Conservation agriculture and smallholder farming in Africa: The heretics' view

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dc.contributor.authorGiller, Kenen
dc.contributor.authorWitter, Ernsten
dc.contributor.authorCorbeels, Marcen
dc.contributor.authorTittonell, Pabloen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:07:28Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:07:28Zen
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis paper critically analyzes the claims of successful conservation agriculture adoption (CA). CA is said to increase yields, to reduce labor requirements, improve soil fertility and reduce erosion. Yet, according to the authors the empirical evidence is not clear and consistent on many of those points. In sub-Saharan Africa the available evidence suggests virtually no uptake of CA. The authors conclude with a need for critical assessment of the ecological and socio-economic conditions for which CA is best suited.en
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dc.identifier4297en
dc.identifier5875en
dc.identifier.citationField Crops Research 114(1): 23-24en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2009.06.017en
dc.identifier.issn0378-4290en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68809en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAmsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier B.V.en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCarbon sequestrationen
dc.subjectSoil conservationen
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectAdoption of innovationsen
dc.subjectSoil qualityen
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.subjectNo-tillen
dc.subjectZero tillageen
dc.subjectCrop residuesen
dc.subjectMulchen
dc.subjectSoil carbonen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleConservation agriculture and smallholder farming in Africa: The heretics' viewen
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