Conservation agriculture and carbon sequestration: between myth and farmer reality
Human efforts to produce ever-greater amounts of food leave their mark on the environment. Persistent use of conventional farming practices based on extensive tillage, especially when combined with removal or in situ burning of crop residue, have magnified soil erosion losses and the soil resource b...
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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
2012
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| author | Verhulst, Nele François, Isabelle M. Govaerts, Bram |
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| description | Human efforts to produce ever-greater amounts of food leave their mark on the environment. Persistent use of conventional farming practices based on extensive tillage, especially when combined with removal or in situ burning of crop residue, have magnified soil erosion losses and the soil resource base has been steadily degraded. Another direct consequence of farmers persistent use of traditional production practices is rapidly increasing production costs; the costs of inputs such as improved varieties and fertilizers continue to increase and farmers make inefficient use of them. Despite the availability of improved varieties with increased yield potential, the potential increase in production is not achieved because of poor crop management systems. Nowadays, people have come to understand that agriculture should not only be high yielding, but also sustainable. Conservation agriculture (CA) has been proposed as a widely adapted set of management principles that can assure more sustainable agricultural production. |
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| spelling | CGSpace421102024-01-23T12:04:12Z Conservation agriculture and carbon sequestration: between myth and farmer reality Verhulst, Nele François, Isabelle M. Govaerts, Bram agriculture climate crop management sustainability carbon sequestration Human efforts to produce ever-greater amounts of food leave their mark on the environment. Persistent use of conventional farming practices based on extensive tillage, especially when combined with removal or in situ burning of crop residue, have magnified soil erosion losses and the soil resource base has been steadily degraded. Another direct consequence of farmers persistent use of traditional production practices is rapidly increasing production costs; the costs of inputs such as improved varieties and fertilizers continue to increase and farmers make inefficient use of them. Despite the availability of improved varieties with increased yield potential, the potential increase in production is not achieved because of poor crop management systems. Nowadays, people have come to understand that agriculture should not only be high yielding, but also sustainable. Conservation agriculture (CA) has been proposed as a widely adapted set of management principles that can assure more sustainable agricultural production. 2012 2014-08-15T12:13:25Z 2014-08-15T12:13:25Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42110 en Open Access International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Verhulst N, François IM, Govaerts B. 2012. Conservation agriculture and carbon sequestration: between myth and farmer reality. Mexico, DF: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). |
| spellingShingle | agriculture climate crop management sustainability carbon sequestration Verhulst, Nele François, Isabelle M. Govaerts, Bram Conservation agriculture and carbon sequestration: between myth and farmer reality |
| title | Conservation agriculture and carbon sequestration: between myth and farmer reality |
| title_full | Conservation agriculture and carbon sequestration: between myth and farmer reality |
| title_fullStr | Conservation agriculture and carbon sequestration: between myth and farmer reality |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conservation agriculture and carbon sequestration: between myth and farmer reality |
| title_short | Conservation agriculture and carbon sequestration: between myth and farmer reality |
| title_sort | conservation agriculture and carbon sequestration between myth and farmer reality |
| topic | agriculture climate crop management sustainability carbon sequestration |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42110 |
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