02587naa a2200289 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200140006002400360007410000190011024501440012926000090027350010250028252006740130765300400198165300330202165300150205465300120206965300130208165300120209465300140210670000180212070000170213870000170215570000140217277301110218610645942024-04-17       2024    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a2673-32187 a10.3389/fagro.2024.13871882DOI1 aDEL PAPA, M.F.  aEditorialbMaximizing nitrogen fixation in legumes as a tool for sustainable agriculture intensification, volume II.h[electronic resource]  c2024  aArticle history: Received 16 February 2024, Accepted 06 March 2024, Published 13 March 2024. -- Correspondece: Del Papa, M.F.; Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular (IBBM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Dep. Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), La Plata, Argentina; email:floppy@biol.unlp.edu.ar  -- FUNDING: FL's research was supported by the project "Intensificación sostenible de sistemas ganaderos con leguminosas" funded by PROCISUR and FONTAGRO. -- This article is part of the Research Topic Maximizing Nitrogen Fixation in Legumes as a Tool for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification: Volume II (https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/42617#articles ) -- Edited and reviewed by Davey Jones, Bangor University, United Kingdom. --  LICENSE: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )  aABSTRACT.- Estimations indicate that there will be nearly 10 billion people on Earth by 2050. Then agriculture will be required to generate about 50% more food because of the rise in the world population (FAO, 2017). The great challenge for agricultural systems is to provide secure food for the growing world population while maintaining or improving soil and water quality, together with working towards the mitigation of climate change without exceeding planetary boundaries (Wanyenze et al., 2023). This can be achieved through sustainable agriculture intensification and involves increasing current levels of production while minimizing impacts on the environment.  aÁREA DE PASTURAS Y FORRAJES - INIA  aBiological nitrogen fixation  aInoculants  aLegumes  aRhizobia  aSoybean  aSymbiosis1 aDELGADO, M.J.1 aIRISARRI, P.1 aLATTANZI, F.1 aMONZA, J.  tFrontiers in Agronomy. 2024, Volume 6, e1387188. https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2024.1387188 --OPEN ACCESS.