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  2. Machine Learning in Agriculture: A Review

    Κωνσταντίνος Λιάκος, Patrizia Busato, Dimitrios Moshou, et al. · 2018 · Sensors · 3,214 citations

    Machine learning has emerged with big data technologies and high-performance computing to create new opportunities for data intensive science in the multi-disciplinary agri-technologies domain. In this paper, we present a comprehensive review of research dedicated to applications of machine learning in agricultural production systems. The works analyzed were categorized in (a) crop management, including applications on yield prediction, disease detection, weed detection crop quality, and species recognition; (b) livestock management, including applications on animal welfare and livestock production; (c) water management; and (d) soil management. The filtering and classification of the presen

  3. Heavy Metals and Pesticides Toxicity in Agricultural Soil and Plants: Ecological Risks and Human Health Implications

    Ahmed Alengebawy, Sara Taha Abdelkhalek, Sundas Rana Qureshi, et al. · 2021 · Toxics · 2,290 citations

    Environmental problems have always received immense attention from scientists. Toxicants pollution is a critical environmental concern that has posed serious threats to human health and agricultural production. Heavy metals and pesticides are top of the list of environmental toxicants endangering nature. This review focuses on the toxic effect of heavy metals (cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn)) and pesticides (insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides) adversely influencing the agricultural ecosystem (plant and soil) and human health. Furthermore, heavy metals accumulation and pesticide residues in soils and plants have been discussed in detail. In addition, the characterist

  4. Phosphate solubilizing microbes: sustainable approach for managing phosphorus deficiency in agricultural soils

    Seema B. Sharma, R. Z. Sayyed, Mrugesh Trivedi, et al. · 2013 · SpringerPlus · 2,113 citations

    Phosphorus is the second important key element after nitrogen as a mineral nutrient in terms of quantitative plant requirement. Although abundant in soils, in both organic and inorganic forms, its availability is restricted as it occurs mostly in insoluble forms. The P content in average soil is about 0.05% (w/w) but only 0.1% of the total P is available to plant because of poor solubility and its fixation in soil (Illmer and Schinner, Soil Biol Biochem 27:257-263, 1995). An adequate supply of phosphorus during early phases of plant development is important for laying down the primordia of plant reproductive parts. It plays significant role in increasing root ramification and strength thereb

  5. Nanotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture: Recent Developments, Challenges, and Perspectives

    Ram Prasad, Atanu Bhattacharyya, Quang D. Nguyen · 2017 · Frontiers in Microbiology · 1,532 citations

    Nanotechnology monitors a leading agricultural controlling process, especially by its miniature dimension. Additionally, many potential benefits such as enhancement of food quality and safety, reduction of agricultural inputs, enrichment of absorbing nanoscale nutrients from the soil, etc. allow the application of nanotechnology to be resonant encumbrance. Agriculture, food, and natural resources are a part of those challenges like sustainability, susceptibility, human health, and healthy life. The ambition of nanomaterials in agriculture is to reduce the amount of spread chemicals, minimize nutrient losses in fertilization and increased yield through pest and nutrient management. Nanotechno

  6. Soil and the intensification of agriculture for global food security

    Peter M. Kopittke, Neal W. Menzies, Peng Wang, et al. · 2019 · Environment International · 1,459 citations

    Soils are the most complex and diverse ecosystem in the world. In addition to providing humanity with 98.8% of its food, soils provide a broad range of other services, from carbon storage and greenhouse gas regulation, to flood mitigation and providing support for our sprawling cities. But soil is a finite resource, and rapid human population growth coupled with increasing consumption is placing unprecedented pressure on soils through the intensification of agricultural production - the increasing of crop yield per unit area of soil. Indeed, the human population has increased from ca. 250 million in the year 1000, to 6.1 billion in the year 2000, and is projected to reach 9.8 billion by the

  7. Nitrogen losses from the soil/plant system: a review

    Keith C. Cameron, Hong J. Di, James L. Moir · 2013 · Annals of Applied Biology · 1,398 citations

    Abstract Losses of nitrogen from the soil/plant system not only reduce soil fertility and plant yield but can also create adverse impacts on the environment. Ammonia emissions into the atmosphere contribute to acid rain and represent an indirect source of nitrous oxide greenhouse gas emissions. Nitrate leaching losses into rivers and lakes can cause eutrophication resulting in excessive growth of aquatic weeds and algae, which can reduce fish populations and the recreational value of the water. Nitrate contamination of drinking water supplies can cause health risks. Legislation that is designed to limit nitrate leaching losses from land has become a constraint on agricultural land use in man

