Opportunities for smallholder farmers to benefit from conservation agricultural practices
Conservation agriculture (CA) practices combine the use of soil cover, crop combinations, and reduced tillage. There has been widespread promotion of CA practices in southern Africa. The aim of this chapter is to take stock of the advances in understanding the CA systems and to define the benefits o...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
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Elsevier
2017
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91707 |
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