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Micro- and Nano-plastics in Soil and Crop Systems
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This book chapter from the Asia-Africa Sustainability Series reviewed micro- and nano-plastics in soil and crop systems, examining their behavior, transport mechanisms, and ecological impacts in agricultural environments. The work contributed to understanding how plastic particles affect soil properties, plant uptake, and agroecosystem health across diverse soil-plant systems in developing nations.
Sustainability as a scientific endeavor requires broad understanding of the interconnections in our global environment.It is therefore positioned at the crossroads of research in natural sciences, technology and human sciences.This book series supports the global efforts by providing timely coverage of the progress, opportunities, and challenges towards achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Asia and Africa.It fosters the research in transdisciplinary academic fields spanning across agriculture and global food security, health and diseases, access to clean water and affordable energy, climate resilience and effects of global climate change on biodiversity, water and land.This series is planned to narrate the stories of scientific development and progression towards SDGs from the regions of Asia and Africa.The overall aim of the series is to provide a comprehensive publication platform and act as a knowledge engine in the growth of sustainability sciences with a special focus on developing nations.The series constitute of four sub-series each focusing on a specific theme closely linked to a set of SDGs.Each sub-series is leaders and experts in agricultural sciences, environmental sciences, biomedicine and medical sciences respectively.Books in this series are useful for environmentalists, biotechnologists, plant scientists, medical practitioners, conservation biologists, policy makers, NGOs and scientific bodies working in the areas of sustainability sciences in the developing regions.This book series support the global efforts towards sustainability by providing timely coverage of the progress, opportunities, and challenges of sustainable food production and consumption in Asia and Africa.The series narrates the success stories and research endeavors from the regions of Africa and Asia on issues relating to SDG 2: Zero hunger.It fosters the research in transdisciplinary academic fields spanning across sustainable agriculture systems and practices, post-harvest and food supply chains.It will also focus on breeding programs for resilient crops, efficiency in crop cycle, various factors of food security, as well as improving nutrition and curbing hunger and malnutrition.The focus of the series is to provide a comprehensive publication platform and act as a knowledge engine in the growth of sustainability sciences with a special focus on developing nations.The series will publish mainly edited volumes but some authored volumes.These volumes will have chapters from eminent personalities in their area of research from different parts of the world.
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