Pheap S. auteur aut IRD Lefèvre C. auteur aut IRD Thoumazeau A. auteur aut IRD Leng V. auteur aut IRD Boulakia S. auteur aut IRD Koy R. auteur aut IRD Hok L. auteur aut IRD Lienhard P. auteur aut IRD Brauman Alain auteur aut IRD Tivet F. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access As a response to the worldwide challenge raised by soil degradation, Conservation Agriculture (CA) was proposed to help restoring the three main soil functions, i.e. carbon transformation, nutrient cycling and structure maintenance. However, there is still a lack of integrative studies that assess the overall impact of CA on soil health. To fill the gap, Biofunctooll (R), a set of in-field indicators, was developed to monitor changes in soil biological functioning. In this study, Biofunctool (R) was used to assess the impact of a conventional tillage (CT) and three CA annual-based cropping systems on soil health on a Cambodian Oxisol. Eight indicators related to the three soil functions were monitored and integrated into a Soil Quality index (SQI), i.e. the Biofunctool (R) Index. Overall, we found that soil health was twice higher under the CA treatments than under CT treatment. Although it was similar in the three CA treatments, the contribution of each soil function to the soil health diverged. An analysis of soil carbon dynamics also showed that CA support short-term soil organic carbon stabilization compared to CT. This study demonstrates that Biofunctool (R) is a robust, relevant, time-and cost-effective in-field assessment tool that can be used in multiple ways including cropping system management, capacity building of local stakeholders, and policy dialogue. specialized SOL CULTIVE BIOLOGIE DU SOL CONSERVATION DU SOL CYCLE BIOGEOCHIMIQUE SYSTEME DE PRODUCTION MATIERE ORGANIQUE CARBONE QUALITE CAMBODGE 076AGRO 068PROSOL 074SOLMIC 194 art. no 104349 [9 ] 2019 2351-0846 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077591 10.1016/j.still.2019.104349 2351-0846 [F B010077591] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077591 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/depot/2020-03-03/010077591.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2020-02-27 2025-02-24 fdi:010077591 fre