Science news articles about 'soil health'

... framework of a necessary transition to an agriculture that is more respectful to the environment and that harmonises crop productivity with the protection of soil health and quality in the long-term.

The health and fertility of soil in parts of England may threaten its capacity for food production in future, a new report warns.

... , fiber, feed, and bioenergy," says Hero Gollany, one of the article's authors and an ARS soil scientist. The model has great potential to be used by all land managers to guide the amount of crop ...

... loss of soil organic matter due to poor land-management practice threatens farmlands, ... increases, these materials no longer contribute to the health of the soil. Scientist have now developed a method ...

Responding to sub-Saharan Africa's soil health crisis, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture ... poor farmers, who suffer from chronically low-yielding crops largely because of degraded soils ...

... . This is bad news for vulnerable wildlife, forest productivity, soil health, water resources, and ultimately, economies. Co-author Dr. Timothy H. Tear, of The Nature ...

... Organic carbon is an important component of soil health and also influences atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. ... like Miscanthus and switchgrass start building soil carbon very, very early on," DeLucia ...

... have linked poverty in sub-Saharan Africa with poor soil health, but two new Cornell studies find that the recommended practice of applying more fertilizer may not help the poorest ...

... Aviv University's Department of Geography, his soil dipstick will help scientists, urban planners ... he says. "It's like a diagnostic device that measures soil health. Through a small hole in the surface ...

... in cereal stubbles. Minimum till cropping minimises soil disturbance and retains plant stubble from previous crops in order to promote soil health and limit erosion. Developing Crown Rot ...

... crop production in many areas of the country. Often, however, this comes at the expense of soil health in addition to accelerating the rate of climate change, according to the researchers. Twice ...