Intensive agriculture exerts environmental pressures, including ecosystem service degradation and non-point source pollution

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Sourced from the stated challenges and future-work section and stated research gap and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 2 journals. Those papers have been cited 5 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps

• The crayfish-rice coculture model contributes to regulating the soil fertility of rice fields and maintaining the stability of soil microbial community composition and function (2026) · Advanced Biotechnology · doi

  Intensive agriculture exerts environmental pressures, including ecosystem service degradation and non-point source pollution. Sustainable farming models that simultaneously maintain soil fertility and microbial ecosystem stability are urgently needed.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: intensive agriculture exerts environmental pressures including ecosystem service
• Integrated Rice-Snail-Crayfish Farming System Shapes Soil Microbial Community by Enhancing pH and Microbial Biomass in South Subtropical China (2024) · Agriculture · cited 5× · doi

  Soil degradation and ecosystem imbalances due to excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Limited understanding of the mechanisms by which the integrated rice-snail-crayfish farming system influences soil microbial community composition. Difficulty in optimizing soil management strategies for paddy field ecosystems.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: soil degradation ecosystem imbalances due excessive use chemical
• Influence of Alternate Wetting and Drying Irrigation and Microbial Fertilizer on Weed and Canopy Arthropod Diversity in Paddy Fields in Southern China (2026) · Agriculture · doi

  Further research is needed to understand the mechanism by which water and fertilizer management changes paddy field biodiversity, - The ecological link between ground/soil arthropods and canopy arthropods can help us better understand the mechanism by which water and fertilizer management changes paddy field biodiversity

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 4/5
  Keywords: further research needed understand mechanism water fertilizer management
• The crayfish-rice coculture model contributes to regulating the soil fertility of rice fields and maintaining the stability of soil microbial community composition and function (2026) · Advanced Biotechnology · doi

  The microecological mechanisms underlying the capacity of crayfish-rice coculture to regulate soil fertility and sustain community stability remain poorly understood. The microbiological processes driving the unique biogeochemical cycles remain poorly elucidated.

  generalstated research gapevidence 3/5
  Keywords: microecological mechanisms underlying capacity crayfish-rice coculture regulate soil
• The crayfish-rice coculture model contributes to regulating the soil fertility of rice fields and maintaining the stability of soil microbial community composition and function (2026) · Advanced Biotechnology · doi

  Abstract Rice-fish coculture represents a classic sustainable agricultural paradigm; however, the microecological mechanisms underlying its capacity to maintain soil fertility and microbial community stability remain poorly understood.

  generalabstractevidence 2/5
  Keywords: abstract rice fish coculture represents classic sustainable agricultural paradigm microecological mechanisms underlying capacity maintain soil

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