Conservation agriculture for sustainable and resilient agriculture: global status, prospects and challenges
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http://oar.icrisat.org/7608/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781780642598.0001 |
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Conservation agriculture for sustainable and resilient agriculture: global status, prospects and challenges
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Jat, R A
Sahrawat, K L Kassam, A H Friedrich, T |
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Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Climate change |
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This chapter discusses the following topics: conservation agriculture as the way forward for sustainable agricultural production; definition and concept of conservation agriculture; and the global history, current status and prospects of conservation agriculture. The chapter also includes reports of research studies conducted on: soil and water conservation; soil quality; rainwater use efficiency; nutrient use efficiency; input use efficiency; insect-pest, disease and weed dynamics; crop productivity; climate change mitigation and adaptation; benefits at ecosystem level; and farm profitability
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CABI
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Jat, R A
Sahrawat, K L Kassam, A H |
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2013
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Book Section
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application/pdf
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en
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http://oar.icrisat.org/7608/1/Conservation_Agriculture_Global_Prospects_and_Challenges.pdf
Jat, R A and Sahrawat, K L and Kassam, A H and Friedrich, T (2013) Conservation agriculture for sustainable and resilient agriculture: global status, prospects and challenges. In: Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture: Global Status,Prospects and Challenges,. CABI, Boston, pp. 1-25. ISBN 9781780642598 |
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