Agroecological Approaches for Soil Health and Water Management

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: agriculture landscape; agroforestry; alfalfa; alternative water source; bacteria; biochar; Biology, life sciences; carbon; carbon footprint; chemico-physical properties; chlorophyll content of citrus; circular agriculture; climate change; conservation agriculture; denitrification decomposition (DNDC); diatoms; ecological ditch; Europe; evaluation of soil and water conservation; fertilization; food security; forage crops; forage nutritive value; fungi; grazing systems; hydrogel; isotopic signature; land use change; landscape position; macronutrient; maize equivalent yield; Mathematics and Science; metataxonomic assays; microarthropods; multi-objective linear programming; Mustang; N2O fluxes; natural abundance; nitrate leaching; nitrogen; nitrous oxide; North Africa; nutrient deficiency; nutrient loss; nutrient retention; nutrient sourcing; nutrient uptake; oat; organic agriculture; paddy field; permanganate oxidizable carbon; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; regenerative agriculture; relative feed value; Research and information: general; runoff; simulated rainfall events; site-specific nutrient management; slope; socio-economics benefits; sodium adsorption ratio; soil biodiversity; soil conservation; soil denudation; soil health indicators; soil loss; soil microbial biomass; soil microbiome; soil organic carbon; soil organic matter; soil properties; soil quality; soil resilience; strip-intercropping; structure optimization; subtropical region; sustainability; sustainable agriculture; sustainable environment; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes; terraces; tillage; water and sediment process; water conservation; water use efficiency

In the last century, innovations in agricultural technologies centered on maximizing food production to feed the growing population have contributed to significant changes in agroecosystem processes, including carbon, nutrients, and water cycling. There are growing concerns regarding soil fertility...