Plant Rhizospheres Harbour Specific Fungal Groups and Form a Stable Co-Occurrence Pattern in the Saline-Alkali Soil by Zhen Liu, Jing Li, Ruixing Hou, Yitao Zhang, Huarui Gong, Yanfei Sun, Zhu Ouyang, Zhigang Sun

“…Soil salinisation has been considered a substantial ecosystem issue with negative effects on sustainable agricultural practices. Practices of vegetation restoration are widely conducted for coping with saline soil degradation, especially in saline-alkali abandoned farmland. …”
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Energy potentials and water requirements from perennial grasses on abandoned land in the former Soviet Union by Jan Sandstad Næss, Cristina Maria Iordan, Helene Muri, Francesco Cherubini

“…We integrate a regional land cover dataset tailored towards cropland abandonment, an agro-ecological crop yield model, and a dataset of sustainable agricultural irrigation expansion potentials to quantify bioenergy potentials and water requirements on abandoned land in the fSU. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Weed–Crop Recognition for Smart Agricultural Equipment: A Review by Hao-Ran Qu, Wen-Hao Su

“…By marrying cutting-edge technology with sustainable agricultural practices, the adoption of intelligent equipment presents a promising path toward efficient and eco-friendly weed management in modern agriculture.…”
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Fostering nanoscience’s strategies: A new frontier in sustainable crop improvement for abiotic stress tolerance by Biswajit Mohapatra, Shivangi Chamoli, Prafull Salvi, Saurabh C. Saxena

“…Advanced nano-engineering is a convenient technology to attain food security and ensure sustainable agricultural yield and productivity. In addition to addressing the yield barrier, the application of nanoscience emphasizes its potential through innovations such as precision farming, site-targeted delivery of agrochemicals, disease control, and mitigation of environmental stresses in plants. …”
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Attitude of Rural Youths towards Family Farming in Dass, Bauchi State, Nigeria and the Implications for Policy by Y M Abdullahi, A S Gidado, S A Jibril

“…The Dass scenario was found to be unique and amenable to sustainable agricultural and community development. A key policy implication of the situation was the need to harness these assets of the youths’ towards empowering them, through appropriate…”
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Determining the optimal application rate of chicken manure for agricultural land through Phosphorus sorption-desorption analyses in Andisols of Wonokitri, East Java, Indonesia by Muhammad Yussaq Noor, Arief Hartono, Budi Nugroho

“…Therefore, CM20 was recommended to increase P availability and prevent P movement into water bodies, promoting sustainable agricultural practices.…”
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Nanosized Calcium Phosphates as Novel Macronutrient Nano-Fertilizers by Francisco J. Carmona, Antonietta Guagliardi, Norberto Masciocchi

“…The need for qualitatively and quantitatively enhanced food production, necessary for feeding a progressively increasing World population, requires the adoption of new and sustainable agricultural protocols. Among them, limiting the waste of fertilizers in the environment has become a global target. …”
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A Roadmap for Sustainable Disease, Pest, and Weed Management by Frank Yeboah Adusei, Mavis Afriyie Adusei, Benjamin Lartey

“…Effective disease, pest, and weed control are essential for achieving sustainable agricultural practices. The ever-growing global population, coupled with the increasing demand for food, poses a significant challenge to agriculture systems globally. …”
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Soya Yield Prediction on a Within-Field Scale Using Machine Learning Models Trained on Sentinel-2 and Soil Data by Branislav Pejak, Predrag Lugonja, Aleksandar Antić, Marko Panić, Miloš Pandžić, Emmanouil Alexakis, Philip Mavrepis, Naweiluo Zhou, Oskar Marko, Vladimir Crnojević

“…Assessing crop yields is key to optimising on-field decisions and defining sustainable agricultural strategies. Remote sensing applications have greatly enhanced our ability to monitor and manage farming operation. …”
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The Relationship between Core Rhizosphere Taxa and Peanut Nodulation Capacity under Different Cover Crop Amendments by Ke Leng, Jia Liu, Guilong Li, Ping Wang, Panling Zhou, Mingzhu Sun, Kailou Liu, Jinyi Zhang, Tingting Ma, Xingjia Xiang

“…Adequate exploitation of legume–rhizobia symbiosis for nitrogen fixation may help to alleviate the overuse of chemical nitrogen fertilizer and aid in sustainable agricultural development. However, controlling this beneficial interaction requires thorough characterization of the effects of soil rhizosphere microorganisms, especially core taxa, on the legume–rhizobia symbiosis. …”
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Experience of farmers using mobile phone for farming information flow in Boro rice production: A case of Eastern Gangetic Plain by Babor Ahmad, Md Abdur Rouf Sarkar, Fahima Khanom, Rozina Yeasmin Lucky, Mou Rani Sarker, Md Golam Rabbani, Shraboni Rani Rani Ray, Md Naimur Rahman, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker

