Soil Fertility Management, Mitigating GHG Emissions and Sustainable Agriculture
A special issue of Soil Systems (ISSN 2571-8789).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 38046
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nutrient management; fertilizers and environment; GHG emissions; C and N cycling; nitrogen-use efficiency; balanced fertilization; integrated soil fertility management
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Dear Colleagues,
Soil fertility management plays a critical role in the sustainable improvement of crop productivity, and reducing environmental pollution including mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. With increasing cropping intensity coupled with inappropriate application of fertilizers and organic inputs, soil fertility is in a declining trend, particularly in most developing countries in Asia and Africa. Most farmers’ use of fertilizer is imbalanced (excessive use of nitrogen and low or no use of secondary and micronutrients), leading to the mining of nutrients from soils. This results in lower crop productivity, posing a challenge to meeting an increasing global food demand. Inefficient fertilizer application has not only reduced farm profits but also increased GHG emissions from soils. Therefore, it is important to identify sustainable strategies to improve soil fertility and fertilizer use efficiency by increasing plant nutrient uptake and reducing their losses to the environment.
Authors are invited to submit their work on sustainable strategies to improve soil fertility through efficient management of fertilizers, including the use of enhanced efficiency fertilizers, balanced fertilization, adoption of 4Rs (right source, right rate, right time, and right placement) of nutrient stewardship approaches, management of soil organic matter, mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, and improved crop productivity.
Dr. Yam Kanta Gaihre
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- soil fertility
- fertilizer management
- balanced fertilization
- nitrogen use efficiency
- mitigating GHG emissions
- improving crop productivity
- environmental pollution