-07-27", "description": "<p>Identification of diagnostic soil organic matter (SOM) fractions and the mechanisms controlling their formation and turnover is critical for better understanding of C dynamics in soils. Enhanced microaggregate formation and stabilization of C due to reduced macroaggregate turnover has been proposed as a mechanism promoting C sequestration in no\uffe2\uff80\uff90tillage (NT) compared with conventional tillage (CT) systems in temperate soils dominated by 2:1 clay mineralogy. We evaluated the contribution of macroaggregate\uffe2\uff80\uff90protected microaggregates to total soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration in NT relative to CT in three soils differing in clay mineralogy: a 2:1 clay\uffe2\uff80\uff90dominated soil (2:1), a soil with mixed clay mineralogy [2:1 and 1:1] and oxides (mixed), and a soil dominated by (1:1) clay minerals and oxides (1:1). Microaggregates (mM) were isolated from macroaggregates from 0\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 5\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and 5\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 20\uffe2\uff80\uff90cm soil layers. Particulate organic matter (POM) located within the microaggregates (intra\uffe2\uff80\uff90mM\uffe2\uff80\uff90POM) was separated from POM outside of the microaggregates (inter\uffe2\uff80\uff90mM\uffe2\uff80\uff90POM) and the mineral fraction of the microaggregates (mineral\uffe2\uff80\uff90mM). In all three soils, total SOC as well as microaggregate\uffe2\uff80\uff90associated C (mM\uffe2\uff80\uff90C) was greater with NT compared with CT. Although less than half of the total SOC under NT was associated with the microaggregate fraction, more than 90% of the total difference in SOC between NT and CT was explained by the difference in mM\uffe2\uff80\uff90C in all three soils. Thus, we identified and isolated a fraction that explains almost the entire difference in total SOC between NT and CT across soils characterized by drastically different clay mineralogy.</p>", "keywords": ["Carbon sequestration", "Macroaggregates", "Soil organic matter", "Soil management", "Conventional tillage", "Particulate organic matter (pom)", "Conservation agriculture", "Microaggregates", "No-till", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Field Scale", "Conservation tillage", "Soil organic carbon (soc)"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2004.1935"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Science%20Society%20of%20America%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2136/sssaj2004.1935", "name": "item", "description": "10.2136/sssaj2004.1935", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2136/sssaj2004.1935"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2004-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2136/sssaj2008.0333", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:20:18Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-07-18", "description": "<p>In semiarid agroecosystems of the Ebro valley (NE Spain) soils are characterized by low soil organic matter (SOM) and a weak structure. In this study we investigated the individual and combined effect of tillage system (no\uffe2\uff80\uff90tillage, NT; reduced tillage, RT; conventional tillage, CT) and cropping system (barley\uffe2\uff80\uff93fallow rotation at the Pe\uffc3\uffb1aflor site, PN\uffe2\uff80\uff90BF and continuous barley at the Pe\uffc3\uffb1aflor site, PN\uffe2\uff80\uff90BB) on soil organic carbon (SOC) storage as well as the physical protection of SOM fractions by soil aggregates in three long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term experimental sites. In both cropping systems, total SOC content was more than 30% higher in NT compared with CT in the 0\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 5\uffe2\uff80\uff90cm depth. The suppression of fallowing in the PN\uffe2\uff80\uff90BB cropping system led to a greater SOC stabilization only in NT. In all the three sites, greater proportion of water\uffe2\uff80\uff90stable macroaggregates (&gt;250 \uffce\uffbcm) was found under NT than under CT in the 0\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 5\uffe2\uff80\uff90cm depth. Macroaggregate organic C concentration (250\uffe2\uff80\uff932000 \uffce\uffbcm) was greater in NT compared with CT in the BB cropping system, but did not differ with tillage treatment in the PN\uffe2\uff80\uff90BF rotation. Greater proportion of microaggregates within macroaggregates in NT compared with CT was only found in the Agramunt site (AG). However, greater C stabilized inside these microaggregates was observed in AG, Selvanera site (SV), and PN\uffe2\uff80\uff90BB in the 0\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 5\uffe2\uff80\uff90cm depth. The results of this study demonstrate that in the semiarid Mediterranean agroecosystems of the Ebro valley, the adoption of NT together with the suppression of long\uffe2\uff80\uff90fallowing period can significantly increase the amount of SOC stabilized in the soil surface and improve soil structure and aggregation.