Crop residues (CR) have become a limited resource in mixed crop-livestock farms. As a result of the increasing demand and low availability of alternative resources, CR became an essential resource for household activities, especially for livestock keeping; a major livelihood element of smallholde...
Valbuena, Diego
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Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
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Erenstein, Olaf
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Teufel, Nils
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Swain, B.B.
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Mekonnen, Kindu
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Germaine, I.
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Gerard, Bruno G.
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[Identifying determinants, pressures and trade-offs of crop residue use in mixed smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia]
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Identifying determinants, pressures and trade-offs of crop residue use in mixed smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
A study was conducted to design productive, profitable, irrigation water¸ nitrogen and energy use efficient intensive cereal systems (rice-wheat; RW and maize-wheat; MW) in North-West India. Bundling of conservation agriculture (CA) with sub-surface drip irrigation termed as CA+ were compared wit...
Jat, Hanuman S.
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Sharma, Parbodh C.
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Datta, Ashim
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Choudhary, Madhu
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Kakraliya, Suresh K.
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Singh, Yadvinder
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Sidhu, Harminder S.
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Gerard, Bruno G.
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Jat, Mangi Lal
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[Re-designing irrigated intensive cereal systems through bundling precision agronomic innovations for transitioning towards agricultural sustainability in North-West India]
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Re-designing irrigated intensive cereal systems through bundling precision agronomic innovations for transitioning towards agricultural sustainability in North-West India
Since the paper by Giller et al. (2009), the debate surrounding the suitability of conservation agriculture (CA) for African smallholders has remained polarized between proponents and opponents. The debate also gave rise to a few studies that attempted to identify the “niche” where CA would fit i...
Baudron, Frédéric
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Thierfelder, Christian
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Nyagumbo, Isaiah
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Gerard, Bruno G.
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[Where to Target Conservation Agriculture for African Smallholders? How to Overcome Challenges Associated with its Implementation? Experience from Eastern and Southern Africa]
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Where to Target Conservation Agriculture for African Smallholders? How to Overcome Challenges Associated with its Implementation? Experience from Eastern and Southern Africa
Conservation agriculture (CA)—the simultaneous application of minimum soil disturbance, crop residue retention, and crop diversification—is a key approach to address declining soil fertility and the adverse effects of climate change in southern Africa. Applying the three defining principles of CA...
Thierfelder, Christian
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Baudron, Frédéric
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Setimela, Peter
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Nyagumbo, I.
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Mupangwa, W.
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Mhlanga, B.
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Lee, N.
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Gerard, Bruno G.
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[Complementary practices supporting conservation agriculture in southern Africa: A review]
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Complementary practices supporting conservation agriculture in southern Africa: A review
The Emissions Gap Report 2013 from the United Nations Environment Programme restates the claim that changing to no-till practices in agriculture, as an alternative to conventional tillage, causes an accumulation of organic carbon in soil, thus mitigating climate change through carbon sequestratio...
Powlson, David S.
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Stirling, Clare M.
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Jat, Mangi Lal
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Gerard, Bruno G.
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Palm, C.A.
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Sánchez, P.A.
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Cassman, Kenneth G.
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[Limited potential of no-till agriculture for climate change mitigation]
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Limited potential of no-till agriculture for climate change mitigation