With the continuous growth of the population, food security has become a hot issue in the international community. Serious threats to food security are increasingly posed by water shortages, reduced arable land, and degraded soil quality. Natural conditions limit the ability of food production to continue to increase. Due to the uneven distribution of soil nutrients, nutrient deficiency is a key problem that restricts crop growth and production. Previous studies have focused on boosting food production while protecting the environment. In the pursuit of higher yields, excessive use of water and fertilizers has led to serious environmental problems such as eutrophication, greenhouse gas emissions, and soil acidification. In the context of food security and the environment, interdisciplinary research should improve productivity while implementing environmental protection. However, these recommendations alone are unlikely to keep the environment healthy in the face of a growing global population. There is an urgent need to develop a rational food production plan that focuses on sustainable food production and the efficient use of natural resources.
Ensuring the balance between food security and crop field management techniques is an important challenge. Some field management technologies have already been applied worldwide. Strategically reduce irrigation water and fertilizer use, such as mulch drip irrigation, only during critical periods when crops need water and fertilizer. Additionally, water-intensive crops are concentrated in humid and sub-humid areas and drought-resistant crops are cultivated in arid and semi-arid areas.
This research topic aims to explore the frontier findings and future prospects of food security, crop field management, and technology research, including mini-reviews, full-text reviews, and original research manuscripts in the following key areas of food crop management:
• Advances Technologies technologies development for efficient use of food crop water and fertilizer resources, such as fertigation, irrigation scheduling optimization, fertilizer type, fertilizer ratio, etc., and their impact on the yield and quality of food crops
• The influence of crop field management and technology on soil physical, chemical, and biological properties, and the combined effects of these soil factors on food crops (e.g. crop traits, crop yield, and crop stresses).
• Crop cultivation technology technologies that could achieve relatively better crop yield, quality, and soil health.
• New methods, technologies, and discoveries on optimization of field management techniques of food crops.
• Green agricultural production technology combining contaminated soil remediation and grain production.
With the continuous growth of the population, food security has become a hot issue in the international community. Serious threats to food security are increasingly posed by water shortages, reduced arable land, and degraded soil quality. Natural conditions limit the ability of food production to continue to increase. Due to the uneven distribution of soil nutrients, nutrient deficiency is a key problem that restricts crop growth and production. Previous studies have focused on boosting food production while protecting the environment. In the pursuit of higher yields, excessive use of water and fertilizers has led to serious environmental problems such as eutrophication, greenhouse gas emissions, and soil acidification. In the context of food security and the environment, interdisciplinary research should improve productivity while implementing environmental protection. However, these recommendations alone are unlikely to keep the environment healthy in the face of a growing global population. There is an urgent need to develop a rational food production plan that focuses on sustainable food production and the efficient use of natural resources.
Ensuring the balance between food security and crop field management techniques is an important challenge. Some field management technologies have already been applied worldwide. Strategically reduce irrigation water and fertilizer use, such as mulch drip irrigation, only during critical periods when crops need water and fertilizer. Additionally, water-intensive crops are concentrated in humid and sub-humid areas and drought-resistant crops are cultivated in arid and semi-arid areas.
This research topic aims to explore the frontier findings and future prospects of food security, crop field management, and technology research, including mini-reviews, full-text reviews, and original research manuscripts in the following key areas of food crop management:
• Advances Technologies technologies development for efficient use of food crop water and fertilizer resources, such as fertigation, irrigation scheduling optimization, fertilizer type, fertilizer ratio, etc., and their impact on the yield and quality of food crops
• The influence of crop field management and technology on soil physical, chemical, and biological properties, and the combined effects of these soil factors on food crops (e.g. crop traits, crop yield, and crop stresses).
• Crop cultivation technology technologies that could achieve relatively better crop yield, quality, and soil health.
• New methods, technologies, and discoveries on optimization of field management techniques of food crops.
• Green agricultural production technology combining contaminated soil remediation and grain production.