Review: Soil management in mitigating the adverse effects of climate change
Emission of Green House Gases (GHGs) from various sources into the atmosphere causes rise in air temperature. This addition of GHGs has a great impact on the environment. Among the GHGs, carbon dioxide (CO2) is the major contributor. A variety of options exists for mitigation of GHGs emissions in ag...
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| author | Aman Ullah BhattI Muhammad Mumtaz Khan |
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| description | Emission of Green House Gases (GHGs) from various sources into the atmosphere causes rise in air temperature. This addition of GHGs has a great impact on the environment. Among the GHGs, carbon dioxide (CO2) is the major contributor. A variety of options exists for mitigation of GHGs emissions in agriculture. The most prominent options are improved soil management practices viz. integrated plant nutrient management, precision agriculture (variable rate fertilizer technology), use of nitrification inhibitors, crop residue management, moisture restoration and restoration of crop productivity of degraded lands, which increase crop production per unit area, enhancing crop production and withdraw atmospheric CO2 through enhanced photosynthesis. This paper shows that such improved soil management practices can restore the crop productivity of marginal lands and purify the air by withdrawing atmospheric CO2. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e582bc53883d44c3a6f93191406c87ae2022-12-22T02:06:43ZengSoil Science Society of Pakistan (SSSP)Soil & Environment2074-95462075-11412012-05-01311110Review: Soil management in mitigating the adverse effects of climate changeAman Ullah BhattIMuhammad Mumtaz KhanEmission of Green House Gases (GHGs) from various sources into the atmosphere causes rise in air temperature. This addition of GHGs has a great impact on the environment. Among the GHGs, carbon dioxide (CO2) is the major contributor. A variety of options exists for mitigation of GHGs emissions in agriculture. The most prominent options are improved soil management practices viz. integrated plant nutrient management, precision agriculture (variable rate fertilizer technology), use of nitrification inhibitors, crop residue management, moisture restoration and restoration of crop productivity of degraded lands, which increase crop production per unit area, enhancing crop production and withdraw atmospheric CO2 through enhanced photosynthesis. This paper shows that such improved soil management practices can restore the crop productivity of marginal lands and purify the air by withdrawing atmospheric CO2.http://www.se.org.pk/File-Download.aspx?publishedid=252Mitigatingclimate changeGHGsatmospheretemperature |
| spellingShingle | Aman Ullah BhattI Muhammad Mumtaz Khan Review: Soil management in mitigating the adverse effects of climate change Soil & Environment Mitigating climate change GHGs atmosphere temperature |
| title | Review: Soil management in mitigating the adverse effects of climate change |
| title_full | Review: Soil management in mitigating the adverse effects of climate change |
| title_fullStr | Review: Soil management in mitigating the adverse effects of climate change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Review: Soil management in mitigating the adverse effects of climate change |
| title_short | Review: Soil management in mitigating the adverse effects of climate change |
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| topic | Mitigating climate change GHGs atmosphere temperature |
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