ABSTRACT
The expanding global population, expected to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050, is exerting mounting pressure on the finite land area and resources for growing food. Traditional conventional agriculture, with an emphasis on intensive tillage and monoculture practices, has resulted in slow environmental degradation that may ultimately jeopardise our food security. Climate change poses a major threat to food security through its direct impact on long-term agriculture. Climate extremes negatively affect crop, livestock, and fishery production through yield reductions, biological migration, and loss of ecosystem services, which ultimately lead to a reduction in agricultural incomes and an increase in food prices. Agriculture production systems require clear and explicit global communication. The term ‘cover crops’ was initially defined to include those crops that provide soil cover to prevent erosion. The soil is a fundamental foundation of our life, economy and environmental quality.
