Soil Quality Indicators in Agroecological Practices: Lessons From a Systematic Review of Long-Term Experiments

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dc.contributor.authorMaienza, Anita
dc.contributor.authorButtafuoco, Gabriele
dc.contributor.authorBiancofiore, Gherardo
dc.contributor.authorÜn, Akin
dc.contributor.authorRenovell, Javier
dc.contributor.authorPisarčik, Martin
dc.contributor.authorFuksa, Pavel
dc.contributor.authorGrabiński, Jerzy
dc.contributor.authorLumini, Erica
dc.contributor.authorDi Lonardo, Sara
dc.contributor.authorKushnir, Michelle
dc.contributor.authorHakl, Josef
dc.contributor.authorVilkiene, Monika
dc.contributor.authorMockeviciene, Ieva
dc.contributor.authorDirnena, Baiba
dc.contributor.authorAsins-Velis, Sabina
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-08T06:40:47Z
dc.date.available2025-07-08T06:40:47Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractIn recent decades, there has been increasing recognition of soil as a vital and non-renewable natural resource that provides essential environmental, economic, and social benefits. Agronomic and soil management practices—such as tillage systems, crop rotation, and nutrient applications—significantly influence near-surface soil properties and related ecosystem services. There is growing interest in defining soil quality and establishing specific indicators regarding conservation practices. This systematic review was focused on Long-Term Field Experiments (LTEs) conducted in seven countries: Czech Republic, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, and Turkey. The review examined the most frequently studied soil quality properties related to agroecological practices. Our goal was also to standardize the results based on the advanced works in recent years on soil ecosystem services. The findings underscore the strong interest in sustainable production with a particularly high presence of agroecological soil practices in Long-Term Field Experiments (LTEs), especially in Italy and the Czech Republic. Cereals are among the most extensively studied crops under organic amendments and tillage intensity trials in the reviewed papers. Soil properties related to climate and environmental services (such as organic carbon) are the main indicators studied. Additionally, the review highlights a significant gap in soil biodiversity indicators in the agroecological long-term studies analysed. As a future direction, it is crucial to develop new, holistic soil quality indicators that encompass chemical–physical and biological aspects for soil monitoring and conservation.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the Into-DIALOGUE project. Into-DIALOGUE (More than a Dialogue between actors, seeking the integration of soil-based principles in agroecological systems) is an EJP SOIL internal project. EJP SOIL has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme: Grant agreement No 862695. Very special thanks go to the team of soscisurvey.de for freely providing the online platform for survey design and execution for scientific use.
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Journal of Soil Science, 2025; 76:e70138
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ejss.70138
dc.identifier.issnOnline ISSN: 1365-2389. Print ISSN: 1351-0754
dc.identifier.urihttps://bc.iung.pl/handle/123456789/3279
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.subjectagroecology
dc.subjectsoil ecosystem services
dc.subjectsoil properties
dc.subjectsystematic review
dc.titleSoil Quality Indicators in Agroecological Practices: Lessons From a Systematic Review of Long-Term Experiments
dc.typeArticle
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