On-farm performance evaluation of conservation agriculture production systems (CAPS) in the central mid-hills of Nepal.

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2012

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Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management

Abstract

This abstract presents the first year results of trial plots in each of three Nepali tribal villages. Yield results are presented in terms of protein and household revenue. The results of an analytic hierarchy process conducted in each village to ascertain farmer preferences for CAPS is also presented.

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Household enterprise, Conservation agriculture, Soil fertility, Soil quality, Rainfed agriculture, Food security, Economic impacts, Conservation tillage, Subsistence production, Conservation Agriculture Production Systems, Analytic hierarchy process, Middle Hills, Nepal, Farm/Enterprise Scale

Citation

The 3rd International Conference on Conservation Agriculture in Southeast Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam, 10-15 December, 2012.