Conservation agriculture : global prospects and challenges / [edited by] Ram A. Jat, Kanwar L. Sahrawat, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India, and Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh, India, and Amir H. Kassam, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, and University of Reading, UK.

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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2014Copyright date: 2014Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 393 pages) : illustrations, maps, chartsContent type:

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Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture : Global Status, Prospects and Challenges / Ram A. Jat, Kanwar L. Sahrawat, Amir H. Kassam and Theodor Friedrich -- Conservation Agriculture in the USA / Sjoerd W. Duiker and Wade Thomason -- Conservation Agriculture in Brazil / Ademir Calegari, Augusto Guilherme de Araújo, Antonio Costa, Rafael Fuentes Lanillo, Ruy Casão Junior and Danilo Rheinheimer dos Santos -- Conservation Agriculture on the Canadian Prairies / Guy P. Lafond, George W. Clayton and D. Brian Fowler -- Conservation Agriculture in Australian Dryland Cropping / Jean-Francois (John) Rochecouste and Bill (W.L.) Crabtree -- Conservation Agriculture in Europe / Theodor Friedrich, Amir Kassam and Sandra Corsi -- Conservation Agriculture in South-east Asia / Pascal Lienhard, Stéphane Boulakia, Jean-Claude Legoupil, Olivier Gilard, and Lucien Séguy -- Conservation Agriculture in China/ Li Hongwen, He Jin and Gao Huangwen -- Conservation Agriculture in Central Asia / Aziz Nurbekov, Akmal Akramkhanov, John Lamers, Amir Kassam, Theodor Friedrich, Raj Gupta, Hafiz Muminjanov, Muratbek Karabayev, Dossymbek Sydyk, Jozef Turok and Malik Bekenov -- Conservation Agriculture in West Asia / Nasri Haddad, Colin Piggin, Atef Haddad and Yaseen Khalil -- Conservation Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa / Patrick C. Wall, Christian Thierfelder, Amos Ngwira, Bram Govaerts, Isaiah Nyagumbo and Frédéric Baudron -- Conservation Agriculture in North Africa / Hakim Boulal, Mohammed El Mourid, Habib Ketata and Ali Nefzaoui -- Conservation Agriculture in West and Central Africa / Patrice Djamen Nana, Patrick Dugué, Saidi Mkomwa, Jules Benoît Da Sansan, Guillaume Essecofy, Harouna Bougoum, Ibrahima Zerbo, Serge Ganou, Nadine Andrieu and Jean-Marie Douzet -- Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa / Justice Nyamangara, Regis Chikowo, Leonard Rusinamhodzi and Kizito Mazvimavi -- Conservation Agriculture in Argentina / Juliana Albertengo, César Belloso, María Beatriz Giraudo, Roberto Peiretti, Hugo Permingeat and Luis Wall -- Summing Up / Amir H. Kassam, Theodor Friedrich and Ram A. Jat.

Abstract: This book aims to provide an up-to-date state-of-the-art review on various aspects of Conservation Agriculture (CA) by reviewing the past and current research from various regions of the globe so that all others interested in CA could benefit from experiences gained under different agroclimatic and socio-economic conditions across the globe. This review would aid in learning from the past experience regarding the success or otherwise of CA. Knowledge gained from this volume should further help in the implementation of CA and in the understanding of the role and importance of CA to secure sustainable crop intensification for the benefit of future generations as well. The challenges in implementing CA that need to be resolved through future research and development for a larger scale support and the spread of CA are considered.

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This book aims to provide an up-to-date state-of-the-art review on various aspects of Conservation Agriculture (CA) by reviewing the past and current research from various regions of the globe so that all others interested in CA could benefit from experiences gained under different agroclimatic and socio-economic conditions across the globe. This review would aid in learning from the past experience regarding the success or otherwise of CA. Knowledge gained from this volume should further help in the implementation of CA and in the understanding of the role and importance of CA to secure sustainable crop intensification for the benefit of future generations as well. The challenges in implementing CA that need to be resolved through future research and development for a larger scale support and the spread of CA are considered.

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