Future threats of climate variability and change and accelerated soil degradation in southern Africa have increased the need for more sustainable and “climate-smart” agriculture practices. Manual systems of conservation agriculture (CA) based on seeding into planting basins or direct seeding tech...
Thierfelder, Christian
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Matemba-Mutasa R
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Bunderson, W.T.
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Mutenje M
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Nyagumbo, Isaiah
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Mupangwa, W.
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[Evaluating manual conservation agriculture systems in southern Africa]
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Evaluating manual conservation agriculture systems in southern Africa
The increasing demand for food from limited available land, in light of declining soil fertility and future threats of climate variability and change have increased the need for more sustainable crop management systems. Conservation agriculture (CA) is based on the three principles of minimum soi...
Thierfelder, Christian
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Rusinamhodzi, Leonard
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Ngwira AR
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Mupangwa, W.
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Nyagumbo, Isaiah
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Kassie, Girma T.
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Cairns, Jill E.
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[Conservation agriculture in Southern Africa: Advances in knowledge]
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Conservation agriculture in Southern Africa: Advances in knowledge
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) based on minimum soil disturbance, crop residue retention and crop rotations is considered as a soil and crop management system that could potentially increase soil quality and mitigate the negative effects of climate variability. When CA is combined with drought-tol...
Thierfelder, Christian
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Rusinamhodzi, Leonard
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Setimela, Peter
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Walker, Forbes
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Eash, Neal S.
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[Conservation agriculture and drought-tolerant germplasm: Reaping the benefits of climate-smart agriculture technologies in central Mozambique]
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Conservation agriculture and drought-tolerant germplasm: Reaping the benefits of climate-smart agriculture technologies in central Mozambique
Conservation agriculture (CA), comprising minimum soil disturbance, retention of crop residues and crop diversification, is widely promoted for reducing soil degradation and improving agricultural sustainability. It is also claimed to mitigate climate change through soil carbon sequestration: we ...
Powlson, David S.
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Stirling, Clare M.
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Thierfelder, Christian
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White, Rodger P.
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Jat, Mangi Lal
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[Does conservation agriculture deliver climate change mitigation through soil carbon sequestration in tropical agro-ecosystems?]
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Does conservation agriculture deliver climate change mitigation through soil carbon sequestration in tropical agro-ecosystems?