[HTML][HTML] Constraints and prospects of improving cowpea productivity to ensure food, nutritional security and environmental sustainability

OI Omomowo, OO Babalola - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Providing safe and secure food for an increasing number of people globally is challenging.
Coping with such a human population by merely applying the conventional agricultural …

Conservation agriculture as an approach towards sustainable crop production: A review

J Shrestha, S Subedi, KP Timsina… - Farming and …, 2020 - indianjournals.com
Conservation agriculture systems with adequate crop and soil management packages have
been described as one of the long term solutions for the depletion of natural resources and …

Conservation agriculture for regenerating soil health and climate change mitigation in smallholder systems of South Asia

ML Jat, MK Gathala, M Choudhary, S Sharma… - Advances in …, 2023 - oar.icrisat.org
The increase in agriculture production to meet the food demand of growing human
population from a limited availability of arable land with low environmental footprints and …

[HTML][HTML] Conservation agriculture based crop management practices impact diversity and population dynamics of the insect-pests and their natural enemies in …

P Jasrotia, P Kumari, K Malik, PL Kashyap… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Human efforts to grow abundant food through the persistent use of resource-intensive
farming practices have resulted in declining soil health, and deterioration of ecosystem …

[HTML][HTML] Soil macrofauna abundance and taxonomic richness under long-term no-till conservation agriculture in a semi-arid environment of South Africa

SG Zulu, NM Motsa, NJ Sithole, LS Magwaza, K Ncama - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Soil macrofauna are a critical component for ecosystem function and strongly affect
production sustainability. The effect of fertiliser management practices, in different cropping …

[HTML][HTML] Innovative pro-smallholder farmers' permanent mulch for better soil quality and food security under conservation agriculture

S Mgolozeli, AD Nciizah, IIC Wakindiki, FN Mudau - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Soil degradation is the greatest threat to agricultural production globally. The practice of
applying or retaining crop residues in the field as mulch is imperative to prevent soil erosion …

An approach to understand conservation agriculture

A Dey, S Patel, HP Singh - Sustainable Agriculture Systems and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The struggle to feed the growing population and protecting the environment together is the
real challenge of modern‐day agriculture. The traditional tillage‐based agriculture system …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy Metal-Based Fungicides Alter the Chemical Fractions of Cu, Zn, and Mn in Vineyards in Southern Brazil

GW Ferreira, SU Bordallo, E Meyer, ZVS Duarte… - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to evaluate Cu, Zn, and Mn fractions in vineyard soils in two important wine-
growing regions in Latin America, which have soils with different soil organic matter (SOM) …

Effect of mulching on vegetable production: A review

M Choudhary, A Kumari, S Choudhary - Agricultural Reviews, 2022 - indianjournals.com
Vegetables have much importance as economic, nutritional, medicinal and industrial and
also have employment opportunities. However, vegetable production is a costly enterprise …

Conservation agriculture improves soil health: major research findings from Bangladesh

A Hossain, KA Mottaleb, S Maitra, B Mitra… - … A Sustainable Approach …, 2021 - Springer
Agriculture in Bangladesh is subsistence-oriented, with traditional management practices
still widespread. More recently, new management options have been introduced which have …