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Climate Change and Soil Fertility: A Review of Strategies for a Sustainable Food Security in India

Niru Kumari, Mukul Kumar, Ashutosh Singh, Amit Kumar Pandey

International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · pp. 109–120 · Published 31 Jul 2024

10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i84334

Abstract

The long-term food security of humanity on Earth will be significantly influenced by the effects of climate change soils and then the agricultural production. In addition to being vulnerable to climate change, agriculture also contributes significantly to it. The article explores how soil fertility processes and qualities are impacted by climate change on a worldwide scale and adaptation and mitigation options for a sustainable food security. Due to the intricate relationship between soils and the climate system through nutrient and hydrologic cycles, it is anticipated that changes in the global climate may have an effect on soil fertility through changes in the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the soil as a result of rising temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, and other factors.

Climate change soil fertility agronomic practices sustainability

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