Conservation agriculture as a sustainable system for soil health: A review

B Cárceles Rodríguez, VH Durán-Zuazo… - Soil Systems, 2022 - mdpi.com
Soil health is a term used to describe the general state or quality of soil, and in an
agroecosystem, soil health can be defined as the ability of the soil to respond to agricultural …

No-till farming and conservation agriculture in South Asia–issues, challenges, prospects and benefits

J Somasundaram, NK Sinha, RC Dalal… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Of late, intensive farming for higher food production is often associated with many negative
implications for soil systems, such as decline of soil organic matter (SOM), increase in risks …

Food security

C Mbow, CE Rosenzweig, LG Barioni, TG Benton… - 2020 - ntrs.nasa.gov
The current food system (production, transport, processing, packaging, storage, retail,
consumption, loss and waste) feeds the great majority of world population and supports the …

Climate change and agriculture in South Asia: Adaptation options in smallholder production systems

JP Aryal, TB Sapkota, R Khurana… - Environment …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Agriculture in South Asia is vulnerable to climate change. Therefore, adaptation
measures are required to sustain agricultural productivity, to reduce vulnerability, and to …

[HTML][HTML] Cost-effective opportunities for climate change mitigation in Indian agriculture

TB Sapkota, SH Vetter, ML Jat, S Sirohi… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Long-term changes in average temperatures, precipitation, and climate variability threaten
agricultural production, food security, and the livelihoods of farming communities globally …

Emerging issues and potential opportunities in the rice–wheat cropping system of North-Western India

S Dhanda, A Yadav, DB Yadav… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The rice–wheat cropping system (RWCS) is the backbone of Indian farming, especially in
the north-western region. But continuous adoption of the RWCS in northwest India has …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon sequestration potential, challenges, and strategies towards climate action in smallholder agricultural systems of South Asia

ML Jat, D Chakraborty, JK Ladha, CM Parihar… - Crop and …, 2022 - Elsevier
South Asia is a global hotspot for climate change with enormous pressure on land and water
resources for feeding the burgeoning population. The agricultural production systems are …

Impact of long term conservation agriculture on soil quality under cereal based systems of North West India

D Roy, A Datta, HS Jat, M Choudhary, PC Sharma… - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil quality is of utmost essential for yield sustainability of intensive cereal based cropping
system in North West Indo Gangetic plains of India. Hence, we evaluated long-term (10 …

Sustainable alternative crop rotations to the irrigated rice-wheat cropping system of Indo-Gangetic Plains of India

TR Banjara, JS Bohra, S Kumar, T Singh… - Archives of Agronomy …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, the sustainability of the rice-wheat cropping system in Indo-Gangetic Plains
is facing many problems in various fronts viz., agricultural, ecological, environmental and …

Evaluation of long-term conservation agriculture and crop intensification in rice-wheat rotation of Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia: Carbon dynamics and …

SK Samal, KK Rao, SP Poonia, R Kumar… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
In the context of deteriorating soil health, stagnation of yield in rice-wheat cropping system
(RWCS) across Indo-Gangetic plains (IGP) and environmental pollution, a long term field …