Index for refining soil health assessment through multivariate approach under diverse agro-climatic zones in the Indo-Gangetic basin of Bihar

Nath, Debabrata; Laik, Ranjan; Das, Anup; Pramanick, Biswajit; Peramaiyan, Panneerselvam; Singh, Santosh Kumar; Kumari, Vandana; Jatav, Surendra Singh; Sattar, Abdus

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173774

Science of The Total Environment

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173774

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Index for refining soil health assessment through multivariate approach under diverse agro-climatic zones in the Indo-Gangetic basin of Bihar

Debabrata Nath,

Ranjan Laik,

Anup Das

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Farming Practice Variability and Its Implications for Soil Health in Agriculture: A Review

Omer,

Szlatenyi,

Csenki

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Soil health is essential for sustainable agricultural operations, as it supports farm production and ecosystem services. The adoption of sustainable agriculture practices such as conservation tillage, cover cropping, and crop rotation provides significant benefits for both crop productivity and environmental sustainability. These practices can increase soil biodiversity, nutrient cycling, and organic matter, which increase the resilience of agroecosystems. This narrative review synthesizes the insights of the soil health practices adoption literature, with a focus on common farming practices that can improve soil health and enhance crop yields, reviewing the results of various approaches and pointing out the challenges and opportunities for implementing sustainable agriculture on a larger scale. This paper discusses the effects of various tillage and cropping system approaches on soil health, including no-till and conventional tillage systems, crop rotation, cover cropping, cultivator combinations, and fertilizer application. This study found that conservation tillage is more beneficial to soil health than conventional tillage—which is still debated among scientists and farmers—and that different tillage methods interact differently. In contrast, agricultural yields increase more with intercropping, crop rotation, and cover crops than monocropping. For maintaining soil fertility, this study shows that agricultural yields could be increased by implementing zero tillage. This review identifies the most suitable farming practices for improving soil health while boosting crop production with minimal negative impact on the soil. It also highlights the benefits of these practices in maintaining soil quality.

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Farming Practice Variability and Its Implications for Soil Health in Agriculture: A Review

Omer,

Szlatenyi,

Csenki

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Agriculture

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Index for refining soil health assessment through multivariate approach under diverse agro-climatic zones in the Indo-Gangetic basin of Bihar

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Farming Practice Variability and Its Implications for Soil Health in Agriculture: A Review

Farming Practice Variability and Its Implications for Soil Health in Agriculture: A Review

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