Land Use Change Impacts on Crop Yield and Agricultural Soils
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Soils".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 87
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil ecology; agriculture soil; sustainable agriculture; soil carbon
Interests: soil carbon stability; soil quality; fragile ecosystem; land use change; climate change
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Dear Colleagues,
Changes in the global demand for food and bioenergy have resulted in significant changes in land uses in agricultural systems. The conversion of land use types with different forms of soil management has altered the crop yield and the inputs of above- and below-ground biomass from crops into soils thus promoting changes in the physical, chemical, and biological properties of agricultural soils. The rational changes in land use types have the potential to improve crop yield and maintain or enhance soil quality in agricultural soils, thereby promoting sustainable agriculture. However, unreasonable land use changes can result in a decline in crop yields and soil quality. Although many scientists have worked on related topics, more efforts are still needed to acquire detailed knowledge of land use change and its impacts on crop yield and agricultural soils.
In this Special Issue, we invite conceptual, empirical, review, or exploratory papers that contribute to our understanding of land use change impacts on crop yield and agricultural soils. Research themes may include (but are not limited to) the following:
(1) Influences of land use changes on crop yield;(2) Influences of land use changes on soil physical, chemical and biological properties;
(3) Relationships between land use changes with surface runoff and soil erosion in agricultural systems;
(4) Changes in soil carbon content and stability due to changes in land use change;
(5) The environmental consequences and climate change of land use change in agricultural systems;
(6) Dynamics of land use and land cover changes in typical agricultural regions.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Shiwei Liu
Dr. Pujia Yu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil carbon
- soil nutrients
- soil quality
- crop quality, agriculture system and environment
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