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Data extracted in April 2021 

Note to the reader: This general fiche summarises all the environmental and climate impacts of SOIL AMENDMENT WITH LIME OR GYPSUM found in a systematic review of 7 synthesis research papers1. These papers were selected from an initial number of 35 obtained through a systematic literature search strategy, according to the inclusion criteria reported in section 4.    

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2. DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPACTS OF THE FARMING PRACTICE ON ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE

We reviewed the impacts of soil amendment with lime or gypsum vs. no amendment. 

The tables below show the number of synthesis papers reporting positive, negative or no effect, based on the statistical comparison of the intervention and the control. In addition, we include, if any, the number of systematic reviews reporting relevant results but without statistical test of the effects (uncertain). The numbers between parenthesis indicate the number of synthesis papers with a quality score of at least 50%. Details on quality criteria can be found in the methodology section of this WIKI. 

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