%0 Book Section
%A Jat, R A
%A Sahrawat, K L
%A Kassam, A H
%A Friedrich, T
%B Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture: Global Status,Prospects and Challenges,
%C Boston
%D 2013
%E Jat, R A
%E Sahrawat, K L
%E Kassam, A H
%F icrisat:7608
%I CABI
%P 1-25
%T Conservation agriculture for sustainable and resilient agriculture: global status, prospects and challenges
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/7608/
%X 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