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Soil management", "Soil organic matter", "Conservation agriculture", "No-till", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Semiarid zones", "Soil", "Agricultural ecosystems", "Soil aggregation", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Field Scale", "Conservation tillage", "Soil organic carbon (soc)", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2008.0333"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Science%20Society%20of%20America%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2136/sssaj2008.0333", "name": "item", "description": "10.2136/sssaj2008.0333", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2136/sssaj2008.0333"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3389/fpls.2017.02260", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:20:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-01-22", "description": "Agroecosystem nitrogen (N) loss produces greenhouse gases, induces eutrophication, and is costly for farmers; therefore, conservation agricultural management practices aimed at reducing N loss are increasingly adopted. However, the ecosystem consequences of these practices have not been well-studied. We quantified N loss via leaching, NH3 volatilization, N2O emissions, and N retention in plant and soil pools of corn conservation agroecosystems in Kentucky, USA. Three systems were evaluated: (1) an unfertilized, organic system with cover crops hairy vetch (Vicia villosa), winter wheat (Triticum aestivum), or a mix of the two (bi-culture); (2) an organic system with a hairy vetch cover crop employing three fertilization schemes (0 N, organic N, or a fertilizer N-credit approach); and (3) a conventional system with a winter wheat cover crop and three fertilization schemes (0 N, urea N, or organic N). In the unfertilized organic system, cover crop species affected NO3-N leaching (vetch > bi-culture > wheat) and N2O-N emissions and yield during corn growth (vetch, bi-culture > wheat). Fertilization increased soil inorganic N, gaseous N loss, N leaching, and yield in the organic vetch and conventional wheat systems. Fertilizer scheme affected the magnitude of growing season N2O-N loss in the organic vetch system (organic N > fertilizer N-credit) and the timing of loss (organic N delayed N2O-N loss vs. urea) and NO3-N leaching (urea >> organic N) in the conventional wheat system, but had no effect on yield. Cover crop selection and N fertilization techniques can reduce N leaching and greenhouse gas emissions without sacrificing yield, thereby enhancing N conservation in both organic and conventional conservation agriculture systems.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "nitrous oxide emissions", "Plant culture", "Plant Science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "SB1-1110", "conservation agriculture", "ammonia volatilization", "13. Climate action", "nitrate leaching", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "cover crops"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.02260"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Plant%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3389/fpls.2017.02260", "name": "item", "description": "10.3389/fpls.2017.02260", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3389/fpls.2017.02260"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-01-22T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/SU10030794", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:20:45Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-03-13", "title": "Assessment of Benefits of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Functions in Arable Production Systems in Europe", "description": "<p>Conventional farming (CONV) is the norm in European farming, causing adverse effects on some of the five major soil functions, viz. primary productivity, carbon sequestration and regulation, nutrient cycling and provision, water regulation and purification, and habitat for functional and intrinsic biodiversity. Conservation agriculture (CA) is an alternative to enhance soil functions. However, there is no analysis of CA benefits on the five soil functions as most studies addressed individual soil functions. The objective was to compare effects of CA and CONV practices on the five soil functions in four major environmental zones (Atlantic North, Pannonian, Continental and Mediterranean North) in Europe by applying expert scoring based on synthesis of existing literature. In each environmental zone, a team of experts scored the five soil functions due to CA and CONV treatments and median scores indicated the overall effects on five soil functions. Across the environmental zones, CONV had overall negative effects on soil functions with a median score of 0.50 whereas CA had overall positive effects with median score ranging from 0.80 to 0.83. The study proposes the need for field-based investigations, policies and subsidy support to benefit from CA adoption to enhance the five soil functions.</p>", "keywords": ["environmental zones", "330", "Conservation agriculture", "[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]", "Soil functions", "01 natural sciences", "630", "conventional farming", "Conventional farming", "zero tillage", "Biology", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "soil functions", "15. Life on land", "Environmental zones", "Zero tillage", "Chemistry", "conservation agriculture", "13. Climate action", "[SDE]Environmental Sciences", "soil function", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "soil functions; conservation agriculture; conventional farming; zero tillage; environmental zones", "Engineering sciences. Technology"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/3/794/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/SU10030794"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Sustainability", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/SU10030794", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/SU10030794", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/SU10030794"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-03-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/agronomy12020265", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:20:48Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-01-21", "title": "Slurry