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ReviewNPJ sustainable agriculture2025

Agricultural practices can threaten soil resilience through changing feedback loops.

Alison M Carswell, Simon Willcock, Martin S A Blackwell, Hari Ram Upadhayay, Paul Harris, Graham McAuliffe, Andrew L Neal, M Jordana Rivero, Laura M Cardenas, Stephan M Haefele and 9 more

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Review in NPJ sustainable agriculture, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Alison M CarswellNet Zero & Resilient Farming, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton UK.
Simon WillcockNet Zero & Resilient Farming, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton UK.
Martin S A BlackwellNet Zero & Resilient Farming, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton UK.
Hari Ram UpadhayayNet Zero & Resilient Farming, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton UK.
Paul HarrisNet Zero & Resilient Farming, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton UK.
Graham McAuliffeNet Zero & Resilient Farming, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton UK.
Andrew L NealNet Zero & Resilient Farming, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton UK.
M Jordana RiveroNet Zero & Resilient Farming, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton UK.
Laura M CardenasNet Zero & Resilient Farming, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton UK.
Stephan M HaefeleSustainable Soils and Crops, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK.
Andrew P WhitmoreNet Zero & Resilient Farming, Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, UK.
John A DearingSchool of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Fusuo ZhangState Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, National Observation and Research Station of Agriculture Green Development (Quzhou, Hebei), China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Mark FarrellCSIRO Agriculture & Food, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, SA Australia.
Marijn BautersDepartment of environment, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Pascal BoeckxDepartment of green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Yuri Jacques A B da SilvaAgricultural Engineering Department, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Kwame Agyei FrimpongDepartment of Soil Science, School of Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Adrian L CollinsNet Zero & Resilient Farming, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soil has supported terrestrial food production for millennia; however, agricultural intensification may affect its resilience. Using a systems-thinking approach, we reviewed the impacts of conventional-agriculture practices on soil resilience and identified alternative practices that could mitigate these effects. We found that many practices only affect soil resilience with their long-term repeated use. Lastly, we ranked the impacts that pose the greatest threats to soil resilience and, consequently, food and feed security.

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Identifiers

PMID41049568
PMCPMC12488477

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