Baudron, FredericCorbeels, MarcMonicat, F.Giller, Ken2016-04-192016-04-192009Biodiversity Conservation (online 5 June 2009)0960-31151572-9710http://hdl.handle.net/10919/68831Metadata only recordThis article reviews the potential for conservation agriculture to develop productive and environment-friendly cropping systems using the experiences of two African landscapes. Conservation agriculture can potentially benefit biodiversity and turn agriculture from a threat into an opportunity for conservation. The authors also raise a number of challenges inhibiting the growth of conservation agriculture by resource-poor farmers.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightConservation agricultureEnvironmental impactsSoil conservationSmall-scale farmingHabitat destructionSustainabilitySavannahAdoption of innovationsBiodiversity conservationResource-poor farmersSmallholdersCottonProductivitySustainabilityFarm/Enterprise ScaleAbstractCopyright 2009 Springerhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-009-9663-x