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{"title":"Diversity, adoption and performances of inter-row management practices in immature rubber plantations. A review","authors":"Charlotte Simon,&nbsp;Alexis Thoumazeau,&nbsp;Bénédicte Chambon,&nbsp;Kannika Sajjaphan,&nbsp;Aurélie Metay","doi":"10.1007/s13593-024-00944-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13593-024-00944-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Perennial cropping systems begin their cycles with a pluriannual immature period. Appropriate management, including the inter-rows, is essential for the long-term viability, and productivity of the plantation while reducing the length of the unproductive period. Despite its significant economic and environmental impacts, the immature period is still poorly characterized and rarely included in the assessment of perennial cropping systems sustainability. Rubber plantations are an interesting case, as a major perennial system in the tropics. Here we conducted a systematic review to identify (1) management practices in inter-rows of immature rubber plantations; (2) the variables used in the literature to analyze the adoption drivers of these practices and to assess their effects on plantation functionalities and performances; and (3) the main effects of diversification practices on plantation functionalities and performances. The major results showed that (1) different inter-row management practices, including a diversity of crops, are possible during the immature period; (2) adoption of diversification practices is driven by few global factors but mostly depends on the specific socio-economic and agroecological context; (3) diversification practices are usually assessed with respect to agronomic and economic performances, and their impacts are generally positive. We identified missing knowledge required for a comprehensive view on current inter-row management practices in immature rubber plantations. First, technical operations should be included in the characterization and assessment of inter-row management practices. Second, a multicriteria assessment framework is required to cover all the sustainability dimensions to guarantee the diffusion of more performant management practices. In order to include the diversity of perceptions of sustainability in rubber plantations, this multicriteria assessment should be based on relevant criteria that combine farmers’ and scientists’ points of view. Detailed characterization of current immature rubber plantations merged with multicriteria assessment will be essential for the design of more sustainable rubber tree cropping systems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7721,"journal":{"name":"Agronomy for Sustainable Development","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139745348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Distribution of pesticides in agroecosystem food webs differ among trophic groups and between annual and perennial crops","authors":"Radek Michalko,&nbsp;Luboš Purchart,&nbsp;Jakub Hofman,&nbsp;Ondřej Košulič","doi":"10.1007/s13593-024-00950-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13593-024-00950-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Pesticides threaten biodiversity, but we know little about how they permeate food webs. Few studies have investigated the number, concentration, and composition of pesticides in agroecosystem food webs even though agroecosystems cover one-third of Earth’s land area. We conducted a pioneering study on the distribution of pesticides across local (i.e., on farm) and meta food webs (i.e., regional pool of local food webs) within both perennial (<i>N</i> = 8) and annual crops (<i>N</i> = 11), examining four trophic groups—soil (primary resource), plants (primary producers), rodents (herbivores), and spiders (predators)—for the presence of multiple residues, and comparing these findings to pesticides applied by farmers in recent years. We also undertook interviews with farmers to obtain the most precise information about pesticide applications in their fields. We detected a wide spectrum of pesticides in both annual and perennial crop types. Pesticides applied by farmers represented only a small proportion of all detected pesticides, indicating that pesticides entered local food webs from surrounding landscapes. Some detected pesticides had been banned by the European Union several years ago, which is highly alarming. Trophic group mobility and crop type drove pesticides number at local scale, as mobile groups contained larger numbers of pesticides (probably from encountering wider spectra of pesticides). At a meta scale, spiders contained the highest number of detected pesticides in perennial crops but lowest diversity in annual crops. This might be explained by how spiders’ functional traits are selected in different crops. Insecticides and fungicides concentrations mostly increased with trophic level, indicating bioaccumulation. Herbicides concentration were highest in plants suggesting (bio)degradation. As bioaccumulation outweighed (bio)degradation, pesticides increased overall with trophic level. Therefore, the distribution of pesticides in agroecosystem food webs was affected simultaneously by several mechanisms and depended upon trophic group, crop type, and, probably, surrounding landscape.