Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality.
Organic farming is often considered to be more sustainable than conventional farming. However, both farming systems comprise highly variable management practices. In this study, we show that in organic and conventional arable fields, the multifunctionality of soils decreases with increasing agricult...
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| author | van Rijssel, Sophie Q. Koorneef, Guusje J. Veen, G. F. (Ciska) Pulleman, Mirjam de Goede, Ron G. M. Comans, Rob N.J. van der Putten, Wim H. Mason-Jones, Kyle |
| author_browse | Comans, Rob N.J. Koorneef, Guusje J. Mason-Jones, Kyle Pulleman, Mirjam Veen, G. F. (Ciska) de Goede, Ron G. M. van Rijssel, Sophie Q. van der Putten, Wim H. |
| author_facet | van Rijssel, Sophie Q. Koorneef, Guusje J. Veen, G. F. (Ciska) Pulleman, Mirjam de Goede, Ron G. M. Comans, Rob N.J. van der Putten, Wim H. Mason-Jones, Kyle |
| author_sort | van Rijssel, Sophie Q. |
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| description | Organic farming is often considered to be more sustainable than conventional farming. However, both farming systems comprise highly variable management practices. In this study, we show that in organic and conventional arable fields, the multifunctionality of soils decreases with increasing agricultural management intensity. Soil organic carbon content and bacterial biomass, respectively, were the strongest abiotic and biotic predictors of soil multifunctionality. Greater soil multifunctionality was associated with less-frequent inversion tillage and higher frequency of grass-legume cover cropping, and organic farming did not outperform conventional farming. Our results suggest that reducing management intensity will enhance soil multifunctionality in both conventional and organic farming. This implies that, in contexts where high-yielding, high-intensity agriculture prevails, the paradigm of sustainable intensification should be replaced by "productive deintensification." |
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| spelling | CGSpace1743762025-04-29T14:06:25Z Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality. van Rijssel, Sophie Q. Koorneef, Guusje J. Veen, G. F. (Ciska) Pulleman, Mirjam de Goede, Ron G. M. Comans, Rob N.J. van der Putten, Wim H. Mason-Jones, Kyle sustainable intensification soil quality-soil health soil functions Organic farming is often considered to be more sustainable than conventional farming. However, both farming systems comprise highly variable management practices. In this study, we show that in organic and conventional arable fields, the multifunctionality of soils decreases with increasing agricultural management intensity. Soil organic carbon content and bacterial biomass, respectively, were the strongest abiotic and biotic predictors of soil multifunctionality. Greater soil multifunctionality was associated with less-frequent inversion tillage and higher frequency of grass-legume cover cropping, and organic farming did not outperform conventional farming. Our results suggest that reducing management intensity will enhance soil multifunctionality in both conventional and organic farming. This implies that, in contexts where high-yielding, high-intensity agriculture prevails, the paradigm of sustainable intensification should be replaced by "productive deintensification." 2025-04-24 2025-04-29T13:58:18Z 2025-04-29T13:58:18Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174376 en Limited Access AAAS van Rijssel, S.Q.; Koorneef, G.J.; Veen, G.F.(Ciska); Pulleman, M.; de Goede, R.G.M.; Comans, R.N.; van der Putten, W.H.; Mason-Jones, K. (2025) Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality.. Science 388(6745): ISSN: 0036-8075 |
| spellingShingle | sustainable intensification soil quality-soil health soil functions van Rijssel, Sophie Q. Koorneef, Guusje J. Veen, G. F. (Ciska) Pulleman, Mirjam de Goede, Ron G. M. Comans, Rob N.J. van der Putten, Wim H. Mason-Jones, Kyle Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality. |
| title | Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality. |
| title_full | Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality. |
| title_fullStr | Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality. |
| title_short | Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality. |
| title_sort | conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality |
| topic | sustainable intensification soil quality-soil health soil functions |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174376 |
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