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No-Till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture in South America

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No-till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture

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A high demand for food production has placed tremendous pressure on the finite land area and natural resources for agricultural production in different South America (SA) countries. Traditional agriculture in almost all SA countries places an emphasis on intensive tillage and monoculture, which has led to a severe environmental degradation and loss of soil productive capacity. This has led to declining crop performance and yield, which has created a risk to food security for future generations. The no-till (NT) farming system can bring a real opportunity to create a legacy of healthy farms and healthy, living soils that will form the base for future food security. The evaluation and history of soil and water management in different SA countries and the strategies developed by researchers, farmers, and organizations in order to test, validate, and promote the diffusion of the sustainable technologies that make up the NT system (NT, suitable machinery, cover crops, crop rotation, enhancing biological, physical and chemical soil attributes) are detailed in order to highlight the lessons and learning for other regions and countries.

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  1. Agricultural Research Institute of Paraná State (IAPAR), Soils Area, Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil

    Ademir Calegari

  2. Agricultural Research Institute of Paraná State (IAPAR), Engineering Area, Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil

    Augusto Guilherme de Araujo

  3. Department of Soil Science, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil

    Tales Tiecher

  4. Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Marie Luise Carolina Bartz

  5. Agricultural Research Institute of Paraná State (IAPAR), Socio-economy Area, Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil

    Rafael Fuentes Lanillo

  6. Department of Soil Science, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul State, RS, Brazil

    Danilo Reinheimer dos Santos

  7. Asociación Uruguaya de Siembra directa (Uruguayan No-till Farmers Asociation), Mercedes, Soriano, Uruguay

    Facundo Capandeguy, Luciano Dabalá, Miguel Carballal & Santiago Miguel

  8. ANAPO, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

    Jaime Hernandez Zamora & Richard Trujillo

  9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Land and Water Development Division, Rome, Italy

    José Ramiro Benites Jump

  10. International Consultant, Lima, Peru

    José Ramiro Benites Jump

  11. Ministry of Agriculture, Soil Specialist, Asuncion, Paraguay

    Ken Moriya

  12. Paraguayan No-till Farmer Association, Asuncion, Paraguay

    Luis Enrique Cubilla

  13. Agronomist Private Consultant, Asuncion, Paraguay

    Martin Maria Cubilla

  14. Researcher and Farmer, Cordoba, Argentina

    Roberto Peiretti

  15. Asunción, Paraguay

    Rolf Derpsch

  16. FAO BOLIVIA, La Paz, Bolivia

    Theodor Friedrich

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    Ram C. Dalal

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Calegari, A. et al. (2020). No-Till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture in South America. In: Dang, Y., Dalal, R., Menzies, N. (eds) No-till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46409-7_30

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