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Advances in Conservation Agriculture Volume 1 - Systems and Science (Hardcover)
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Advances in Conservation Agriculture Volume 1 - Systems and Science (Hardcover)
Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, 61
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"What Dr Samuel Johnson did for English, Professor Amir Kassam has
done for Conservation Agriculture (CA). He is eminently well
qualified and has enlisted more than a hundred battle-hardened
champions to contribute 26 chapters amounting to over a thousand
scholarly pages. The content is formidable. Volume one, Systems and
Science, embraces: the need for CA; global developments; soil
health and landscape management; the roles of minimum soil
disturbance, mulch and cover crops; crops and cropping systems,
vegetable systems, perennial systems; integration of cropping and
livestock; mechanization; certification; institutional and policy
support. Volume two, Practice and Benefits, includes management of
crops and cropping systems, soil, weeds, insect pests and disease,
nutrients, carbon, and biodiversity; climate change mitigation and
adaptation; benefits to farmers and society; ecosystem services;
and rehabilitation of degraded farmland...This book can change the
future."review by David Dent in International Journal of
Environmental Studies This volume summarises research on key
components for successful Conservation Agriculture (CA). Chapters
review the latest research on ways of optimising no-till techniques
to minimise soil disturbance in relation to seeding, weeding and
other operations. Chapters also review ways to improve soil health
in CA, including mulch cover, cover crops, rotations and
intercropping. The book also includes case studies on optimising CA
in particular systems, including rice, root, tuber and
horticultural crops as well as integrating livestock in CA systems.
The book concludes by looking at certification schemes and
institutional support to promote good CA practice.
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