The '4 per mille Soils for Food Security and Climate'was launched at the COP21 with an
aspiration to increase global soil organic matter stocks by 4 per 1000 (or 0.4%) per year as a …

Herbicide use is increasingly being adopted around the world. Many developing countries
(India, China, Bangladesh) are facing shortages of workers to hand weed fields as millions …

There is much existing knowledge about the factors that influence adoption of new practices
in agriculture but few attempts have been made to construct predictive quantitative models of …

Crop yield potential with conservation agriculture (CA) in rainfed systems is often greater
than with conventional tillage (CVT) systems, particularly where sub-optimal rainfall limits …

The rapid evolution of herbicide‐resistant weed species has revitalized research in
nonchemical methods for weed destruction. Robots with vision‐based capabilities for online …

The shift to agricultural systems involving no-tillage from those based on multiple cultivations
has required decades and is ongoing. This paper examines the enabling factors for the …

Variable rate application of fertiliser (VR) is a practice underpinning a profitable grains
industry in Australia. We updated the extent of VR adoption through a national survey (n= 1 …

Adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) principles in Australia increased rapidly during the
1990s and it now boasts the highest adoption rates worldwide. These principles of (1) …

Crop residue burning influences human health and global climate change. In China—the
world's largest crop residue producer—farmers burn almost one quarter of their crop …

The concept of ecosystem services (ESS) is widely used to highlight the interdependencies
between agricultural and environmental systems. However, few studies have attempted to …