Conservation agriculture: Case studies in Latin America and Africa

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dc.contributor.authorFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nationsen
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Development Programmeen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialLatin Americaen
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbeanen
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:07:31Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:07:31Zen
dc.date.issued2001en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this publication is to show how conservation agriculture can increase crop production while reducing erosion and reversing soil fertility decline, improving rural livelihoods and restoring the environment in developing countries. Soil organic matter and biological activity in the rooting zone, stimulated by continual additions of fresh organic material (crop residues and cover crops) are the basis of conservation agriculture, as described in the first chapter.en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier263en
dc.identifier.citationFAO Soils Bulletins 78en
dc.identifier.issn0253-2050en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65326en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherFAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/DOCREP/003/Y1730E/Y1730E00.HTMen
dc.subjectSoil erosionen
dc.subjectSoil conservationen
dc.subjectGreen manure cropsen
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectConservation tillageen
dc.subjectSoil organic matteren
dc.subjectAgricultural ecosystemsen
dc.subjectNo-tillen
dc.subjectCover croppingen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.titleConservation agriculture: Case studies in Latin America and Africaen
dc.typeAbstracten
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