Acidification as a Solution to Minimize Ammonia Emissions from the Combined Application of Animal Manure and Synthetic Fertilizer in No-Tillage", "description": "<p>The combined application of manure/slurry and synthetic fertilizer (SF) might be a solution to decrease transport and application costs involving those by-products as well as enable access to them in regions where availability is low. Moreover, their joint application can potentially reduce environmental pollution, enlarge the manure benefits to more areas, and enhance the SF efficiency. However, such a strategy might result in increased ammonia emissions when applied to crop residues. Two experiments were implemented to assess ammonia emissions from stubble-covered soil fertilized with manure amended with SF. In Experiment 1 (E1), urea (U) and calcium ammonium nitrate (AN) were applied combined with dairy manure (MAN). In Experiment 2 (E2), urea was combined with acidified pig slurry (APS) and applied just after sowing (T0) or eight days later (T8). The combinations U + MAN and AN + MAN increased the ammonia emissions, while APS decreased the emissions from U, in APS + U combination, by more than 75%. Therefore, manure combined with SF applied on stubble-covered soil should not be recommended. T8 reduced ammonia emissions from U. APS enhanced the efficiency of U, being then an interesting strategy to mitigate ammonia emissions when applied on stubble-covered soil, as in no-tillage.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "acidified slurry", "crop residues", "stubble-covered soil", "S", "acidified slurry; organic-mineral fertilizer; manure; conservation agriculture; crop residues; stubble-covered soil; urea; in-season fertilization; slurry sidedressing", "Agriculture", "urea", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "6. Clean water", "organic-mineral fertilizer", "12. Responsible consumption", "conservation agriculture", "13. Climate action", "manure", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "slurry sidedressing", "in-season fertilization"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/2/265/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/2/265/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12020265"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agronomy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/agronomy12020265", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/agronomy12020265", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/agronomy12020265"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-01-20T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/agronomy14102284", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:20:48Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-10-04", "title": "Control of the Field Herbicide Dissipation by Cover Crop Mulch in Conservation Agriculture", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>The effects of mulch on the dissipation of S-metolachlor-SMOC, foramsulfuron-FORAM, and thiencarbazone-methyl-TCM and the formation of their main degradation metabolites were studied here. The herbicides were jointly applied in preemergence of maize on two separate occasions to two agricultural soils under conventional tillage (CT) and non-tillage (NT) over two wheat-maize cycles. Herbicide concentrations were determined in topsoil samples at different times after both applications, and they were fitted to kinetic models. The half-life (DT50) values for SMOC were higher under CT management than under NT (mean values: 25.6 and 7.38 days, respectively) in both soils over the two years. The faster herbicide dissipation with mulch could be because it is partially intercepted and strongly adsorbed/retained through different potential pathways, especially biodegradation, which was supported by the detection of SMOC-ESA and SMOC-OA metabolites. The mean DT50 values for FORAM (6.15 and 6.07 days, respectively) were very close for both soils under NT and CT management over the two-year experiment. The mulch had a lesser impact than for SMOC due to the former\u2019s higher water solubility and lower adsorption, with dissipation being controlled mainly by biodegradation and likely also by leaching. TCM recorded intermediate DT50 values (mean value 20.8 days) in both soils+CT in the two-year experiment compared to SMOC and FORAM. The mulch effect on TCM dissipation was observed only after the second application because the DT50 values were higher in soils+NT after the first application (mean value: 26.9 days) than after the second one (mean value: 5.9 days). The amount of soil surface covered by the mulch controlled the herbicide dissipation, and soil and herbicide properties determine their adsorption behaviour by both mulch and soils.