Smith, JoFarmer, JennySmith, PeteNayak, Dali2021-05-062021-05-062021-09-27Smith, J, Farmer, J, Smith, P & Nayak, D 2021, 'The role of soils in provision of energy', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 376, no. 1834. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.01800962-8436ORCID: /0000-0002-3784-1124/work/162728348https://hdl.handle.net/2164/16398Acknowledgments The inputs of J.S. and D.N. contributes to the Newton Bhabha Virtual Centre on Nitrogen Efficiency in Whole Cropping Systems (NEWS) project no. NEC 05724, the DFID-NERC El Niño programme in project NE P004830, ‘Building Resilience in Ethiopia’s Awassa Region to Drought’ (BREAD), the ESRC NEXUS programme in project IEAS/POO2501/1, ‘Improving Organic Resource Use in Rural Ethiopia’ (IPORE), and the GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub (NE/S009019/1). The input of J.F. and J.S. contributes to the NERC funded Global Methane project, MOYA (NE/N016211/1). The input of P.S. contributes to the UKRI-funded projects DEVIL (NE/M021327/1), Soils-R-GRREAT (NE/P019455/1) and N-Circle (BB/N013484/1), the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme projects CIRCASA (grant agreement no. 774378) and UNISECO (grant agreement no. 773901), and the Wellcome Trust-funded project Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems (SHEFS).18905791engSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean EnergySDG 15 - Life on LandSoilsenergy provisionpeat burningorganic wastescrop residuesorganic manuresGE Environmental SciencesQH301 BiologyNatural Environment Research Council (NERC)NE P004830NE/S009019/1NE/M021327/1NE/P019455/1NE/N016211/1OtherBB/N013484/1774378773901GEQH301Journal article10.1098/rstb.2020.01803761834