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Conservation agriculture reduces climate change impact of a popcorn and wheat crop rotation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Urgent action is needed to ensure humanity's future under climate change. Agriculture faces major challenges as it is both influenced by and contributes to climate change.
Maria Vittoria Guidoboni +5 more
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What drives farmers to use conservation agriculture? Application of mediated protection motivation theory [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Conservation agriculture is an approach for managing agricultural ecosystems, improving productivity, increasing benefits and food security, and preserving resources and the environment.
Khadijeh Bazrafkan +5 more
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Unveiling drivers of conservation agriculture amidst climate challenges: A coastal Bangladeshi case study [PDF]
HeliyonConservation agriculture practices play a pivotal role in augmenting agricultural productivity while concurrently fostering biodiversity, mitigating soil erosion, and enhancing plant nutrition.
Md. Salauddin Palash +4 more
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Conservation agriculture improves soil health and sustains crop yields after long-term warming [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsClimate warming threatens global food security by exacerbating pressures on degraded soils under intensive crop production. Conservation agriculture is promoted as a sustainable solution that improves soil health and sustains crop yields in a changing ...
Jialing Teng +9 more
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Conservation agriculture raises crop nitrogen acquisition by amplifying plant-microbe synergy under climate warming [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsSustainable crop production in a warming climate requires land management strategies that support plant-soil-microbe interactions to optimize nitrogen (N) availability.
Cunkang Hao +17 more
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Land, 2022 Conservation agriculture, also known as environment-friendly agriculture, is expected to contribute to global climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation.
Yoshitaka Miyake +3 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 The Mexican Bajío region is the country's main barley (Hordeum vulgare) producing area. Barley is commonly produced during the dry autumn–winter season using furrow irrigation with ground water, following which rainfed maize (Zea mays) is grown in the ...
Simon Fonteyne +2 more
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Sustainable Agriculture and Soil Conservation
Applied Sciences, 2021 Soil degradation is one of the most topical environmental threats. A number of processes causing soil degradation, specifically erosion, compaction, salinization, pollution, and loss of both organic matter and soil biodiversity, are also strictly ...
Mirko Castellini +3 more
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Balancing plant conservation and agricultural production in the Ecuadorian Dry Inter-Andean Valleys [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Background Conserving both biodiversity and ecosystem services is a major goal of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Hotspots for biodiversity in the Andes significantly overlap with areas with dense human populations that sustain their economy ...
Catalina Quintana +2 more
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Next Steps for Conservation Agriculture
Agronomy, 2021 The origins, history, and recent advances in Conservation Agriculture (CA) are reported. CA is now practiced worldwide on some 200 million hectares, important for mitigating climate change and ensuring food security. Its bedrock is Zero Tillage (ZT) with
John N. Landers +5 more
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