Sustainable Technologies for Improving Soil, Crop, and Environment Quality in Changing Climate
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil Conservation and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 April 2023) | Viewed by 4410
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil microbiology; soil fertility; soil pollution; climate change; biochar research
Interests: soil microbial biomass and biochemical parameters as an indicator of changes in soil ecosystem; role of soil microbial biomass and its associated pool of nutrients in plant nutrition; improving phosphorus use efficiency in soil–plant system through stimulation of soil microbial activity; recycling of organic wastes and nutrients release to crop plants
Interests: transboundary river basin management; hydrological modelling; remote sensing; precision agriculture
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the face of climate change, crop production for food security is the most difficult challenge because agriculture is both the cause and the solution to the climate change problem. Due to the phenomenon of climate change, agriculture and farm produce is vulnerable to the effects of global warming. Furthermore, international research has confirmed that abrupt climate changes endanger not only food security, but also environmental quality and farming's future. Although there is no choice but to adapt to climate change, cooperation in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and soil and water pollution from agricultural fields is necessary. This concept has numerous implications for agricultural strategies, farm practices and technologies, soil and water conservation approaches, crop responses to soil and water pollutions, crop development for climate resilience, and contributions to the global economy. In recent decades, significant progress has been achieved in the field of technologies, procedures, and practices for the long-term improvement of soil, crop, and environmental quality, but the effort to generate knowledge to solve the problem pales in comparison to its magnitude. As a result, climate-smart agriculture is critical for agricultural and environmental sustainability. This Special Issue focuses on the development and application of novel technologies for climate change mitigation strategies and sustainable agriculture in order to ensure global food security. Scientists from relevant backgrounds can present their innovative technologies to make them a reality by submitting research work regarding novel approaches for the efficient management of soil and water resources, precision agriculture, crop and environment protection, and other activities that can synergize with one another and with many other activities to transform agriculture and the environment in a changing climate.
Dr. Qaiser Hussain
Prof. Dr. Khalid Saifullah Khan
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema
Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- soil and water resource management
- precision agriculture
- plant protection
- environmental quality
- innovative technologies
