Conservation agriculture production systems (CAPS) poster for Orissa, India 2011
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2011
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Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii, Natural Resources and Environmental Management
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This poster illustrates how the short-term costs of CAPS implementation are outweighed by long-term benefits. The CAPS shown are specific to those implemented on trial plots in Orissa, India; minimum till, cover crops and intercropping with legumes. Specific factors mentioned include farm labor, yields, soil disturbance, and nutrition.
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Conservation agriculture, Soil erosion, Agriculture, Food security, International NGOs, Traditional farming, Universities, Adoption of innovations, Farming systems, USAID, CAPS, University of Hawaii, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Orrisa, India, Farm/Enterprise Scale