Predicting agricultural drought indicators: ML approaches across wide-ranging climate and land use conditions

Jung-Ching Kan; Marlon Vieira Passos; Karina Barquet

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110524

Carbon exchange in rainfed and irrigated cropland in the Brazilian Cerrado

Journal article / This study measures the carbon exchange of two fields in the Brazilian Cerrado (irrigated and rainfed) with rotations from different cultures.

8 March 2022 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture and Land use

Aerial panorama over green summer farm fields crops pasture

A comprehensive approach to nitrogen in the UK

Other publication / This report commissioned by WWF-UK identifies nitrogen losses to the environment and their impacts, and identifies key interventions and approaches.

8 February 2022 / About Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Forests, Mitigation, Pollution and Sustainable Development Goals

Figure 1. Example of growth response of Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) to different fertilization treatments including (from right to left in the photo) control (no fertilizer applied), broiler litter and pig slurry all applied at rates of 30 kg P ha−1 and 250 kg N ha−1. The photo was taken on 2 July 2019 after a ~3 month-long growing period under controlled greenhouse conditions.

Soil and Plant Responses to Phosphorus Inputs from Different Phytase-Associated Animal Diets

Journal article / Commercial phytase levels and higher dietary phosphorus (P) contents in pig diets contributed making the plant–soil system more "P-conservative".

20 January 2022 / About Food and agriculture

White pig with mud-covered snout staring at camera with 4 other pigs in background on farm in sunlight, Herdern, Switzerland, September 2018

Phosphorus Flows, Surpluses, and N/P Agronomic Balancing When Using Manure from Pig and Poultry Farms

Journal article / Background levels of nutrients in soils determine whether manure will lead to phosphorus runoff. Current nitrate guidelines will lead to phosphorus surpluses.

3 November 2021 / About Food and agriculture

Man in hat, shirt and shorts walks across field watering row of plants with two watering cans are hanging from rod on shoulders

Role of environmental awareness in implementing farmland conservation measures

Journal article / Estonian farmers are more concerned about soil fertility issues than with wider environmental issues.

31 August 2021 / About Food and agriculture

Knowledge gaps are limiting the effective restoration of peatland habitat

Feature / Long term research is required to understand the true impacts of different peatland management techniques.

7 June 2021 / About Ecosystems and Land use

A critical review of the IUCN UK Peatland Programme’s “Burning and Peatlands” position statement

Journal article / Promoting a move towards an evidence-based position about prescribed burning in UK peatlands.

13 May 2021 / About Climate policy, Ecosystems and Land use

Towards unravelling the ‘Black Box’ of peatland carbon: linking peatland habitat condition and management to water chemistry and quality

SEI report / SEI researchers and partners presented insights on the physical and chemical properties of peat relevant to management decisions on 'at source' drinking water.

30 April 2021 / About Ecosystems, Land use and Water resources

Male red grouse peeps above heather, Whipperdale, North Yorkshire, UK

Peatland-ES-UK: a long-term, deep and holistic look at climate and management impacts on grousemoor managed UK blanket bog peatlands – carbon, water, biodiversity

SEI report / SEI researchers and partners presented insights into blanket bog ecosystem functioning based on data from a peatland management project in Northern England.

30 April 2021 / About Ecosystems and Land use