Sentences with phrase «capacity of agricultural soils»

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«Due to their capacity for improving plant root growth, soil nutrient cycling and microbial activity, the application of humic substances may have long - term benefits in agricultural systems.»

This technical document provides a brief review of the benefits from various agriculture - based practices and technologies that have the potential to increase food production and the adaptive capacity of the food production system, as well as reduce emissions or enhance carbon storage in agricultural soils and biomass, focusing in detail on empirical evidence concerning costs and barriers to adoption, both from household and project - level data.

(United Nations Food & Agriculture Organisation)-- Vegetation 650 gigatons, atmosphere 750 gigatons, soil 1500 gigatons ■ The carbon sink capacity of the world's agricultural and degraded soils is 50 % to 66 % of the historic carbon loss of 42 to 78 gigatons of carbon.

Furthermore, it demonstrates the extent to which modern agricultural practices have degraded soil natural capital — which has profound implications for the loss of ecosystem service provision (Loveland & Webb 2003; Lal 2004), including reduced structural stability, water and nutrient holding capacity and impaired regulation of N mineralization and supply to plants (Quinton et al. 2010; Dungait et al. 2012).