15. -- No-till farming for managing soil organic matter in semi-arid, temperate regions: synergies, tradeoffs, and knowledge gaps. 2. -- Conservation agriculture: carbon and conservation centered foundation for sustainable production -- 3. -- Relating soil organic carbon fractions to crop yield and quality with cover crops -- 4. -- Global spread of conservation agriculture for enhancing soil organic matter, soil health, productivity and ecosystem services -- 5. -- The effects of soil organic matter and organic resource management on maize productivity and fertilizer use efficiencies in Africa -- 6. -- Cover cropping for managing soil organic carbon content -- 7. -- Fertilizer use in the North China plains for improving soil organic matter content and crop yield -- 8. -- Managing rainfed rice farms for improving soil health and advancing food security: a meta-analysis -- 9. -- Soil organic matter: bioavailability and bio-fortification of essential micronutrients -- 10. -- Raising soil organic matter to improve productivity and nutritional quality of food crops in India -- 11. -- Role of legumes in managing soil organic matter and improving crop yield -- 12. -- Managing soil organic carbon in crop lands of the Eastern Himalayas, India -- 13. -- Soil organic carbon restoration in India: programs, policies, and thrust areas -- 14. -- No-tillage farming in Maghreb Region: enhancing agricultural productivity and sequestrating carbon in soils -- 15. -- No-till farming for managing soil organic matter in semi-arid, temperate regions: synergies, tradeoffs, and knowledge gaps.
Summary:
"Soil organic matter (SOM) is the primary determinant of soil functionality and is a source of numerous ecosystem services critical to human well-being and nature conservancy. This volume of Advances in Soil Sciences presents impacts of land use and soil management on soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics and discusses how conservation through restorative land use and adoption of recommended management practices to create a positive soil-ecosystem carbon budget can increase carbon stock and soil health"-- Provided by publisher.
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