GIScience and Historical Cartography for Evaluating Land Use Changes and Resulting Effects on Carbon Balance by Canio Manniello, Giuseppe Cillis, Dina Statuto, Andrea Di Pasquale, Pietro Picuno

“…The final results have therefore confirmed that historical cartography within a GIS approach may decisively offer information useful for more sustainable agricultural activities, so as to reduce their negative contribution to climate change.…”
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Emerging new global soil governance structure in agrifood systems: Taking the “4 per 1,000” initiative as an example by Li Li, Li Li, Xiaojing Song, Yang Liu, Li Chai, Li Chai

“…Bandwagon of applying sustainable agricultural land management (SALM) methodology in carbon markets implies that soil-climate co-benefits get greater practical momentum with quantified trading platforms, which may stimulate potentiality if embodied in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.…”
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The Impact of Traffic-Induced Compaction on Soil Bulk Density, Soil Stress Distribution and Key Growth Indicators of Maize in North China Plain by Xianliang Wang, Jin He, Mingyue Bai, Lei Liu, Shang Gao, Kun Chen, Haiyang Zhuang

“…The traffic-induced soil compaction in the field has gradually become an important constraint to sustainable agricultural development. A field experiment was conducted to acquire the stress transmitted caused by multiple passes with different types of tractors and to investigate the impact of these stresses on soil bulk density and crop growth. …”
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The impact of intensive farming systems on groundwater availability in dryland environments: A watershed level study from Telangana, India by Bhavana Rao Kuchimanchi, Raimon Ripoll-Bosch, Fokje A. Steenstra, Renie Thomas, Simon J. Oosting

“…We, therefore, conclude that there is a need to promote agro-ecologically suitable farming strategies, improve the existing technological options and introduce new policies that reduce the over-use of water resources for sustainable agricultural production in dryland regions.…”
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Modeling the Water and Nitrogen Management Practices in Paddy Fields with HYDRUS-1D by Kaiwen Chen, Shuang’en Yu, Tao Ma, Jihui Ding, Pingru He, Yao Li, Yan Dai, Guangquan Zeng

“…The HYDRUS-1D model provides an approach for the quantitative decision-making process of sustainable agricultural water and N management.…”
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Accumulation of Heavy Metals from Battery Waste in Topsoil, Surface Water, and Garden Grown Maize at Omilende Area, Olodo, Nigeria by Adedotun Onoyinka Afolayan

“…Abstract Land pollution is a threat to sustainable agricultural development and food security in developing countries. …”
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Bibliometric Analysis of Research Literature on Soil Aggregates During 2008—2021 Based on WoS Citation Database by Hui Long, Shengyang Xiao, Yingge Shu

“…[Conclusion] Under the background of climate change, research studies on soil aggregates, organic matter, and microbial biomass are on the frontier of soil aggregate research. Sustainable agricultural development, soil health, and interdisciplinary topics will become the focus of future research.…”
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Growth-Promoting Characteristics of Fungal and Bacterial Endophytes Isolated from a Drought-Tolerant Mint Species <i>Endostemon obtusifolius</i> (E. Mey. ex Benth.) N. E. Br by Abdulazeez A. Ogbe, Shubhpriya Gupta, Wendy A. Stirk, Jeffrey F. Finnie, Johannes Van Staden

“…The results of this study demonstrate that <i>P. polymyxa</i> and <i>F. oxysporum</i> should be further investigated for their drought stress mitigation and plant growth enhancement effects as they have the potential to be developed for use in sustainable agricultural practices.…”
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Estimation of groundwater quality using an integration of water quality index, artificial intelligence methods and GIS: Case study, Central Mediterranean Region of Turkey by Sevda Taşan

“…Consequently, monitoring groundwater quality and assessing its suitability are crucial for sustainable agricultural irrigation. In this study, the suitability of groundwater for irrigation was determined by using sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), residual sodium carbonate (RSC), Kelly index (KI), percentage of sodium (Na%), magnesium ratio (MR), potential salinity (PS) and permeability index (PI). …”
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Deep Learning Forecasts of Soil Moisture: Convolutional Neural Network and Gated Recurrent Unit Models Coupled with Satellite-Derived MODIS, Observations and Synoptic-Scale Climate... by A. A. Masrur Ahmed, Ravinesh C Deo, Nawin Raj, Afshin Ghahramani, Qi Feng, Zhenliang Yin, Linshan Yang

“…Remotely sensed soil moisture forecasting through satellite-based sensors to estimate the future state of the underlying soils plays a critical role in planning and managing water resources and sustainable agricultural practices. In this paper, Deep Learning (DL) hybrid models (i.e., CEEMDAN-CNN-GRU) are designed for daily time-step surface soil moisture (SSM) forecasts, employing the gated recurrent unit (GRU), complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition with adaptive noise (CEEMDAN), and convolutional neural network (CNN). …”
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Seeking sustainable pathways for fostering agricultural transformation in peninsular India by K H Anantha, Kaushal K Garg, Cameron A Petrie, Sreenath Dixit

