Agricultural practices can threaten soil resilience through changing feedback loops
Carswell, Alison
, Willcock, Simon, Blackwell, Martin, Upadhayay, Hari, Harris, Paul, Mcauliffe, Graham, Neal, Andy, Rivero, M. Jordana, Cardenas, Laura, Haefele, Stephan, +9 more...Whitmore, Andy, Dearing, J. A., Zhang, F., Farrell, M., Bauters, M., Boeckx, P., Da Silva, Y. J. A. B., Frimpong, K. A. and Collins, Adrian
(2025)
Agricultural practices can threaten soil resilience through changing feedback loops.
npj sustainable agriculture, 3.
p. 56.
10.1038/s44264-025-00098-6
, Willcock, Simon, Blackwell, Martin, Upadhayay, Hari, Harris, Paul, Mcauliffe, Graham, Neal, Andy, Rivero, M. Jordana, Cardenas, Laura, Haefele, Stephan, +9 more...Whitmore, Andy, Dearing, J. A., Zhang, F., Farrell, M., Bauters, M., Boeckx, P., Da Silva, Y. J. A. B., Frimpong, K. A. and Collins, Adrian
(2025)
Agricultural practices can threaten soil resilience through changing feedback loops.
npj sustainable agriculture, 3.
p. 56.
10.1038/s44264-025-00098-6
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 which pose the greatest threats to soil resilience and, consequently, food and feed security.
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