Evaluating conservation agriculture for small-scale farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

dc.contributor.authorStevenson, J. R.en
dc.contributor.authorSerraj, R.en
dc.contributor.authorCassman, K. G.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Asiaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:30:41Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:30:41Zen
dc.date.issued2014en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractConservation agriculture (CA) has been promoted as a means to achieve food security while protecting natural resources; however, the benefits of CA are debated. This article introduces a special issue which offers critical reviews and empirical analysis of claims about CA’s potential for sustainable intensification. This introduction summarizes the issue’s articles, which span the disciplines of agronomy, economics, soil and environmental sciences, hydrology, and anthropology, as well as interdisciplinary modeling. The articles address the following four questions from the : What is the impact of CA on yields? What is the impact of adopting CA on farmers’ profits? What are the environmental impacts of adopting CA? How well does CA fit with wider agricultural, social, economic and political contexts for small-scale farmers?en
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dc.identifier7749en
dc.identifier.citationAgriculture, Ecosystems and the Environment 187: 1-10en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.01.018en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70229en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880914000401en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2014 by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserveden
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCarbon sequestrationen
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectAdoption of innovationsen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectConservation tillageen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Field Scale Governance Watersheden
dc.titleEvaluating conservation agriculture for small-scale farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asiaen
dc.typeAbstracten
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