MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
02939nab|a22003497a|4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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| control field |
62955 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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| control field |
MX-TxCIM |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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| control field |
20240408185606.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
201202s2020||||ne |||p|op||||00||0|eng|d |
| 022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER |
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| International Standard Serial Number |
0167-8809 |
| 024 8# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER |
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| Standard number or code |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.107224 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
MX-TxCIM |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Bouwman, T. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
3594 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Adapting yet not adopting? Conservation agriculture in Central Malawi |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Amsterdam (Netherlands) : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Elsevier, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2021. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Peer review |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Open Access |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Conservation Agriculture (CA) has been widely promoted as a pathway to sustainably intensify agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Yet despite decades of promotion, CA uptake in SSA remains sparse with only few analyses of its impacts on farming and rural livelihoods. This study, which focuses on areas in Central Malawi considered to have a relatively high uptake of CA, uses analyses of satellite images, field observations, interviews with farmers, extension workers and other people involved in CA promotion, as well as a household survey, to investigate how CA has been adapted. We find that the three CA principles – (1) continuous minimum tillage, e.g. no-ridging, (2) permanent ground cover, and (3) crop rotation/intercropping – were not practiced as intended. First, one-third of non-ridged land was tilled during the growing season, and half was again ridged in the following season. Second, unless crop residues were added, the soil’s surface of non-ridged plots was usually bare at planting, causing weed control problems, and an increased risk of erosion. Most farmers added large volumes of crop residues to their non-ridged plots. They collected these from the surrounding fields, but this practice severely restricted the size of these plots. Third, crop rotation/intercropping was practiced less when farmers stopped ridging. Thus overall, very few farmers practised all of the three CA principles simultaneously. CA promotion appeared to only increase yields on plots where mulch was added, but this practice is not scalable. CA promotiondoes not seem to have provided substantial benefits for overall farm productivity, labour-savings or soil conservation. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
Text in English |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Sustainable agriculture |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
2327 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Soil conservation |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
2273 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Impact assessment |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
8668 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Smallholders |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1763 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Rural areas |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
3441 |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1316 |
| Geographic name |
Africa |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Andersson, J.A. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
941 |
| Field link and sequence number |
INT3362 |
| Miscellaneous information |
Sustainable Intensification Program |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Giller, K.E. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1960 |
| 773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
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| Related parts |
v. 307, art. 107224 |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
Amsterdam (Netherlands) : Elsevier, 2021. |
| International Standard Serial Number |
0167-8809 |
| Title |
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Link text |
Open Access through DSpace |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://hdl.handle.net/10883/21055 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Article |
| Suppress in OPAC |
No |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |