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Conservation Agriculture cotton for smallholder farmers : (Record no. 65404)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 03305nam a22002777a 4500
001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field 65404
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field MX-TxCIM
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20240226160132.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 220620s2004|f| pn |p||0|| | e enrng d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 99925-3-390-0
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency MX-TxCIM
041 0# - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 630. 892
Item number LAN
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
9 (RLIN) 27841
Personal name Lange, D.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Conservation Agriculture cotton for smallholder farmers :
Remainder of title Experiences from Paraguay
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Asuncion (Paraguay) :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. FAO,
-- GTZ,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2004.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 31 pages
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This report documents the findings of a study into the experiences of Conservation Agriculture (CA) cotton on smallholder farms in Paraguay. This investigation was carried out between the months of August and October 2003, with an additional two visits on smallholders' farms in December 2003 and early February 2004. The regions visited are located in East-Paraguay, since CA cotton is grown there on small farms. The results are from in-depth interviews with smallholder farmers, extension agents and researchers from the Paraguayan Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG). This study was funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nationas (FAO) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Germany. Cotton is one of the most important and widely grown cash, both for sophisticated high input farmers and resource poor smallholder farmers in developing countries. It is grown in different ecological regions and farming systems. Under Conventional Tillage systems, particularly monocropping systems, the disturbance of soil has led to the destruction of soil structure and faster mineralization of soil organic matter leading to reduced soil fertility, soil loss and desertification in many developing countries. This is a severe problem, particularly in cotton, since it is an extremely income orientated crop and the lower productivity of the degraded soils leads to income problems for many smallholder farmers worldwide. Contrary to the problems caused by the Conventional Tillage systems, CA systems, CA systems seek and improved use soils and crops with reduced soil disturbance and the maintenance of crop residues on the soil surface in order to minimize damage to the environment. This is achieved through no mechanical soil disturbance or direct seeding, crop rotation, the use of green manure cover crops (gmcc) and a permanent soil cover. Undoubtedly CA cotton is the solution to the constraints of cotton production under conventional cultivation as mentioned above; nevertheless, the experience of CA cotton is still limited and, in most cases, reduced to medium and large scale mechanized farming systems, mainly from Australia and the USA. Many of these examples come from farming systems that do not always included all of the CA principles in their systems, occasionally using seeds treated with Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt-cotton). No experience on smallholder farmers' cotton under CA was identified prior to starting the field work for this report.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note Text in English
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Conservation agriculture
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 2619
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Cotton
9 (RLIN) 4017
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Smallholders
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1763
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 7318
Geographic name Paraguay
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
9 (RLIN) 27842
Personal name Moriya, K.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Report
Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
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Date last seen Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Withdrawn status Home library Current library Date acquired Copy number
06/20/2022   630. 892 LAN 642371 06/20/2022 Report Not Lost Dewey Decimal Classification     General Book Collection   CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library 06/20/2022  
02/26/2024   630. 892 LAN 643160 02/26/2024 Report Not Lost Dewey Decimal Classification     General Book Collection   CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library 02/26/2024 C.2

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