</p></article>", "keywords": ["field dissipation", "conservation agriculture", "S-metolachlor", "Foramsulfuron", "S", "Conservation agriculture", "Field dissipation", "metabolite", "thiencarbazone-methyl", "Agriculture", "Metabolite", "foramsulfuron", "Thiencarbazone-methyl"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14102284"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agronomy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/agronomy14102284", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/agronomy14102284", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/agronomy14102284"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-10-04T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/land11010055", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:20:54Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-01-04", "title": "A Multivariate Approach to Evaluate Reduced Tillage Systems and Cover Crop Sustainability", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>The evaluation of the effects of conservation agriculture during the transition from conventional tillage to no-tillage requires numerous indicators to be considered. For this purpose, we monitored changes in a multi-parameter dataset during a three-year experiment that combined three tillage intensities (conventional tillage\u2014CT; minimum tillage\u2014MT; and no tillage\u2014NT) with three soil covering managements (tillage radish cover crop, winter wheat cover crop and bare soil). Using a multivariate analysis, we developed a Relative Sustainability Index (RSI) based on 11 physical (e.g., bulk density and penetration resistance), chemical (e.g., soil organic carbon and pH) and biological soil properties (e.g., earthworm density) to evaluate cropping systems sustainability. The RSI was most affected by tillage intensity showing higher RSI values (i.e., better performances) in reduced tillage systems. Specifically, the RSI under NT was 42% greater than that of CT and 13% greater than that of MT. Soil covering had little impact on the RSI. Among the tested parameters, the RSI was increased most by saturated hydraulic conductivity (+193%) and earthworm density (+339%) across CT and NT treatments. Our results suggest that conservation agriculture and, particularly, reduced tillage systems, have the potential to increase farm environmental and agronomic sustainability.</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "principal component analysis", "S", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "soil quality index", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "conservation agriculture", "no tillage", "minimum tillage", "scoring function", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "conservation agriculture; no tillage; minimum tillage; principal component analysis; soil quality index; scoring function"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/1/55/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.research.unipd.it/bitstream/11577/3462062/1/land-11-00055-v2.pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/1/55/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/land11010055"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Land", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/land11010055", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/land11010055", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/land11010055"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-12-31T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/land14020376", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:20:56Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2025-02-11", "title": "Optimizing Tillage and Straw Management for Improved Soil Physical Properties and Yield", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>This study investigated the impact of conventional ploughing (CT), minimum multitiller tillage (MT), and reduced loosening tillage (RT), with and without straw mulch on Fluvisol properties and crop yields in Croatia over three years (2019\u20132021). While conservation tillage practices are well studied in arid regions, our study addresses the unique challenges and benefits of these practices in humid conditions. Plots treated with straw mulch (2.75 t/ha) showed significant improvements in soil physical properties compared to bare plots. Penetration resistance (PR) decreased under 3-year mulch application in all tillage systems, with a reduction of up to 28% compared to bare plots. Water-holding capacity (WHC) was significantly higher in mulched MT (52.4%) than in bare CT (41.6%). Aggregate stability increased by 15\u201320% under mulch, with the highest stability in MT plots. Soil organic matter (SOM) peaked in mulched MT in 2021, reaching 4.5%, compared to 3.6% in bare CT. Yield results varied by crop: soybean yield was unaffected by tillage treatment but increased by 21% under mulch in MT; maize yield was highest in RT without mulch (13.95 t/ha); and spring wheat yield significantly improved in mulched MT (3.83 t/ha), compared to bare plots (1.75 t/ha). These findings highlight the synergistic benefits of non-inversion tillage and straw mulch in enhancing soil quality and crop yields, offering a sustainable management strategy for Central European agroecosystems.</p></article>", "keywords": ["soil compaction", "conservation agriculture", "S", "grain yield", "conservation tillage", "Agriculture", "soil structure"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Luka Brezinscak, Igor Bogunovic,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/land14020376"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Land", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/land14020376", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/land14020376", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/land14020376"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-02-11T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/su10030794", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:21:04Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-03-13", "title": "Assessment of Benefits