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ClearMicroplastics and Climate Change in Africa
This review examines microplastic pollution and climate change interactions across African contexts, highlighting how plastic waste mismanagement compounds climate vulnerability in African ecosystems and discussing region-specific mitigation strategies.
The Role of Legume Cover Crops in Enhancing Climate Resilience and Water Use Efficiency in South African Grassland Systems. A Review
This review examines the role of legume cover crops in improving climate adaptability and water use efficiency in South African grassland systems, synthesizing evidence on their benefits for addressing water shortages and climate fluctuations. The authors assess legume cover crops as a cost-effective, long-term sustainable solution for agricultural climate resilience in South Africa.
Towards Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions Agriculture in North Africa through Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Systematic Review
This systematic review found that climate-smart agriculture practices in North Africa, including conservation tillage, agroforestry, and improved water management, can reduce greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining crop productivity. However, adoption remains limited due to lack of localized research, policy gaps, and insufficient financial incentives for farmers in the region.
Drought resilience and soil degradation in drought-hit Districts of Karnataka: The relevance of regenerative farming
This study investigated drought resilience and soil degradation in drought-affected districts of Karnataka, India, analyzing how repeated drought events have degraded soil quality and what traditional and modern approaches support recovery. The findings inform drought adaptation strategies for smallholder farmers.
Response of Matching Degree between Precipitation and Maize Water Requirement to Climate Change in China
This study examined how climate change is altering the matching between precipitation timing and maize water requirements across China's monsoon region. Changes in intra-annual precipitation distribution and extreme weather frequency were found to affect crop water availability, with significant implications for food security.
Identification and Prediction of Crop Waterlogging Risk Areas under the Impact of Climate Change
Researchers developed a crop waterlogging risk identification model to predict areas vulnerable to agricultural flooding under climate change scenarios, aiming to support disaster prevention planning in affected farming regions.
Enhancing carbon restoration and ecosystem resilience in global drylands via water-to-carbon biotransformation strategies
Researchers synthesized thousands of experiments on dryland farming and found that combining crop diversification, efficient irrigation, soil mulching, and soil health practices can significantly restore carbon to depleted soils while improving water use efficiency. The study argues these strategies are practical pathways for combating climate change and food insecurity in the world's most water-stressed regions.
Role of soil health in mitigating climate change
This chapter reviews how healthy soils play a critical role in fighting climate change by storing carbon and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers explain that unsustainable farming practices release stored carbon as CO2, while conservation approaches can restore soil carbon levels. The study emphasizes that sustainable soil management is essential for building resilience to climate change.
Climate Change and Current Adaptation Strategies in the Haor Areas
This paper is not about microplastic pollution. It examines how climate change affects fishers in the haor wetland areas of Bangladesh, documenting impacts like altered rainfall patterns, natural disasters, and disease emergence, along with the adaptation strategies fishers use to cope.
Microplastics pollution in terrestrial ecosystems of Africa: current knowledge, challenges, and building collaborative research networks
Despite microplastic contamination of soils being a growing global concern, very few studies have examined terrestrial ecosystems in Africa, leaving a significant gap in our understanding of the problem across the continent. This review maps what little is known, identifies research gaps, and proposes a framework for building collaborative research networks between African scientists and established international research groups. Closing these knowledge gaps is essential for developing appropriate pollution responses and policies across African nations.
Climate Change—The Rise of Climate-Resilient Crops
This review discusses efforts to breed climate-resilient crops that can withstand extreme weather events like droughts, floods, and heat waves caused by climate change. While not about microplastics, the research is relevant because microplastic contamination in agricultural soil adds another stress factor that crops must cope with. As both climate change and plastic pollution worsen, understanding how plants respond to combined environmental stresses becomes increasingly important for food security.
Competency of groundwater recharge of irrigated cotton field subjacent to sowing methods, plastic mulch, water productivity, and yield under climate change
Researchers tested different cotton planting methods with and without plastic mulch films, finding that bed planting without plastic mulch produced the highest yield and water efficiency, while climate models predict groundwater recharge will decline significantly by 2050. The study also highlights that plastic mulch films used in agriculture are a known source of microplastic contamination in soil.