  9. How sustainable agriculture can address the environmental and human health harms of industrial agriculture.

    Leo Horrigan, Robert S. Lawrence, Polly Walker · 2002 · Environmental Health Perspectives · 1,186 citations

    The industrial agriculture system consumes fossil fuel, water, and topsoil at unsustainable rates. It contributes to numerous forms of environmental degradation, including air and water pollution, soil depletion, diminishing biodiversity, and fish die-offs. Meat production contributes disproportionately to these problems, in part because feeding grain to livestock to produce meat--instead of feeding it directly to humans--involves a large energy loss, making animal agriculture more resource intensive than other forms of food production. The proliferation of factory-style animal agriculture creates environmental and public health concerns, including pollution from the high concentration of an

  10. Soil health in agricultural systems

    Mark Kibblewhite, Karl Ritz, M. J. Swift · 2007 · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1,129 citations

    Soil health is presented as an integrative property that reflects the capacity of soil to respond to agricultural intervention, so that it continues to support both the agricultural production and the provision of other ecosystem services. The major challenge within sustainable soil management is to conserve ecosystem service delivery while optimizing agricultural yields. It is proposed that soil health is dependent on the maintenance of four major functions: carbon transformations; nutrient cycles; soil structure maintenance; and the regulation of pests and diseases. Each of these functions is manifested as an aggregate of a variety of biological processes provided by a diversity of interac

  11. Soil Health and Sustainable Agriculture

    Monther Mohumad Tahat, Kholoud M. Alananbeh, Yahia A. Othman, et al. · 2020 · Sustainability · 690 citations

    A healthy soil acts as a dynamic living system that delivers multiple ecosystem services, such as sustaining water quality and plant productivity, controlling soil nutrient recycling decomposition, and removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Soil health is closely associated with sustainable agriculture, because soil microorganism diversity and activity are the main components of soil health. Agricultural sustainability is defined as the ability of a crop production system to continuously produce food without environmental degradation. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), cyanobacteria, and beneficial nematodes enhance water use efficiency and nutrient availability to plants, phytohorm

  13. Conservation agriculture improves soil health and sustains crop yields after long-term warming

    Jialing Teng, Ruixing Hou, Jennifer A. J. Dungait, et al. · 2024 · Nature Communications · 133 citations

    Climate warming threatens global food security by exacerbating pressures on degraded soils under intensive crop production. Conservation agriculture is promoted as a sustainable solution that improves soil health and sustains crop yields in a changing climate, but these benefits may be affected by long-term warming. Here, we investigate the effects of conservation agriculture compared to conventional agriculture on 17 soil properties, microbial diversity and crop yields, during eight-years' experimental warming. An overall positive effect of warming on soil health over time under conservation agriculture is characterized by linear increases in soil organic carbon and microbial biomass carbon

  19. Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture: A Retrospective Analysis for Soil Health Improvement

    Srinivas Katherasala · 2025 · SAARC Journal of Agriculture · 3 citations

    Gaining insight into farmers' viewpoints is essential for attaining Sustainable Development Goals in agriculture. By actively involving farmers and integrating their perspectives, it is possible to foster novel strategies that enhance soil quality and bolster the agricultural ecosystem. It is possible to improve soil health and reduce reliance on outside inputs by using regenerative farming methods that are based on agroecological principles and precision farming technologies. Engaging in collaboration with researchers, policymakers, and agricultural communities is crucial to jointly developing creative artificial intelligence (AI), which has the potential to enhance economic expansion, redu

  21. Biofertilizers: A Sustainable Solution for Enhanced Crop Yield and Soil Health in Modern Agriculture

    Ananya Giri, Ravi Verma, Swati Mehta · 2025 · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2 citations

    The global demand for food production requires an enhancement in crop yield to meet the needs of the increasing population. However, soil degradation due to intensive agricultural practices, such as using pesticides and chemical fertilizers, poses a significant challenge to sustainable food production. Soil health and plant productivity are intricately linked to interactions among plants, soil, and microorganisms. Biofertilizers, containing living or dormant microorganisms, have emerged as a promising solution to enhance soil microbial status, stimulate natural soil microbiota, and improve nutrient accessibility and decomposition of organic matter. This review provide a comprehensive overvie

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