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Camels as a Climate‐Resilient Linchpin for Sustainable Development in Global Drylands

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Camels represent a significant, yet underutilized, asset for advancing integrated sustainable development in the world's expanding drylands. Previous reviews have examined camels' physiology, milk composition, or pastoral systems in isolation; this review examines their potential as a climate‐resilient linchpin for food systems by synthesizing
Ayana Angassa, Minyahel Tilahun, Solomon G. Tesfamichael   +2 more
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Assessing cropping systems and mustard varieties for enhanced system yield and profitability: strategies for climate resilience in arid Western Rajasthan

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
ContextMustard (Brassica juncea L.) is a major oilseed crop in India, particularly suited to arid and semi-arid regions like Rajasthan, where low soil fertility, erratic rainfall, and limited irrigation resources constrain productivity.
Madan Lal Reager, Bhagwat Singh Kherawat, Sandeep Gawdiya, Naval Kishor, Hanuman Singh Jatav, Richa Pant, Kiran Kumari, Prahlad Ram Raiger, Anirudh Choudhary, Mohamed A. Mattar, Ali Salem   +10 more
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Public Willingness to Pay for Regenerative Agriculture: Socioeconomic Drivers and Perception of Ecosystem Services

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural intensification is a key driver of soil erosion, biodiversity loss, and the progressive degradation of ecosystems, increasing the urgency for transformative agricultural models. Regenerative agriculture (RA) has emerged as a promising solution by integrating ecological principles with long‐term economic viability to restore ...
Beatriz Salazar‐Gálvez, Yolanda Sorroche‐del‐Rey, Laura Piedra‐Muñoz, Pedro A. Aguilera   +3 more
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Diversified cropping systems for sustainable intensification of dryland family farming

, 2021
This video documentary highlights ICARDA’s research and delivery efforts for diversifying the existing mono-cropping cropping system in drylands. Diversifying the cropping system improves crop productivity, nutrition security, soil health, biodiversity ...
Devkota Wasti, Mina Kumari
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Degradable versus inert microplastics: Effects on soil organic carbon persistence via microbial drivers in an agroecosystem

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Microplastics (MPs) are widespread in terrestrial ecosystems, raising global concerns that they may disrupt soil organic carbon (SOC) cycling and undermine agroecosystem contributions to climate mitigation.
Meng‐Ying Li, Wei Wang, Yue Ma, Jia‐Yao Yang, Shu‐Tong Liu, Xiao‐Bin Xiong, Tingting Zhao, Yuanze Sun, Saddam Saqib, Muhammd Ashraf, Matthias C. Rillig, You‐Cai Xiong   +11 more
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Synergies and trade‐offs between ecosystem services and economics in dryland cover crop systems

Ecosphere
Replacing bare fallow periods with cover crops in dryland agroecosystems can help reverse soil degradation and control erosion but may also result in cash crop yield penalties due to water limitations.
Lisa Eash, Kathleen Russell, Abdel F. Berrada, Meagan E. Schipanski, Pankaj Trivedi, Daniel Mooney, Jenny Beiermann, Joe Brummer, Steven J. Fonte   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long-term no-till: A major driver of fungal communities in dryland wheat cropping systems.

PLoS ONE, 2017
In the dryland Pacific Northwest wheat cropping systems, no-till is becoming more prevalent as a way to reduce soil erosion and fuel inputs. Tillage can have a profound effect on microbial communities and soilborne fungal pathogens, such as Rhizoctonia ...
Dipak Sharma-Poudyal, Daniel Schlatter, Chuntao Yin, Scot Hulbert, Timothy Paulitz   +4 more
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Misalignment in Carbon Credit Programmes: Insights From Producer Preferences for Cover Crop and No‐Till Contracts

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the factors influencing producer adoption of cover cropping and no‐till farming, two key carbon sequestration practices, within the context of voluntary carbon credit programmes (CCPs) in Kansas. Using a mixed‐methods survey that combines discrete choice experiments with farm‐level data from 370 producers, we estimate ...
Grant Edward Gardner, Gabriel S. Sampson, Shuoli Zhao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of Dryland Cropping Systems on Ground Beetle Communities (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Northern Great Plains. [PDF]

J Insect Sci, 2021
DuPre ME, Weaver DK, Seipel TF, Menalled FD.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Russian wheat aphid: a model for genomic plasticity and a challenge to breeders

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Invasive foundress finds suitable habitat and reproduces through pathogenesis. Wingless females produce life offspring quickly, which leads to high population densities. High population densities result in competition, which may induce epigenetic changes and wing development for dispersal.
Astrid Jankielsohn, Vicky L. Tolmay, Marlon‐Schylor Luke le Roux, Lintle Mohase, Mpho S. Mafa, Vittorio F. Nicolis, Eduard Venter, Nicolaas Francois Visser Burger, Anna‐Maria Botha   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source