A5084881674- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Livestock and Poultry Management
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Agricultural Development and Management
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Water resources management and optimization
- Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
- Agricultural Systems and Practices
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Biological Control of Invasive Species
Wageningen University & Research
2024
Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra
2022-2024
Research Center for Natural Resources, Environment and Society
2023-2024
Water is crucial for enduring horticultural productivity, but high water-use requirements and declining water supplies with the changing climate challenge economic viability, environmental sustainability, social justice. While scholarly literature pertaining to management in horticulture abounds, knowledge of practices technologies that optimize use scarce. Here, we review scientific relating crops, impacts on resources, opportunities improving water- transpiration-use efficiency. We find...
Abstract Drought is a natural hazard occurring with increasing frequency due to climate change. events reduce soil water content and also organic carbon (SOC) content, negative impacts on crop development food security. This study investigates the impact of drought SOC dynamics in agricultural systems influence availability farm management practices these impacts. The manuscript systematic review, based Scopus database for scoping literature topic. A total 283 records were retrieved, but...
Crop–livestock integration fosters a holistic view of the agricultural system, which is nowadays particularly relevant due to rising environmental concerns. Laying hens can contribute improvement soil chemical properties, but their effects in fertility are not fully known. This study aimed evaluate grazing laying on fertility. To meet this goal, we assessed indigenous 22 parameters, including chemical, physical, and microbiological two farms from central region Portugal: an organic...
Soil is a complex environment, where microorganisms play crucial role in the maintenance of soil structure, nutrient cycling and thus quality, relevant for croplands productivity. microbial activity, however, largely determined by water availability, both are affected agricultural management. This study aims to investigate impact irrigation, i.e. different amount application scheduling, on biomass functional structure microbiome (number various ecological-trophic groups)...
Abstract Although chickens can improve the chemical properties of soil through deposition excreta, their effects on macrofauna are poorly known. This work assessed grazing indigenous laying hens two agroecosystems in Portugal: an organic horticultural field and a conventional orchard. At field, were used to control weeds results compared with those other weed treatments: mechanical (rototiller) thermal (flame weeding). orchard, that orchard understory vegetation, as control. Soil epigeic was...