The role of conservation agriculture in sustainable agriculture

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dc.contributor.authorHobbs, Peter R.en
dc.contributor.authorSayre, Ken D.en
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Rajen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialNorthwest Mexicoen
dc.coverage.spatialIndo-Gangetic Plainsen
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Asiaen
dc.coverage.temporal1996 - 2006en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:29:32Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:29:32Zen
dc.date.issued2007en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThe paper identifies conservation agriculture as the most sustainable agricultural approach for the future. Conservation agriculture is defined as a style of farming that incorporates no-till (NT) to ensure minimum soil distribution, and constant soil covering though utilization of mulch, with rotations. The benefits of tillage are elaborated upon, followed by an explanation of the principles of conservation tillage. The authors cite the benefits of conservation agriculture - improved soil properties, strengthened biotic conditions, more efficient use of natural resources, smaller environmental impact, smaller greenhouse gas emissions, and smaller impact on global warming - as reasons why conservation agriculture is a better food production system than conservation tillage. The authors utilize case studies from the irrigated maize–wheat systems of Northwest Mexico and from the rice–wheat areas of the Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia to elaborate upon these arguments. The paper concludes that despite dwindling land and natural resources available for food production, integration of conservation agriculture will help to meet the needs of the rising global population.en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier5690en
dc.identifier4450en
dc.identifier.citationPhilosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B 393: 543-555en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2007.2169en
dc.identifier.issn1471-2970en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/69972en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherRoyal Society Publishingen
dc.relation.urihttp://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/363/1491/543.abstracten
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2007 by The Royal Society. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSoil erosionen
dc.subjectFood securityen
dc.subjectClimate controlen
dc.subjectConservationen
dc.subjectConservation strategyen
dc.subjectFood aiden
dc.subjectNorthwest mexicoen
dc.subjectIndo-gangetic plains of south asiaen
dc.subjectDirect seedingen
dc.subjectZero tillageen
dc.subjectRice-wheat systemsen
dc.subjectBed plantingen
dc.subjectMulchingen
dc.subjectEcosystem Watersheden
dc.titleThe role of conservation agriculture in sustainable agricultureen
dc.typeAbstracten
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