“…It seeks to thoroughly investigate its potential impact on Boro rice production, contributing to well-informed policy interventions and promoting sustainable agricultural development in the Eastern Gangetic Plain.…”
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Pollution Characteristics, Spatial Distribution, and Evaluation of Heavy Metal(loid)s in Farmland Soils in a Typical Mountainous Hilly Area in China by Guohui Shen, Xin Ru, Yanting Gu, Wei Liu, Kunzhen Wang, Baiyi Li, Yanzhi Guo, Juan Han

“…Accurate understanding and evaluation of heavy metal pollution levels in the soil are very important for sustainable agricultural development and food safety. Mountainous and hilly areas have the dual functions of industrial development and agricultural production, and the farmland soil in these areas is more susceptible to heavy metal pollution. …”
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Effects of rural-urban youth migration on farm families in Benue state, Nigeria by E.N. Mbah

“…The study recommends that Nigerian government should provide adequate physical and social infrastructure in rural areas in order to encourage youths to remain in agriculture, reduce rural-urban youth migration as well as sustain agriculture for enhanced food security.…”
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Satellite-Based Monitoring of Growing Agricultural Water Consumption in Hyper-Arid Regions by Ashkan Ebrahimivand, Farhad Hooshyaripor, Salar Rezaei-Gharehaghaj, Sahand Razi, Mohammad Milad Salamttalab, Mahdi Kolahi, Roohollah Noori

“…Our findings send an alarming message for policymakers to reduce the water demand through sustainable agricultural practices in the Qom province, where the agricultural sector uses approximately 90% of annual water demand.…”
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Transcriptomic and physiological analyses unravel the effect and mechanism of halosulfuron-methyl on the symbiosis between rhizobium and soybean by Yuanfu Li, Huan Yu, Li Liu, Yanmei Liu, Lulu Huang, Huihua Tan

“…Soybean–rhizobium symbiotic nitrogen fixation is crucial for sustainable agricultural development and ecological environment health. …”
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Scaffolding collective agency curriculum within food-systems education programs by Nicholas R. Jordan, Will Valley, Dennis Donovan, Daniel J. Clegg, Julie Grossman, Natalie Hunt, Thomas Michaels, Hikaru Peterson, Mary A. Rogers, Amanda Sames, Mary Stein

“…These challenges include maintaining sustainable agricultural production and meeting nutritional needs of a growing population while protecting the climate, wildlife, soil, air and water quality, and enhancing equity, inclusion and justice for those who work in or engage with these systems. …”
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Chinese organic rice transition spatial econometrics empirical analysis. by Zhuo Luo, Yongxin Huang

“…With the acceleration of urbanization, the increase of organic rice planting area shows the trend of organic rice gradually replacing traditional rice cultivation, further highlighting the potential of organic agriculture in emission reduction, environmental protection and sustainable agricultural production. To this end, it is recommended that the Government implement a diversified support strategy to encourage technological innovation, provide guidance and training, and raise public awareness and demand for organic products. …”
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Aspirations, ambitions and the adoption of diverse fruit trees – a case study of the livelihood effects in Kenya by Luzia Deißler, Kai Mausch, Ulrike Grote, Alice Karanja, Stepha McMullin

“…Yet, the adoption of already existing sustainable agricultural practices such as agroforestry often remains low. …”
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Development Potential of Integrated Farming System (Local Cattle - Food Crops) by Femi Hadidjah Elly, Agustinus Lomboan, Charles L. Kaunang, Meiske Rundengan, Zulkifli Poli, Syarifuddin Syarifuddin

“…The corn-cattle farming integration system can minimize environmental pollution because it enables the concept of LEISA (Low External Input Sustainability Agriculture).…”
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The Effect of <i>Rhizophagus irregularis</i>, <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> and Water Regime on the Plant–Microbial Soil System: The Case of <i>Lactuca sativa</i> by Charitini Nikolaidou, Nikolaos Monokrousos, Pantelitsa D. Kapagianni, Michael Orfanoudakis, Triantafyllia Dermitzoglou, Efimia M. Papatheodorou

“…Inoculation with beneficial microbes represents a promising solution for sustainable agricultural production; however, knowledge on the effects of inoculants on the indigenous microbial communities remains limited. …”
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