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As agricultural systems bear the brunt of global population growth, the world faces an unprecedented challenge: meeting rising food demands while mitigating environmental degradation and climate change. The agricultural intensification methods pioneered since the 1960s have exacted a significant environmental toll in the form of diminishing biodiversity, reducing carbon storage capacity, depleting water resources, degrading soil quality, and increasing greenhouse gas emissions.
This comprehensive monograph presents innovative solutions for transforming agroecosystems from environmental liabilities into powerful climate mitigation tools. The authors examine cutting-edge agrotechnical treatments, environmental engineering technologies, and circular economy principles that enable agricultural waste to serve as effective soil improvers and fertilizers. Particular emphasis is placed on the physicochemical properties of biochar and its critical role in carbon sequestration, offering readers both theoretical foundations and practical applications.
This is a valuable resource for agricultural scientists, environmental engineers, sustainability professionals, policymakers, graduate students in environmental sciences, and anyone committed to understanding and addressing the intersection of food security and climate change.
Contents
1. Introduction: The Role of Agroecosystems in the Environment and Economy 2. Agroecosystems, Climate Change, and Environmental Engineering 3. Application of Waste and By-Products for Carbon Sequestration in Soil 4. Biochar as a Promising Material for Improving Soil Fertility and Climate Change Mitigation 5. The Impact of Crop Production on Boosting CO2 Sequestration with Particular Emphasis on Catch Crop Cultivation 6. Role of cereals in carbon dioxide sequestration - A Polish example 7. Final Conclusions
