Soil Improving Cropping Systems for Sustainable and Profitable Farming in Europe

• Awduron Eraill: Wyseure, Guido (Golygydd), Cuevas González, Julián (Golygydd), Poesen, Jean (Golygydd)
• Fformat: Electronig Pennod Llyfr
• Iaith: Saesneg
• Cyhoeddwyd: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Pynciau: Research & information: general; Environmental economics; soil quality assessment; sewage sludge; long-term effect; Mediterranean soils; soil erosion; soil-improving crop systems; sustainable land management; sustainable agriculture; soil improving practices; crop response; weather conditions; Podzol soil; Bland-Altman statistics; soil organic carbon; soil-water content; no-till; reduced tillage; manure; compost; soil care; nitrous oxide; N2O; carbon dioxide; CO2; greenhouse gas; compaction; earthworms; direct drilling; bulk density; conservation agriculture; no tillage; minimum tillage; principal component analysis; soil quality index; scoring function; deliberative democracy; q-methodology; regenerative agriculture; soil conservation; Pisum sativum L.; organic manure; NPK; pH; SOM; macronutrients; nutrient content; degree of compaction; soil penetration resistance; relative normalised density; air-filled porosity; tillage; straw incorporation; bio-drilling crops; subsoiling; crop productivity; crop residue; crop rotation; crop yield; environmental effects; irrigation; nutrient management; resource use; soil-improving cropping systems; soil quality; agriculture; sustainability frameworks; socio-economic and environmental indicators; soil land management; agricultural advisory services; soil health; governance; agricultural advisers; sustainable soil management; soil policy; advice; compacted subsoils; mechanized agriculture; smallholder agriculture; soil bulk density; sustainability framework; overall sustainability; costs and benefits; cover crops; adoption; crop management; environmental dimension; sociocultural dimension; economic dimension; large-scale modelling; Europe; SOC stocks; scenarios
• Mynediad Ar-lein: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

A major challenge for the future is combining both the profitability and sustainability of agriculture. The European H2020 project SoilCare aims to identify, test, and evaluate soil-improving cropping systems (SICS) which contribute to the implementation of agricultural solutions across Europe (See:...