Conservation tillage is a system of management that leaves at least 30% of the soil surface
covered by residue between crop harvests and planting, and may be combined with …

Many strategies exist to combat soil degradation through erosion and compaction on
agricultural fields. One of these strategies is conservation agriculture (CA). Reduced or no …

Different tillage systems (conventional, minimum, raised bed and no tillage) and four mulch
levels (control, polythene, straw and soil) were compared in maize (Zea mays) and wheat …

According to KASSA findings, conservation agriculture is less adopted in Europe compared
to other adopting regions and, reduced tillage is more common than no-tillage and cover …

Conventional agriculture is energy and carbon intensive. Single and double-crop basis
residue-mulching in zero-tilled crop-sequences may minimize carbon-footprint with …

Soil quality assessment can provide a practical approach for early detection of adverse
influences of management practices. Our objective was to develop soil quality indices (SQI) …

Under impeding production–and resource–vulnerabilities in India, our approach to
agriculture needs to be redefined with inclination towards climate resilient integrated crop …

Field studies were conducted for two consecutive years under sub-temperate climatic
conditions at Nauni in district Solan of Himachal Pradesh (30° 52′ N, 77° 11′ E 1175 asl) …

Rainfall, runoff and soil loss from 6m× 12m plots were recorded during 7 years (2000–2006)
in an experiment in which three different soil management systems were compared in a …

Many soils in the semiarid Mediterranean Ebro Valley of Spain are prone to physical and
chemical degradation due to their silty texture, low organic matter content, and presence of …