@article{icrisat12003,
           month = {April},
            year = {2022},
           title = {Evaluating the trade-offs and sustainability of minimum tillage and crop-residue addition for food production in the dryland tropics},
          volume = {92},
          number = {7},
           pages = {857--861},
          author = {A Kumari and G Chander and P Laxminarayana and S N Reddy and G Padmaja and S P Wani and S Dixit},
       publisher = {ICAR},
         journal = {Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences (TSI)},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/12003/},
        abstract = {A long-term study was carried out at ICRISAT farm, Patancheru (India) during rainy (kharif) season 2009?18 with an objective to evaluate impact of tillage (minimum/conventional) and residue (addition/removal) management practices on production capacity and sustainability of maize-chickpea sequential and maize+pigeonpea intercropping systems. The experiment was laid out in spilt plot design with 4 replications. The effects of residue addition were inconsistent till the third year of experiment. However, yield benefits from residue addition became apparent fourth year onwards. After 7 years, residue addition showed significant yield benefits to the tune of 9?25\% during 2016?17 (8th cropping cycle) and 18?31\% during 2017?18 (9th cropping cycle) in both cropping systems. Residue addition also resulted in additional net income of `16,900/ha to `22,980/ha compared to no-residue addition. Minimum tillage in general tended to result in yield loss over normal tillage since beginning. During 8th and 9th cropping cycles, there was net annual loss up to `5400/ha under minimum tillage. Alongside productivity and economic benefits, at the end of 8th year i.e. 2016?17, residue addition showed improved soil health and sequestered around 300 kg carbon/ha/year.},
        keywords = {Biomass, Carbon-sequestration, Crop residue, Cropping systems, Tillage}
}