Creation and adaptation of direct seeding mulch based cropping systems for tropical upland in South-East Asia

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2012

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In South East Asia, soaring demands for agricultural productions lead to increasing pressures on natural resources; soil degradation (erosion, organic matter mineralization, salinisation …), water pollution, forests clearings … call for rapid and deep changes of farming practises.

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Small-scale farming, Soil management, Conservation agriculture, Direct seeding, Mulching, Field Scale

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Presented at the Third International Conservation Agriculture Conference in Southeast Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam, 10-15 December 2012 and at the SANREM and ASA, CSSA, and SSSA International Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, 21-24 October 2012