of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Functions in Arable Production Systems in Europe", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Conventional farming (CONV) is the norm in European farming, causing adverse effects on some of the five major soil functions, viz. primary productivity, carbon sequestration and regulation, nutrient cycling and provision, water regulation and purification, and habitat for functional and intrinsic biodiversity. Conservation agriculture (CA) is an alternative to enhance soil functions. However, there is no analysis of CA benefits on the five soil functions as most studies addressed individual soil functions. The objective was to compare effects of CA and CONV practices on the five soil functions in four major environmental zones (Atlantic North, Pannonian, Continental and Mediterranean North) in Europe by applying expert scoring based on synthesis of existing literature. In each environmental zone, a team of experts scored the five soil functions due to CA and CONV treatments and median scores indicated the overall effects on five soil functions. Across the environmental zones, CONV had overall negative effects on soil functions with a median score of 0.50 whereas CA had overall positive effects with median score ranging from 0.80 to 0.83. The study proposes the need for field-based investigations, policies and subsidy support to benefit from CA adoption to enhance the five soil functions.</p></article>", "keywords": ["environmental zones", "330", "Conservation agriculture", "[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]", "Soil functions", "01 natural sciences", "630", "conventional farming", "Conventional farming", "zero tillage", "Biology", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "soil functions", "15. Life on land", "Environmental zones", "Zero tillage", "Chemistry", "conservation agriculture", "13. Climate action", "[SDE]Environmental Sciences", "soil function", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "soil functions; conservation agriculture; conventional farming; zero tillage; environmental zones", "Engineering sciences. Technology"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/3/794/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/su10030794"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Sustainability", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/su10030794", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/su10030794", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/su10030794"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-03-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/su12229719", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:21:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-11-23", "title": "Factors Influencing Adoption of Sustainable Farming Practices in Europe: A Systemic Review of Empirical Literature", "description": "<p>Modern practices of industrial farming, such as mineral fertilization, caused a widespread degradation of agricultural land and water bodies in Europe. Different farm management strategies exist to reduce the impact of mineral fertilization while preserving soil productivity. The aim of this paper is to provide a thorough systemic review of contemporary literature exploring factors and conditions affecting EU farmers\uffe2\uff80\uff99 adoption of sustainable farming practices. The specific focus is on widely adopted and empirically explored measures, such as organic farming, manure treatment technologies and manure fertilization, as well as soil and water conservation methods. In total, 23 peer-reviewed studies were extracted by means of Google Scholar covering the time period between 2003 and 2019. The main findings show that farmers\uffe2\uff80\uff99 environmental and economic attitudes in addition to their sources of information have a strong effect on the adoption of organic farming, although there is a lack of evidence of their impact on adopting manure treatment and conservation measures. Similarly, farmers\uffe2\uff80\uff99 age and education are found to systemically influence organic farming adoption, but not adoption of other reviewed technologies. While other factors, such as farm physical characteristics or technological attributes, may be important determinants of adoption, it is hard to recognize definite patterns of their impact across technologies given a shortage of empirical evidence. More research utilizing standardized surveys and methods of analysis is needed to formulate qualified guidelines and recommendations for policymakers.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Animal waste", "Organic farming", "Conservation agriculture", "05 social sciences", "Manure treatment", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Agricultura biol\u00f2gica", "12. Responsible consumption", "13. Climate action", ":Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Agricultura::Agricultura sostenible [\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC]", "0502 economics and business", "Agrotech", "\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Agricultura::Agricultura sostenible", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/22/9719/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229719"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Sustainability", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/su12229719", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/su12229719", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/su12229719"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-11-21T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.4067/s0718-95162012005000027", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:21:15Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-02-14", "title": "Chlorpyrifos