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Energy efficiency and soil conservation in conventional, minimum tillage and no-tillage

International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 2014
The objective of this research was to determine the capacity of a soil tillage system in soil conservation, in productivity and in energy efficiency.
Teodor Rusu
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Does Minimum Tillage Improve Smallholder Farmers’ Welfare? Evidence from Southern Tanzania

Land, 2020
Conservation agriculture continues to be promoted in developing nations as a sustainable and suitable agricultural practice to enhance smallholder productivity. A look at the literature indicates that this practice is successful in non-African countries.
Maurice Osewe, Chris Miyinzi Mwungu, Aijun Liu   +2 more
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Effect of tillage and fertilizer doses on growth and growth indices of soybean (Glycine max L.) under conservation tillage systems

Environment Conservation Journal, 2021
A field experiment was conducted during kharif season of 2019 at the Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, CSKHPKV, Palampur to study the effect of tillage and fertilizer doses on growth and growth indices of soybean under conservation tillage systems ...
Shilpa Manhas, Janardan Singh, Ankit Saini, Tarun Sharma, Parita K.   +4 more
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Minimum tillage practices affect disease and yield of lettuce

California Agriculture, 2002
Vegetable growers have been experimenting with reduced tillage practices to increase soil organic matter, limit compaction, and reduce fuel and labor costs.
Louise Jackson, Irenee Ramirez, Israel Morales, Steven Koike   +3 more
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Deriving Surface Water Storage and Curve Numbers from Rainfall–Runoff Relationships in Conventional and Minimum Tillage Systems in Gwanda, Zimbabwe

Applied Sciences, 2023
Soil water availability is one of the major constraints limiting crop productivity under semi-arid conditions in sub-Saharan Africa. Crop models are tools that can be used to explain and predict the effect of improved technologies on runoff and soil ...
Walter Mupangwa, Bongani Ncube, Lovemore Chipindu, Isaiah Nyagumbo, Clementine Denga-Mupangwa   +4 more
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The effect of minimum tillage and animal manure on maize yields and soil organic carbon in sub‐Saharan Africa: A meta‐analysis

Environmental Challenges, 2021
In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), diminishing soil fertility has been experienced from continuous cropping and low nutrient replacement. Organic inputs and minimum tillage are proposed to increase the declining fertility of the soil to increase crop growth ...
M.W. Githongo, M.N. Kiboi, F.K. Ngetich, C.M. Musafiri, A. Muriuki, A. Fliessbach   +5 more
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Effect of different tillage systems and cultivars on yield and yield attributes of rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Environment Conservation Journal, 2022
A field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2019 at the Experimental Farm of the Department of Agronomy of CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur (H.P.) to investigate the effect of different tillage systems and varieties on yield of ...
Ankit Saini, Sandeep Manuja, Suresh Kumar, Shilpa K., Shabnam Kumari, Anil Kumar, Deepika Suri   +6 more
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Optimization of basic tillage techniques on the slope landscapes in the Chechen Republic

RUDN Journal of Agronomy and Animal Industries, 2023
Studies on the optimization of basic tillage techniques were carried out in the foothill part of the Chechen Republic. The purpose of the research was to determine the optimal reception of basic tillage on the slope landscapes of the Chechen Republic in ...
Magomed R. Nakhaev, Tamara S. Astarkhanova   +1 more
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Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) performance under tillage and weed management in rice (Oryza sativa)-based cropping sequence

The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2023
The present field experiment was conducted at Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam with Sesbania-winter rice (Oryza sativa L.)-Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) cropping sequence during 2017–2019 comprising 20 treatment combinations of tillage
SONTARA KALITA, JAYANTA DEKA, KHAGEN KURMI, RAMANI KANTA THAKURIA, DHRUBA JYOTI NATH, KAUSHIK DAS, POMPY DEKA   +6 more
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Does Minimum Tillage Improve Smallholder Farmers' Welfare? Evidence from Southern Tanzania

Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2021
This study evaluated the welfare effects of minimum tillage among smallholder households in Southern Tanzania. A propensity score matching technique was employed to assess the causal impact of adopting minimum tillage using data from a random sample of ...
Maurice Osewe, Chris Miyinzi Mwungu, Veronica Tshogofatso Kgosi, Aijun Liu   +3 more
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