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020			_a978-1-4020-9131-5
020			_a978-1-4020-9132-2 (Online)
024	8		_ahttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9132-2_33
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041			_aeng
090			_aCIS-6400
100	1		_aSayre, K.D. _8CSAY01 _94612 _gSustainable Intensification Program
245	1	0	_aChapter 33. Use of Conservation Agriculture to improve farming systems in developing countries
260			_aNetherlands : _bSpringer, _c2011.
520			_aFarmers in both developed and developing countries are confronting new challenges related to the globalised economy, accelerating production costs and now climate change. Conventional farming practices that involve tillage for land preparation and weed control, removal or burning of crop residues and mono-cropping are associated with soil erosion and degradation of the soil health needed for efficient water productivity and sustainable crop production. Over the past 30 years, a new approach to farm management to address these issues includes reduced tillage, retention of crop residues and the use of more diversified crop rotations. This is now referred to as Conservation Agriculture. The results of research to compare the productivity and profitability of Conservation Agriculture (CA) with that of conventional farming are outlined in this chapter. Since achieving the benefits of CA requires major changes in attitude from conventional production, the successful extension and farmer adoption of CA requires farmer participation in the development and adaptation of CA technologies.
536			_aConservation Agriculture Program
546			_aText in English
594			_aINT2813|CSAY01
595			_aCSC
650		7	_2AGROVOC _92619 _aConservation agriculture
650		7	_2AGROVOC _933115 _aSustainable production
650		7	_2AGROVOC _91063 _aCrop production
650		7	_2AGROVOC _91753 _aZero tillage
650		7	_2AGROVOC _91064 _aCrop residues
650		7	_2AGROVOC _91807 _aCrop rotation
700	1		_aGovaerts, B. _gSustainable Intensification Program _8INT2813 _9860
773			_dNetherlands : Springer, 2011. _gp. 861-873 _tRainfed Farming Systems _z978-1-4020-9131-5 _z978-1-4020-9132-2
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