eprintid: 7608
rev_number: 18
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datestamp: 2014-03-12 05:13:17
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type: book_section
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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
creators_name: Jat, R A
creators_name: Sahrawat, K L
creators_name: Kassam, A H
creators_name: Friedrich, T
icrisatcreators_name: Jat, R A
icrisatcreators_name: Sahrawat, K L
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
affiliation: FAO(Rome)
affiliation: University of Reading
country: India
country: Italy
country: UK
title: Conservation agriculture for sustainable and resilient agriculture: global status, prospects and challenges
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.4
subjects: s2.8
full_text_status: restricted
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
date: 2013
date_type: published
publisher: CABI
place_of_pub: Boston
pagerange: 1-25
pages: 424
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 9781780642598
book_title: Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture: Global Status,Prospects and Challenges,
editors_name: Jat, R A
editors_name: Sahrawat, K L
editors_name: Kassam, A H
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781780642598.0001
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citation:   Jat, R A and Sahrawat, K L and Kassam, A H and Friedrich, T  (2013) Conservation agriculture for sustainable and resilient agriculture: global status, prospects and challenges.   In:  Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture: Global Status,Prospects and Challenges,.   CABI, Boston, pp. 1-25.  ISBN 9781780642598     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/7608/1/Conservation_Agriculture_Global_Prospects_and_Challenges.pdf