Can a history of crop rotations improve the prediction of soil organic carbon in the Andes? integrating machine learning multi-annual crop classification as a proxy of soil management
Marcelo Bueno, Hildo Loayza, Johan Ninanya, Javier Rinza, Percy Briceño, L. G. da Silva, Carlos Mestanza, Ronal Otiniano Villanueva, Jan Frederik Kreuze, David A. Ramírez
This study models soil organic carbon in the Andes using machine learning with crop rotation data, finding that fallow frequency is a key predictor of SOC when soil data are excluded.
PLoS ONE · Jul 16, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics