Conservation agriculture for food security in Cambodia

Abstract

This presentation reports on work that a SANREM innovation lab research team has conducted in Cambodia. The study sought to: (i.) identify field-and-farm-level conservation agriculture production systems that will minimize smallholder costs and risks while maximizing benefits and (ii) adoption and measure crop yield and biomass from conservation agriculture production systems, and compare them with conventional plow-based systems

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Keywords

Conservation agriculture, Conservation tillage, Conservation agriculture, Income generation, Food security, Field Scale

Citation

Presented at the ASABE Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, 29 July-1 August 2012