Chapter 16. Increasing adaptation to climate stress by applying conservation agriculture in Southern Africa
Climate change and soil fertility decline are threatening food security in southern Africa and efforts have been made to adapt current cropping systems to the needs of smallholder farmers. Conservation Agriculture (CA) based on minimum soil disturbance, crop residue retention and crop diversificatio...
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CAB International
2022
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130285 |
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