Sustainable Water and Soil Conservation and Management for Agriculture
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land, Soil and Water".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 3 March 2026 | Viewed by 632
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil quality; soil contamination; soil mapping; tropical soils; soil conservation; sustainable soil management; regenerative agriculture
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Interests: soil quality; soil contamination; vineyard soils; soil mapping
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable water and soil conservation and management in agriculture are critical for maintaining crop productivity and ecosystem health. These challenges must be addressed through integrated strategies, such as the following: regulatory frameworks coupled with innovative practices to preserve soil quality, prevent contamination, and optimise water use; detailed soil mapping and physico-chemical characterization; conservation and regenerative agriculture; the application of organic amendments (compost and biochar) to restore fertility and structure; and high-efficiency irrigation systems with variable-rate fertigation. Water-footprint analyses guide the implementation of reduction and reuse measures, while hydrological and soil-simulation models support decision-making under climate-change scenarios.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect papers that expand knowledge on sustainable water and soil conservation and management in agriculture.
This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts that link the following themes:
- Advanced irrigation and fertigation techniques;
- Conservation and regenerative agriculture;
- Water-footprint assessment;
- Soil mapping and process-based modeling;
- Remote sensing and IoT-enabled monitoring;
- Nature-based solutions and landscape interventions;
- Soil quality, contamination, and remediation;
- Socio-economic analysis and policy frameworks;
- Climate-change adaptation and resilience;
- Integrated case studies and technology transfer.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Prof. Dr. Juan M. Trujillo Gonzalez
Prof. Dr. Raimundo Jimenez-Ballesta
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- precision irrigation
- conservation agriculture
- water-footprint assessment
- soil mapping
- organic amendments
- remote sensing monitoring
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