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7721,"journal":{"name":"Agronomy for Sustainable Development","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13593-024-00950-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139745349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Disentangling shade effects for cacao pest and disease regulation in the Peruvian Amazonia","authors":"Marcos J. Ramos,&nbsp;Leïla Bagny Beilhe,&nbsp;Jhoner Alvarado,&nbsp;Bruno Rapidel,&nbsp;Clémentine Allinne","doi":"10.1007/s13593-024-00948-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13593-024-00948-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>There has been substantial research on shade in cacao agroforestry systems, with most studies focusing on the impact of the shade cast by the associated shade trees on microclimate and yield. However, to our knowledge, no cacao agroforestry studies have explored how shade and its microclimate-modifying capacity influence the agrosystem’s pest and disease regulating service. Utilizing thermal hygrometers and hemispherical photographs, we measured temperature and relative humidity during the dry and wet seasons as well as the shade of associated trees (associated shade), combining the latter with cacao self-shade (total shade). This approach enabled us to uncover how each shade type influences microclimate, yields, and pests and diseases beneath cacao trees. Additionally, we developed a novel method to estimate attainable yield, actual yield, and yield loss due to pests and diseases. Using yield loss as a proxy of the pest and disease regulating service and structural equation modeling, we built a model depicting the interaction network between shade types and their role in cacao pest and disease regulation. Our results showed that each shade type uniquely influenced cacao agroecosystem outcomes, with the associated shade negatively impacting attainable yield and total shade having a positive effect. Associated shade also mitigated the dry season microclimate and limited pest and disease occurrence. Notably, shade alone was not the sole pest and disease-related yield loss driver; it is part of a complex interaction network. These innovative shade measurement and yield loss estimation methods have enhanced enhance our understanding of pest and disease regulation. Conclusively, different management approaches for associated shade and total shade are crucial for optimizing yields and pest and disease regulation in cacao agroforestry systems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7721,"journal":{"name":"Agronomy for Sustainable Development","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139705053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of soil management on vegetative growth, yield, and wine quality parameters in an organic “Pedro Ximénez” vineyard: field and UAV data","authors":"Pilar Ramírez-Pérez,&nbsp;Francisca López-Granados,&nbsp;Juan Manuel León-Gutiérrez,&nbsp;Francisco Javier Mesas-Carrascosa,&nbsp;Fernando Pérez-Porras,&nbsp;Jorge Torres-Sánchez","doi":"10.1007/s13593-024-00946-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13593-024-00946-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The use of cover crops in vineyards is expected to increase due to the strong encouragement by European agricultural policy and their contribution to reducing soil erosion. This paper presents the results obtained over three years in a vineyard of the “Pedro Ximénez” variety organically grown in southern Spain. The influence on production, vigor, and grape quality of a seeded cover crop versus tillage was compared using field data and imagery acquired by an uncrewed aerial vehicle. The vines under tillage showed greater vegetative development and yield than those with cover crops between rows. The grapes from the vines under the cover crop treatment ripened earlier and presented higher values of total soluble solids, characteristics that can be useful in the protected designation of origin where the study field is placed. However, the strong yield reduction caused by the cover crop treatment encourages future research to explore other cover crop species that could contribute to improving soil properties without compromising the profitability of the vineyard. This is the first time that the influence of cover cropping on the agronomic and oenological parameters of organically grown white vineyard varieties such as “Pedro Ximénez” has been assessed using field and UAV data.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7721,"journal":{"name":"Agronomy for Sustainable Development","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13593-024-00946-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139700802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Options to reduce ranges in critical soil nutrient levels used in fertilizer recommendations by accounting for site conditions and methodology: A review","authors":"Siatwiinda M. Siatwiinda,&nbsp;Gerard H. Ros,&nbsp;Olusegun A. Yerokun,&nbsp;Wim de Vries","doi":"10.1007/s13593-023-00943-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13593-023-00943-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Fertilizer recommendations (FR) to improve yields and increase profitability are based on relationships between crop yields and soil nutrient levels measured via soil extraction methods. Within these FR, critical soil nutrient (CSN) levels are used to distinguish nutrient deficient from non-deficient soils. The variation in CSN levels is large, implying