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The adaptive capacity of maize-based conservation agriculture systems to climate stress in tropical and subtropical environments: A meta-regression of yields [PDF]
, 2018 Conservation agriculture is widely promoted across sub-Saharan Africa as a sustainable farming practice that enhances adaptive capacity to climate change.
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THE EFFECTS OF CAP REFORM ON THE PERIURBAN AGRICULTURAL AREA IN THE PLAIN OF THE CITY OF ASSISI (CENTRAL ITALY) [PDF]
In periurban areas agriculture can assume a multifunctional role that includes landscape conservation, sustainable resource management, biodiversity conservation, leisure activities, and can also maintain adequate conditions in densely populated areas ...
Giacche, Giulia +3 more
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Participatory Ecosystem Management Planning at Tuzla Lake (Turkey) Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping
, 2005 A participatory environmental management plan was prepared for Tuzla Lake, Turkey. Fuzzy cognitive mapping approach was used to obtain stakeholder views and desires.
Akdogan, Asuman +2 more
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Climate ServicesAdapting smallholder rainfed farming systems to climate change requires adoption of technologies that build resilience to climate shocks. One such technology is conservation agriculture, yet its adoption by smallholders in Southern Africa is not ...
Hambulo Ngoma +6 more
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, 2021 Description of the practice:Conservation Agriculture (CA) regroups a vast diversity of agroecological cropping systems characterized by the simultaneous and continuous application of 3 practical principles:i. No-Tillage, i.e. minimum mechanical soil disturbance with direct seeding, no-till weeding andminimum soil disturbance with other operations ...
Boulakia, Stéphane +6 more
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Conservation Agriculture Way of Agricultural Sustainability
, 2023 Conservation agriculture (CA) is a sustainable farming approach that emphasizes minimal soil disturbance, permanent soil cover, and diverse crop rotations. This holistic system aims to preserve and enhance soil health, water retention, and biodiversity while increasing agricultural productivity and profitability.
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IMPACTS OF INCORPORATING LAND EXCHANGES BETWEEN FORESTRY AND AGRICULTURE IN SECTOR MODELS [PDF]
The forest and agriculture sectors are linked by having a portion of their land bases suitable for use in either sector. A substantial part of the southern land base is suitable for either forestry or agriculture use, with most of forestation on U.S ...
Adams, Darius M. +2 more
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Risk Assessment for National Natural Resource Conservation Programs [PDF]
This paper reviews the risk assessments prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in support of regulations implementing the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).
Powell, Mark, Wilson, James
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Conservation Agriculture: The role of Academia in its technology transfer [PDF]
, 2012 Today, almost all players in the different agricultural sectors know what Conservation Agriculture is about and the potential benefits CA is able to generate.
Basch, G.
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Weed Management in Conservation Agriculture Systems
International Journal of Economic Plants, 2016 Adequate food production for ever-increasing global population can only be achieved through the implementation of sustainable growing practices that minimize environmental degradation and preserve resources while maintaining high-yielding profitable ...
A. R. Sharma, V. P. Singh
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