@incollection{icrisat7608,
          editor = {R A Jat and K L Sahrawat and A H Kassam},
       booktitle = {Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture: Global Status,Prospects and Challenges,},
           title = {Conservation agriculture for sustainable and resilient agriculture: global status, prospects and challenges},
       publisher = {CABI},
         address = {Boston},
          author = {R A Jat and K L Sahrawat and A H Kassam and T Friedrich},
           pages = {1--25},
            year = {2013},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/7608/},
        abstract = {This chapter discusses the following topics: conservation agriculture as the way forward for sustainable agricultural production; definition and concept of conservation agriculture; and the global history, current status and prospects of conservation agriculture. The chapter also includes reports of research studies conducted on: soil and water conservation; soil quality; rainwater use efficiency; nutrient use efficiency; input use efficiency; insect-pest, disease and weed dynamics; crop productivity; climate change mitigation and adaptation; benefits at ecosystem level; and farm profitability}
}