a risk of over- or under-fertilization. Here, we review and assess the factors influencing the derivation of CSN levels in order to increase both their reliability and applicability within FR systems. The evaluated factors included site conditions, i.e., crop type and location as a surrogate for climate and soil properties, and methodological factors, i.e., the experimental approach (field or pot experiments), and statistical methods and cut-off point. Results showed that the range of values used to define the medium soil fertility classes coincided with the range of CSN levels derived from experimental data. We show that harmonizing methodological aspects can substantially reduce the uncertainty in the CSN levels (&gt; 50%), implying a substantial enhancement of the reliability of FR systems. Inclusion of site conditions might further improve the reliability. To enable reduction in CSN levels requires well-documented field experiments and standardization of data collection and analysis. We foresee the potential for generic FR systems that make use of reliable data, more process-based interpretation of nutrient pools and accounting for the interactions among nutrients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7721,"journal":{"name":"Agronomy for Sustainable Development","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13593-023-00943-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139644106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The tricot approach: an agile framework for decentralized on-farm testing supported by citizen science. A retrospective","authors":"Kauê de Sousa,&nbsp;Jacob van Etten,&nbsp;Rhys Manners,&nbsp;Erna Abidin,&nbsp;Rekiya O. Abdulmalik,&nbsp;Bello Abolore,&nbsp;Kwabena Acheremu,&nbsp;Stephen Angudubo,&nbsp;Amilcar Aguilar,&nbsp;Elizabeth Arnaud,&nbsp;Adventina Babu,&nbsp;Mirna Barrios,&nbsp;Grecia Benavente,&nbsp;Ousmane Boukar,&nbsp;Jill E. Cairns,&nbsp;Edward Carey,&nbsp;Happy Daudi,&nbsp;Maryam Dawud,&nbsp;Gospel Edughaen,&nbsp;James Ellison,&nbsp;Williams Esuma,&nbsp;Sanusi Gaya Mohammed,&nbsp;Jeske van de Gevel,&nbsp;Marvin Gomez,&nbsp;Joost van Heerwaarden,&nbsp;Paula Iragaba,&nbsp;Edith Kadege,&nbsp;Teshale M. Assefa,&nbsp;Sylvia Kalemera,&nbsp;Fadhili Salum Kasubiri,&nbsp;Robert Kawuki,&nbsp;Yosef Gebrehawaryat Kidane,&nbsp;Michael Kilango,&nbsp;Heneriko Kulembeka,&nbsp;Adofo Kwadwo,&nbsp;Brandon Madriz,&nbsp;Ester Masumba,&nbsp;Julius Mbiu,&nbsp;Thiago Mendes,&nbsp;Anna Müller,&nbsp;Mukani Moyo,&nbsp;Kiddo Mtunda,&nbsp;Tawanda Muzhingi,&nbsp;Dean Muungani,&nbsp;Emmanuel T. Mwenda,&nbsp;Ganga Rao V. P. R. Nadigatla,&nbsp;Ann Ritah Nanyonjo,&nbsp;Sognigbé N’Danikou,&nbsp;Athanase Nduwumuremyi,&nbsp;Jean Claude Nshimiyimana,&nbsp;Ephraim Nuwamanya,&nbsp;Hyacinthe Nyirahabimana,&nbsp;Martina Occelli,&nbsp;Olamide Olaosebikan,&nbsp;Patrick Obia Ongom,&nbsp;Berta Ortiz-Crespo,&nbsp;Richard Oteng-Fripong,&nbsp;Alfred Ozimati,&nbsp;Durodola Owoade,&nbsp;Carlos F. Quiros,&nbsp;Juan Carlos Rosas,&nbsp;Placide Rukundo,&nbsp;Pieter Rutsaert,&nbsp;Milindi Sibomana,&nbsp;Neeraj Sharma,&nbsp;Nestory Shida,&nbsp;Jonathan Steinke,&nbsp;Reuben Ssali,&nbsp;Jose Gabriel Suchini,&nbsp;Béla Teeken,&nbsp;Theophilus Kwabla Tengey,&nbsp;Hale Ann Tufan,&nbsp;Silver Tumwegamire,&nbsp;Elyse Tuyishime,&nbsp;Jacob Ulzen,&nbsp;Muhammad Lawan Umar,&nbsp;Samuel Onwuka,&nbsp;Tessy Ugo Madu,&nbsp;Rachel C. Voss,&nbsp;Mary Yeye,&nbsp;Mainassara Zaman-Allah","doi":"10.1007/s13593-023-00937-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13593-023-00937-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Matching crop varieties to their target use context and user preferences is a challenge faced by many plant breeding programs serving smallholder agriculture. Numerous participatory approaches proposed by CGIAR and other research teams over the last four decades have attempted to capture farmers’ priorities/preferences and crop variety field performance in representative growing environments through experimental trials with higher external validity. Yet none have overcome the challenges of scalability, data validity and reliability, and difficulties in capturing socio-economic and environmental heterogeneity. Building on the strengths of these attempts, we developed a new data-generation approach, called <i>triadic comparison of technology options</i> (tricot). Tricot is a decentralized experimental approach supported by crowdsourced citizen science. In this article, we review the development, validation, and evolution of the tricot approach, through our own research results and reviewing the literature in which tricot approaches have been successfully applied. The first results indicated that tricot-aggregated farmer-led assessments contained information with adequate validity and that reliability could be achieved with a large sample. Costs were lower than current participatory approaches. Scaling the tricot approach into a large on-farm testing network successfully registered specific climatic effects of crop variety performance in representative growing environments. Tricot’s recent application in plant breeding networks in relation to decision-making has (i) advanced plant breeding lines recognizing socio-economic heterogeneity, and (ii) identified consumers’ preferences and market demands, generating alternative breeding design priorities. We review lessons learned from tricot applications that have enabled a large scaling effort, which should lead to stronger decision-making in crop improvement and increased use of improved varieties in smallholder agriculture.