“…Natural resource management (NRM) interventions offer an important path to sustainable agricultural practices through increasing resource use efficiency, but true efficacy will only be achievable if these initiatives can be scaled up. …”
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Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria isolated from cultivated soils using Glycine max L. plants as bait by Denise Almeida Fonseca Fiuza, Luciana Cristina Vitorino, Cintia Faria da Silva, Natasha Taline dos Santos Trombela, Matheus Vinicius Abadia Ventura, Layara Alexandre Bessa, Edson Luiz Souchie

“…The rhizobacteria SAF9 (Brevibacillus sp.), SAF11 (Brevibacillus sp.), BRC11 (Pseudomonas fluorescens), and SAC36 (Bacillus velezensis) stood out as multifunctional and are indicated within a perspective of obtaining bioinoculants to promote plant growth directly, indirectly, or synergistically, contributing to increase the range of bio-inputs for soybean cultivation and more sustainable agricultural practices.…”
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Impacts of Incentive and Disincentive Mechanisms for Ensuring Environmentally Friendly Livestock Waste Management by Deng Yue, Apurbo Sarkar, Chen Guang

“…It may lessen land, air, and water pollution, as well as moderate ecological footprints, and aid in sustainable agricultural development, which has become one of the major concerns of the modern era. …”
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Cost of raising soil organic carbon for a quarter-century in a semi arid turkish plain: Harran Plain by Erhan Akça, Mehmet Ali Çullu, Mustafa Hakkı Aydoğdu, Günay Erpul, Gönül Aydın, Pınar Pamukçu Albers, Fatih Tufaner, Ahmet Çelik, Kamil Varınca, Uğur Zeydanlı, Melike Kuş, Mustafa Talha Gönüllü, Mehmet Reşit Sevinç, Hatice Parlakçı Doğan, Nihat Küçük

“…We attempted to reveal the price of organic carbon increase in a semi-arid region that is far from sustainable agricultural practices after irrigation in this study. …”
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Feasibility assessment of climate change adaptation options across Africa: an evidence-based review by Portia Adade Williams, Nicholas Philip Simpson, Edmond Totin, Michelle A North, Christopher H Trisos

“…Crop management, SWM, sustainable agricultural practices, agroforestry, livelihood diversification, ecosystem governance and planning, health governance and planning, infrastructure and built environment, all had moderate feasibility across three or more dimensions. …”
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Physiological and Transcriptomic Analysis of <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> Responses to Ailanthone, a Potential Bio-Herbicide by Chantz Allen Hopson, Purushothaman Natarajan, Suhas Shinde, Arjun Ojha Kshetry, Krishna Reddy Challa, Armando Pacheco Valenciana, Padma Nimmakayala, Umesh K. Reddy

“…These natural herbicides are highly important for sustainable agricultural practices. Ailanthone is the chemical responsible for the herbicidal effect of <i>Ailanthus altissima</i>, or “tree of heaven”. …”
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Monitoring groundwater potential dynamics of north-eastern Bengal Basin in Bangladesh using AHP-Machine learning approaches by Biplob Dey, Kazi Al Muqtadir Abir, Romel Ahmed, Mohammed Abdus Salam, Mohammad Redowan, Md. Danesh Miah, Muhammad Anwar Iqbal

“…Groundwater is a vital natural resource that plays a critical role in sustaining agriculture, forest ecosystems, industry, and household uses. …”
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Land suitability assessment for wheat-barley cultivation in a semi-arid region of Eastern Anatolia in Turkey by Bulut Sarğın, Siyami Karaca

“…Therefore, land suitability studies play a crucial role in determining the appropriate crops for a given area and ensuring sustainable agricultural practices. This study, conducted in Tusba District-Van, Turkey, represents a significant advancement in land suitability studies for wheat-barley cultivation. …”
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Delineation of Productive Zones in Eastern China Based on Multiple Soil Properties by Tong Tong, Shuai Mei, Chi Cao, Nebiyou Legesse, Junfeng Chang, Chunyang Ying, Youhua Ma, Qingyun Wang

“…Additionally, organic matter emerges as a key factor influencing sustainable agricultural production in this region. These results form the basis for soil managing areas outside the administrative districts of Hefei City.…”
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Effect of Biochar Application on Morpho-Physiological Traits, Yield, and Water Use Efficiency of Tomato Crop under Water Quality and Drought Stress by Abdullah Obadi, Abdulaziz Alharbi, Abdulrasoul Alomran, Abdulaziz G. Alghamdi, Ibrahim Louki, Arafat Alkhasha

“…The use of saline water under drought conditions is critical for sustainable agricultural development in arid regions. Biochar is used as a soil amendment to enhance soil properties such as water-holding capacity and the source of nutrition elements of plants. …”
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