Whilst it is agreed that climate change will impact on the long-term interactions between
crops and weeds, the results of this impact are far from clear. We suggest that a thorough …

Increasing the productivity of the rice–wheat (RW) system in north-west India is critical for the
food security of India. However, yields are stagnating or declining, and the rate of …

Agricultural training is a potentially effective method to diffuse relevant new technologies to
increase productivity and alleviate rural poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However …

Purpose The adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices (CSAPs) is important for
sustaining Indian agriculture in the face of climate change. Despite considerable effort by …

The farm-level economics of conservation agriculture (zero tillage, mulching and crop
rotation) are described, reviewed and modelled. The economics are defined broadly to …

In the extensive rice–wheat system of north-west (NW) India, harvesting is by large
combines and the rice residues are normally burnt after harvest, followed by irrigation and …

To date, the most widely adopted resource conserving technology in the Indo-Gangetic
Plains (IGP) of South Asia has been zero-tillage (ZT) wheat after rice, particularly in India …

Widespread implementation of conservation agriculture (CA) in North and South America
and Australia suggests significant farmer profitability achieved through some combination of …

Integrating crop and resource management technologies for enhanced productivity,
profitability, and... 69 will accept innovations as and when they become available. A good …

This paper focuses on the yield prospects of wheat, rice and maize since these cereals
dominate human diet, and since continued yield growth is considered the major route to …