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7721,"journal":{"name":"Agronomy for Sustainable Development","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13593-023-00937-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139565649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Landscape perspectives for agroecological weed management. A review","authors":"Sébastien Boinot,&nbsp;Audrey Alignier,&nbsp;Jonathan Storkey","doi":"10.1007/s13593-023-00941-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13593-023-00941-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Faced with the biodiversity extinction crisis and climate change, alternative approaches to food production are urgently needed. Decades of chemical-based weed control have resulted in a dramatic decline in weed diversity, with negative repercussions for agroecosystem biodiversity. The simplification of cropping systems and the evolution of herbicide resistance have led to the dominance of a small number of competitive weed species, calling for a more sustainable approach that considers not only weed abundance but also community diversity and composition. Agroecological weed management involves harnessing ecological processes to minimize the negative impacts of weeds on productivity and maximize biodiversity. However, the current research effort on agroecological weed management is largely rooted in agronomy and field-scale farming practices. In contrast, the contributions of landscape-scale interventions on agroecological weed management are largely unexplored (e.g., interventions to promote pollinators and natural enemies or carbon sequestration). Here, we review current knowledge of landscape effects on weed community properties (abundance, diversity, and composition) and seed predation (a key factor in agroecological weed management). Furthermore, we discuss the ecological processes underlying landscape effects, their interaction with in-field approaches, and the implications of landscape-scale change for agroecological weed management. Notably, we found that (1) landscape context rarely affects total weed abundance; (2) configurational more than compositional heterogeneity of landscapes is associated with higher alpha, beta, and gamma weed diversity; (3) evidence for landscape effects on weed seed predation is currently limited; and (4) plant spillover from neighboring habitats is the most common interpretation of landscape effects on weed community properties, whereas many other ecological processes are overlooked. Strikingly, the drivers of weed community properties and biological regulation at the landscape scale remain poorly understood. We recommend addressing these issues to better integrate agroecological weed management into landscape-scale management, which could inform the movement towards managing farms at wider spatiotemporal scales than single fields in a single season.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7721,"journal":{"name":"Agronomy for Sustainable Development","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13593-023-00941-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139565558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Intercropping indices evaluation on grain legume-small grain cereals mixture: a critical meta-analysis review","authors":"Riccardo Zustovi,&nbsp;Sofie Landschoot,&nbsp;Kevin Dewitte,&nbsp;Greet Verlinden,&nbsp;Reena Dubey,&nbsp;Steven Maenhout,&nbsp;Geert Haesaert","doi":"10.1007/s13593-023-00934-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13593-023-00934-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Intercropping is a mature and well-known agronomic practice that began to attract interest from the scientific community in the mid-1900s and has known an exponential growth in research activity since the beginning of this century. Over the years, different intercropping indices have been developed to evaluate the performance of this crop production system in comparison to standard monoculture practices. Nowadays, more than 20 of these intercropping indices have been described in scientific literature. This review aims to review these indices and check their performance using a meta-dataset consisting of data points from various intercropping experiments that have been described in peer-reviewed publications. Our results show that different indices evaluate different aspects of intercropping trials and that commonly used indices generally do not capture the full performance of the system. More specifically, intercropping results are influenced by both the total sowing density and the crop ratio and indices differ in the way that these dependencies are accounted for. This study suggests creating a standard protocol for the intercropping trials and their evaluation as crucial elements to optimize intercropping research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7721,"journal":{"name":"Agronomy for Sustainable Development","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139480584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Soil erosion has mixed effects on the environmental impacts of wheat production in a large, semi-arid Mediterranean agricultural basin","authors":"Célia Ruau,&nbsp;Victoria Naipal,&nbsp;Nathalie Gagnaire,&nbsp;Carlos Cantero-Martinez,&nbsp;Bertrand Guenet,&nbsp;Benoit