Conservation agriculture for sustainable and resilient agriculture: global status, prospects and challenges
2014
r. a. jat | t. friedrich | k. l. sahrawat | a. h. kassam
R. A. Jat, K. L. Sahrawat, A. H. Kassam, T. Friedrich, 'Conservation agriculture for sustainable and resilient agriculture: global status, prospects and challenges', Conservation agriculture: global prospects and challenges, pp.1-25, CABI, 2014
显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]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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