Differential impacts of regenerative agriculture practices on soil organic carbon: a meta-analysis of studies from India

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Fund
cg.contributor.donorGovernment of Odisha
cg.contributor.programAcceleratorSustainable Farming
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierMukund Patil: 0000-0002-7197-8861
cg.creator.identifierPushpajeet Lokpal Choudhari: 0000-0002-1825-0986
cg.creator.identifierRajesh Pasumarthi: 0009-0007-4511-6196
cg.creator.identifierGajanan Sawargaonkar: 0000-0002-9410-7786
cg.creator.identifierRamesh Singh: 0009-0008-5893-7003
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-12149-6
cg.issn2045-2322
cg.journalScientific Reports (Sci Rep)
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.subject.impactPlatformClimate Change
cg.subject.impactPlatformEnvironmental Health and Biodiversity
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hunger
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate action
dc.contributor.authorPatil, Mukund
dc.contributor.authorPerumal, Cuba
dc.contributor.authorChoudhari, Pushpajeet L.
dc.contributor.authorPasumarthi, Rajesh
dc.contributor.authorSawargaonkar, Gajanan
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Ramesh
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-23T08:34:57Z
dc.date.available2025-12-23T08:34:57Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/179231
dc.titleDifferential impacts of regenerative agriculture practices on soil organic carbon: a meta-analysis of studies from Indiaen
dcterms.abstractRegenerative agriculture (RA) is heralded as a transformative solution to combat climate change, enhance biodiversity, and improve soil health. However, its effectiveness across diverse agro-climatic contexts remains underexplored. This meta-analysis synthesizes results from 147 peer-reviewed studies across India’s major agro-ecological and agro-climatic regions. Using a random-effects model, we estimate the soil organic carbon (SOC) change attributable to a suite of RA practices, including organic amendments (farmyard manure, green manure, compost, and biochar), conservation tillage, crop residue retention, and fertilizer management. Biochar application resulted in the highest SOC gain, followed by farmyard manure, green manure, compost, and fertilizer management. Conservation tillage and crop residue retention demonstrated moderate, yet consistent, carbon benefits across time scales. The SOC gains were most significant over durations exceeding five years and varied across agro-ecological regions, with semi-arid and sub-humid regions showing particularly strong responses. The findings affirm that RA practices effectively sequester carbon, particularly when applied over longer durations and in regionally adapted combinations.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationPatil, Mukund; Perumal, Cuba; Choudhari, Pushpajeet L.; Pasumarthi, Rajesh; Sawargaonkar, Gajanan; and Singh, Ramesh. 2025. Differential impacts of regenerative agriculture practices on soil organic carbon: a meta-analysis of studies from India. Sci Rep 15, 33470. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-12149-6
dcterms.issued2025-09-29
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringer Nature
dcterms.subjectregenerative agriculture
dcterms.subjectmeta-analysis
dcterms.subjectcrop residue
dcterms.subjectcarbon sequestration
dcterms.subjectclimate-change mitigation
dcterms.subjectsoil
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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