Gabrielle","doi":"10.1007/s13593-023-00942-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13593-023-00942-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Soil erosion poses a significant threat to agricultural production worldwide, with a still-debated impact on the current increase in atmospheric CO₂. Whether erosion acts as a net carbon (C) source or sink also depends on how it influences greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions via its impact on crop yield and nutrient loss. These effects on the environmental impacts of crops remain to be considered. To fill this gap, we combined watershed-scale erosion modeling with life cycle assessment to evaluate the influence of soil erosion on environmental impacts of wheat production in the Ebro River basin in Spain. This study is the very first to address the full GHG balance of erosion including its impact on soil fertility and its feedback on crop yields. Two scenarios were simulated from 1860 to 2005: an eroded basin involving conventional agricultural practices, and a non-eroded basin involving conservation practices such as no-till. Life cycle assessment followed a cradle-to-farm-gate approach with a focus on recent decades (1985–2005). The mean simulated soil erosion of the eroded basin was 2.6 t ha⁻¹ year⁻¹ compared to the non-eroded basin. Simulated soils in both eroded and non-eroded basins lost organic C over time, with the former emitting an additional 55 kg CO₂ ha⁻¹ year⁻¹. This net C source represented only 3% of the overall life cycle GHG emissions of wheat grain, while the emissions related to the increase of fertilizer inputs to compensate for N and P losses contributed a similar percentage. Wheat yield was the most influential parameter, being up to 61% higher when implementing conservation practices. Even at the basin scale, erosion did not emerge as a net C sink and increased GHG emissions of wheat by 7–70%. Nonetheless, controlling erosion through soil conservation practices is strongly recommended to preserve soils, increase crop yields, and mitigate GHG emissions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7721,"journal":{"name":"Agronomy for Sustainable Development","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139480569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Modelling the effect of context-specific greenhouse gas and nitrogen emission mitigation options in key European dairy farming systems","authors":"Xabier Díaz de Otálora ,&nbsp;Agustín del Prado,&nbsp;Federico Dragoni,&nbsp;Lorraine Balaine,&nbsp;Guillermo Pardo,&nbsp;Wilfried Winiwarter,&nbsp;Anna Sandrucci,&nbsp;Giorgio Ragaglini,&nbsp;Tina Kabelitz,&nbsp;Marek Kieronczyk,&nbsp;Grete Jørgensen,&nbsp;Fernando Estellés,&nbsp;Barbara Amon","doi":"10.1007/s13593-023-00940-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13593-023-00940-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Understanding the environmental consequences associated with dairy cattle production systems is crucial for the implementation of targeted strategies for emission reduction. However, few studies have modelled the effect of tailored emission mitigation options across key European dairy production systems. Here, we assess the single and combined effect of six emission mitigation practises on selected case studies across Europe through the Sustainable and Integrated Management System for Dairy Production model. This semi-mechanistic model accounts for the interacting flows from a whole-farm perspective simulating the environmental losses in response to different management strategies and site-specific conditions. The results show how reducing the crude protein content of the purchased fraction of the diet was an adequate strategy to reduce the greenhouse gas and nitrogen emission intensity in all systems. Furthermore, implementing an anaerobic digestion plant reduced the greenhouse gas emissions in all tested case studies while increasing the nitrogen emissions intensity, particularly when slurry was applied using broadcast. Regarding the productivity increase, contrasting effects were observed amongst the case studies modelled. Moreover, shallow slurry injection effectively mitigated the intensity of nitrogen losses from the fields due to strong reductions in ammonia volatilisation. When substituting urea with ammonium nitrate as mineral fertiliser, site-specific conditions affected the mitigation potential observed, discouraging its application on sandy-loam soils. Rigid slurry covers effectively reduced the storage-related nitrogen emissions intensity while showing a minor effect on total greenhouse gas emission intensity. In addition, our results provide novel evidence regarding the advantages of cumulative implementation of adapted mitigation options to offset the negative trade-offs of single-option applications (i.e. slurry covers or anaerobic digestion and slurry injection). Through this study, we contribute to a better understanding of the effect of emission mitigation options across dairy production systems in Europe, thus facilitating the adoption of tailored and context-specific emission reduction strategies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7721,"journal":{"name":"Agronomy for Sustainable Development","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13593-023-00940-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139406780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}