Soil Management for Sustaining Ecosystem Services - Principles of Sustainable Soil Management in Agroecosystems - page 533

ABBREVIATIONS
As: arsenic
BMPs: best management practices
ESs: ecosystem services
GHGs: greenhouses gases
HI: harvest index
INM: integrated nutrient management
N: nitrogen
NT: no-till
NUE: nutrient use efficiency
SA: South Asia
SOC: soil organic carbon
SQ: soil quality
SQI: soil quality index
SSA: sub-Saharan Africa
WUE: water use efficiency
WHC: water holding capacity
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