<ctx:context-object xsi:schemaLocation="info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:ctx http://www.openurl.info/registry/docs/info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:ctx" timestamp="2019-03-08T04:12:48Z" xmlns:ctx="info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:ctx" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XML"><ctx:referent><ctx:identifier>info:oai:icrisat:11077</ctx:identifier><ctx:metadata-by-val><ctx:format>info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:oai_dc</ctx:format><ctx:metadata><oai_dc:dc xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
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        <dc:title>Assessing the contributions of conservation agriculture to building resilience to drought, Conservation Agriculture Literature Review</dc:title>
        <dc:creator>Mazvimavi, K</dc:creator>
        <dc:subject>Climate Resilient Technologies</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>Drought</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>African Agriculture</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>Sub-Saharan Africa</dc:subject>
        <dc:description>This literature review summarises theory and evidence of&#13;
the contribution of conservation agriculture (CA) to resilience in the event of drought. A resilient agricultural system is able to continue to function and provide essential&#13;
ecosystem services, such as food provisioning, following&#13;
an external shock. If drought occurs, a more resilient system should offer higher productivity and food security.&#13;
The review asks whether CA improves productivity and&#13;
food security when rainfall is poor, and what aspects&#13;
of CA contribute most to these benefits. The review will&#13;
guide the design of a field study on the impacts of CA after the 2015/16 El Nino drought in southern Africa.&#13;
Conservation agriculture combines three basic sets of&#13;
technologies or practices: i) minimum or reduced tillage,&#13;
ii) maintenance of soil surface cover using crop residues,&#13;
and iii) crop diversification using rotations. CA has been&#13;
identified as a climate smart agricultural practice because&#13;
it improves crop productivity, improves resilience of&#13;
cropping systems to climate change, and mitigates&#13;
greenhouse gases. In Southern Africa two forms of CA&#13;
have recently been promoted: a manual version based&#13;
on digging planting basins, and a mechanised practice&#13;
based on the use of soil rippers and direct seeders or jab&#13;
planters. Due, in part, to inaccessibility of CA equipment,&#13;
most smallholder farmers in the region are practising&#13;
manual CA techniques...</dc:description>
        <dc:publisher>Vuna Research Report</dc:publisher>
        <dc:date>2016-09</dc:date>
        <dc:type>Monograph</dc:type>
        <dc:type>PeerReviewed</dc:type>
        <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
        <dc:language>en</dc:language>
        <dc:identifier>http://oar.icrisat.org/11077/1/Assessing-the-contributions-of-conservation-Literature-Review.-Mazvimavi-K..pdf</dc:identifier>
        <dc:identifier>  Mazvimavi, K  (2016) Assessing the contributions of conservation agriculture to building resilience to drought, Conservation Agriculture Literature Review.  Technical Report. Vuna Research Report, Pretoria, SA.     </dc:identifier></oai_dc:dc></ctx:metadata></ctx:metadata-by-val></ctx:referent></ctx:context-object>