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Sisay A. Belay, Tewodros T. Assefa, Abeyou W. Worqlul, Tammo S. Steenhuis, Petra Schmitter, Manuel R. Reyes, P. V. Vara Prasad and Seifu A. Tilahun
Agriculture in Africa is adversely affected by the loss of soil fertility. Conservation agriculture (CA) was introduced to curb the loss of soil fertility and water shortages and improve crop productivity. However, information on how CA practices enhance...
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Yadira Vargas, William Viera, Alejandra Díaz, Leider Tinoco, Julio Macas, Carlos Caicedo, Marcelo Almeida and Wilson Vásquez-Castillo
Agroforestry systems allow conservation of natural resources and promotion of sustainable agriculture in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Nevertheless, the benefit of the associated species that are part of these production systems needs to be demonstrated. The ai...
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Xihua Wang, Shunqing Jia, Zejun Liu and Boyang Mao
Nitrate pollution in groundwater has become a global concern for agriculture and regional ecology. However, tracing the spatiotemporal groundwater nitrate pollution sources, calculating the total nitrogen loading, and assessing contamination at the water...
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Nitin Kaushal, Suresh Babu, Arjit Mishra, Rajesh Bajpai, Phanish Kumar Sinha, Rama Kant Arya, David Tickner and Conor Linstead
The pressure on freshwater resources is leading to diminishing flows in some of the critical river systems across the globe. India is no exception, and this is mainly because of water withdrawal for irrigation, which is often to the tune of 70% to 80% of...
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Richard E. Lizotte, Peter C. Smiley, Robert B. Gillespie and Scott S. Knight
Conservation agriculture practices (CAs) have been internationally promoted and used for decades to enhance soil health and mitigate soil loss. An additional benefit of CAs has been mitigation of agricultural runoff impacts on aquatic ecosystems. Countri...
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