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The development of Conservation Agriculture in Australia—Farmers as innovators
International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 2014 The Australian story of farmer innovation in Conservation Agriculture reveals a complex interplay of policy, economics, science, and farming. Farmer experimentation with Conservation Agriculture began in the 1960's and has continued to this day where ...
B. Bellotti, J.F. Rochecouste
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New MeditConservation agriculture, based on direct seeding, offers an ecological production method based on an integrated and sustainable management of mulch and soil resources.
Salem TALBI, Mongi SGHAIER
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The role of conservation agriculture in sustainable agriculture [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2007 The paper focuses on conservation agriculture (CA), defined as minimal soil disturbance (no-till, NT) and permanent soil cover (mulch) combined with rotations, as a more sustainable cultivation system for the future. Cultivation and tillage play an important role in agriculture.
Hobbs, Peter R. +2 more
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AgricultureAgricultural machinery services are an important guaranteed way to promote Conservation Agriculture. It is of great significance to study how to encourage farmers to choose agricultural machinery services to promote the standard implementation of ...
Fan Zhang +4 more
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Impact of Conservation Agricultural Practices on Economics of Wheat Cultivation in Haryana
International Journal of Bio-Resource and Stress Management, 2016 Conservation agriculture can be seen as a new way forward for conserving resources and enhancing the productivity to achieve the goal of sustainable agriculture.
Vikram Yogi, Amit Kar, Pramod Kumar
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Environmental and Sustainability IndicatorsThe main aim of this study was to investigate the potential of encouraging intention to use conservation agriculture technologies to create sustainable social and psychological changes in agricultural communities.
Naser Valizadeh +2 more
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Conservation Agriculture and Climate Change [PDF]
, 2014 This chapter review aims at developing a clear understanding of the impacts and benefits of conservation agriculture (CA) with respect to climate change, and examining if there are any misleading findings at present in the scientific literature. Most of the world’s agricultural soils have been depleted of organic matter and soil health over the years ...
PISANTE, MICHELE +6 more
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The Bioeconomics of Conservation Agriculture and Soil Carbon Sequestration in Developing Countries [PDF]
Improving soil carbon through conservation agriculture in developing countries may generate some private benefits to farmers, as well as sequester carbon emissions, which is a positive externality to society.
Akpalu, Wisdom, Anders, Ekbom
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Household Level Financial Incentives to Adoption of Conservation Agricultural Technologies in Africa [PDF]
Although several studies have been conducted to determine the viability of conservation agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, almost all such studies are fragmented – often country specific – and with undue emphasis on output effects. However, assessment of
Donovan, Cynthia +2 more
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