Degradation In A Biomix: Effect Of Pre-Incubation And Water Holding Capacity", "description": "Crop productivity, soil organic carbon (SOC), fertilizer nitrogen and water use ef- ficiency (WUE) in rainfed dry area is influenced by tillage, rotation and crop resi- dues management. Field experiments were conducted during 2004-09 to study the effect of tillage, rotation and crop residues on wheat yield, nitrogen fertilizer and water use efficiency and SOC under semi-arid condition in north-west Pakistan. The treatments consisted of three rotations: i) Wheat-fallow-wheat (farmers' practice) ii) Wheat- summer legume-wheat and iii) Wheat-summer cereal-wheat with two tillage and crop residues management treatments: i) Tillage (crop residues removed) and Tillage (crop residues retained) and ii) No-tillage (crop residues removed) and No-tillage (crop residues retained). Basal doses of N 60 : P 60 (kg ha -1 ) to wheat, N 90 : to wheat as an aqueous solution in micro plot within each treatment plot. Changes in soil water storage were monitored with neutron moisture probe for calculation of WUE. The results revealed that the wheat grain and straw yield was not increased by the tillage treatment. Crop residues retention significantly enhanced the wheat grain and straw yield. Crop residues with no-tillage resulted in 520 kg ha -1 greater wheat grain yield than residues removed treatment. Similarly WUE, N yield and fertilizer N utilization by wheat was increased significantly by crop residues under no-tillage compared to the tillage treatment. Maximum N fertilizer utilization 24.1 %, 62.7 % and 38.0 % in wheat were obtained under no-tillage + residues treatment during 2006, 2007 and 2008 respectively. The SOC in surface soil (0-15 cm) was higher in wheat-fallow-wheat and wheat-legume-wheat rotation under no-tillage + residues treatment. The results showed that no-tillage + crop residues and legume based rota- tion treatment were beneficial under the rainfed (dry) conditions.", "keywords": ["soil organic carbon", "2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "conservation agriculture", "water use efficiency", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Pakistan", "Rainfed wheat", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "fertilizer N utilization", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Mohammad, W, Shah, S. M, Shehzadi, S, Shah, S. A,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-95162012005000027"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20soil%20science%20and%20plant%20nutrition", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.4067/s0718-95162012005000027", "name": "item", "description": "10.4067/s0718-95162012005000027", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.4067/s0718-95162012005000027"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.4314/wsa.v38i2.8", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-25T16:21:20Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-07-30", "title": "Infiltration And Runoff Losses Under Fallowing And Conservation Agriculture Practices On Contrasting Soils, Zimbabwe", "description": "Fallowing and conservation agriculture are sustainable farming practices that can be used for soil and water conservation. The objectives of the study were to evaluate the effects of different conservation agriculture practices on rainfall infiltration and soil and water losses across 4 sites, using simulated rainfall. The study was carried out at Domboshawa and the Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Chikwaka smallholder farming areas, 4 sites with different soil types. Conservation agriculture practices evaluated were mulch reaping (MR) and clean reaping (CR) at Domboshawa with 5% clay and the Institute of Agricultural Engineering (IAE) with 50% clay. The study also evaluated runoff losses from fallow plots subjected to no tillage (NT) and conventional tillage (CT) at ICRAF Domboshawa site (20% clay) and fallows subjected to CT in Chikwakasmallholder farming areas (4% clay). Infiltration rates were greater under conservation agriculture practices (&gt;35 mm&#183;h-1) when compared to CT (&lt;27-29 mm&#183;h-1). On fallows infiltration rates ranged from 24-35 mm&#183;h-1 when compared to &lt;15 mm&#183;h-1 in maize under CT. Runoff losses were highest under CT at both Domboshawa and IAE sites, and were 21.5 and 15% respectively, while there was no runoff under MR and CR. At the ICRAF Domboshawa site, runoff ranged between 0-31% in fallows and was 57% in maize under CT. At Chikwaka runoff in CT maize was 58%, while in fallow plots runoff ranged 37-44%. Soil losses ranged from 0.2-0.3 t&#183;ha-1 per rainfall event in maize, while in fallows, soil loss ranged from 0-0.1 t&#183;ha-1. The results showed that CT resulted in reduced infiltration rates, increased soil and water loss when compared to fallowing and conservation agriculture across different range of soils. Conservation agriculture practices and fallowing are potential sustainable cropping practices that reduce soil and water loss and increase water use efficiency.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Technology", "Economics", "Conservation agriculture", "rainfall simulations", "Production", "Agriculture-Farming", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "630", "6. 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