Indigenous and Modern Practices for Water Conservation and Management in Africa
This review examines indigenous and modern water conservation practices in Africa, focusing on how traditional knowledge systems can be integrated with contemporary water management technology to address growing scarcity. The authors identify numerous traditional techniques—including stone bunds, sand dams, and sacred grove protection—that complement engineering-based solutions in the context of climate variability.
Impact of Agricultural Activities on Climate Change: A Review of Greenhouse Gas Emission Patterns in Field Crop Systems
This review examines greenhouse gas emissions from different crop farming systems and management practices. While not directly about microplastics, it is relevant because plastic mulch films widely used in agriculture contribute to both microplastic soil contamination and altered greenhouse gas emissions. The study highlights how agricultural practices affect both climate change and environmental pollution simultaneously.
Relationships between soil salinity and economic dynamics: Main highlights from literature
This bibliometric review of soil salinity research found that most studies focus on agricultural strategies for managing salinity, food security, desertification, and climate change impacts, while direct assessments of socioeconomic impacts from soil salinity and broader sustainability dimensions have received comparatively little attention.
Climate Change, Land Degradation and Sustainability: Insight towards Innovative Solutions from Indian Perspective
This review examines climate change-driven land degradation in India, noting a 0.7 degrees Celsius temperature rise, uneven rainfall, extreme weather events, and intensifying cyclones as key drivers. Researchers investigated innovative solutions to address soil degradation, water scarcity, and agricultural sustainability from an Indian perspective.
Impact of Climate Change on Animal Health
This review examines how climate change affects animal health and welfare, focusing on how heat stress impacts livestock species including cattle, poultry, and sheep, with physiological responses ranging from mild acclimation to severe stress and welfare concerns.
Soil Degradation under a Changing Climate: Management from Traditional to Nano-Approaches
This review examines how climate change accelerates soil degradation through erosion, salinization, and contamination from pollutants like microplastics. Researchers surveyed management approaches ranging from traditional conservation practices to cutting-edge nanotechnology-based solutions for soil restoration. The study highlights that combining conventional methods with emerging nano-approaches may offer the most effective path to protecting soil health under changing environmental conditions.
Can agriculture technology improve food security in low- and middle-income nations? a systematic review
This systematic review found that agriculture technologies including precision farming, biotechnology, and digital tools have measurably improved food production and accessibility in low- and middle-income countries. However, adoption barriers including cost, infrastructure gaps, and digital literacy remain significant challenges.
Enhancing Organic Carbon Content in Tropical Soils: Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change Mitigation
This review examines strategies for increasing organic carbon content in tropical soils, which naturally tend to have low levels that limit agricultural productivity. Researchers evaluated approaches including cover cropping, composting, biochar application, and reduced tillage as effective methods. The study emphasizes that building soil carbon is essential for both sustainable farming and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in tropical regions.
Integrating microplastic research in sustainable agriculture: Challenges and future directions for food production
Researchers reviewed how microplastics interact with environmental stressors like heat, drought, and salinity to threaten crop health and food safety, finding that microplastics can increase toxic metal uptake in plants and alter growth — with risks likely to worsen as climate change intensifies.
The future of sub-Saharan Africa’s biodiversity in the face of climate and societal change
This review assesses the conservation threats facing sub-Saharan Africa's biodiversity in the context of projected population growth, economic expansion, and climate change. Researchers highlight how environmental pollution, including emerging contaminants like microplastics, compounds existing threats to the continent's ecosystems.
Far‐Reaching Impact of Microplastics on Agricultural Systems: Options for Mitigation and Adaptation
This systematic review examines how microplastics affect agricultural systems, from soil health and crop growth to farm animals and the food consumers eat. The research highlights that microplastic contamination in farming is widespread and may pose risks throughout the food supply chain, making it a concern for anyone who eats conventionally grown food.
A comprehensive review of impacts of soil management practices and climate adaptation strategies on soil thermal conductivity in agricultural soils
This review examines how farming practices like tillage, crop rotation, and mulching affect how well soil conducts heat, which influences crop growth and water availability. While not directly about microplastics, the paper highlights that disrupted soil structure from various agricultural inputs can alter important soil properties, which is relevant as microplastic contamination of farmland soils continues to grow.