Integrated Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Agriculture: Best Practices and Innovations
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land, Soil and Water".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 17
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental impact assessment; environment; soil fertility; sustainable agriculture; agriculture; sustainability
Interests: waste management plant fertilization; animal and human nutrition environmental science
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Dear Colleagues,
Soil fertility is fundamental to sustainable agriculture, yet it remains threatened by land degradation, unsustainable practices, and climate change. Integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) offers a promising strategy to improve soil health, enhance crop productivity, and reduce environmental impact by combining organic and inorganic inputs, agroecological principles, and context-specific practices.
The goal of this Special Issue is to gather together papers (both original research articles and review papers) that seek to provide insights into the innovative approaches, challenges, and best practices of integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) aimed at enhancing soil health, improving nutrient use efficiency, and promoting the productivity of sustainable agricultural across diverse agroecosystems.
This Special Issue will welcome manuscripts that link the following themes:
- The integration of organic and inorganic nutrient sources;
- Soil microbiome and biological processes in fertility management;
- Technologies and policy tools supporting ISFM adoption.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. Angela Maffia
Prof. Dr. Adele Muscolo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil fertility
- sustainable agriculture
- integrated soil fertility management (ISFM)
- nutrient use efficiency
- soil health
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