Soil Fertility Management, Mitigating GHG Emissions and Sustainable Agriculture: 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue follows the publication of the first edition of “Soil Fertility Management, Mitigating GHG Emissions and Sustainable Agriculture”.

Soil fertility management plays a critical role in the sustainable improvement of crop productivity and in reducing environmental pollution, including the mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. With the increasing cropping intensity, coupled with the inappropriate application of fertilizers and organic inputs, soil fertility is showing a declining trend, particularly in most developing countries in Asia and Africa. Most farmers’ use of fertilizer is imbalanced (an excessive use of nitrogen and low or no use of secondary nutrients and micronutrients), leading to the mining of nutrients from soils. This results in imbalances in the nutrients in soils and lower crop productivity, posing a challenge with regard to meeting an increasing global food demand. Soil fertility can be improved using a range of soil, crop, and fertilizer management practices. Inefficient fertilizer applications have not only increased fertilizer wastage and reduced farm profits but also increased environmental pollutions, including GHG emissions from soils. Therefore, it is important to identify sustainable strategies to improve soil fertility and improve fertilizer use efficiency by increasing plant nutrient uptake and reducing nutrient loss to the environment.

Authors are invited to submit their work on sustainable strategies to improve soil fertility through the efficient management of fertilizers, including the use of enhanced efficiency fertilizers, balanced fertilization, the adoption of the 4Rs (right source, right rate, right time, and right placement) of nutrient stewardship approaches, the management of soil organic matter, the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, and improved crop productivity.

Dr. Yam Kanta Gaihre
Guest Editor

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• soil fertility
• fertilizer management
• balanced fertilization
• nitrogen-use efficiency
• mitigating GHG emissions
• improving crop productivity
• environmental pollution