Fertilizer Source Affects Crop Yield Under Different Tillage Practices: A Meta-analysis
Author(s)
Date Issued
2022
Type
conferenceObject
Volume
51
Start Page
26
End Page
27
Abstract
Farmers are clearly realizing how important sustainable agriculture practices are, to ensure the future of food security while maintaining healthy environment. Organic farming and conservation agriculture are considered as promising alternatives to the conventional managements for crop production taking into consideration the environmental impacts. Organic farming techniques have been extended for more than 6 folds, while conservation agriculture practices have been extended for more than 4 folds, in the last 20 years. The application of mineral fertilizers is extensively adopted to ensure the highest crop productivity, even if their misuse and massive application led to expensive and dangerous circumstances for the environment and human health. On the other side, several studies reported that the use of organic sources of nutrients is considered a suitable strategy for matching the production of safe and healthy foods and enhancing the restoration of soil fertility while mitigating the negative effects of climate change. Accordingly, environmentally friendly practices such as the replacement of chemical or inorganic (M) fertilization with other substitutes, such as mixed inorganic/organic (MO) or sole organic (O) fertilizers should be considered. Furthermore, integrating organic fertilizer application with conservation tillage practices could be a more suitable option for sustainable agriculture. Conservation tillage practices such as reduced tillage (RT) and no-tillage (NT) have advantageous effects over the conventional tillage (CT) regarding time and energy demanding
Conference(s)
Agriculture and food availability in 2050