Soil management

[3] According to the EPA, agricultural soil management practices can lead to production and emission of nitrous oxide (N2O), a major greenhouse gas and air pollutant.

Activities that can contribute to N2O emissions include fertilizer usage, irrigation and tillage.

[5] the usage of artificial fertilizer in the agricultural field it leads to nutrition imbalance in the soil.

The amount of carbon a soil can sequester depends on the climate and current and historical land-use and management.

[9][10] Because only 5% of US farmland currently uses no-till and residue mulching, there is a large potential for carbon sequestration.

Practices include large-scale farming that specializes in monoculture and uses pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers.