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In an era of unstable ecology and fragile environment, a sustainable cultivation approach is gaining gradual importance in place of conventional input-intensive agricultural production systems along with non-judicious use of agrochemicals and irrigated water. Many international development projects have started to promote Conservation Agriculture globally, in this perspective. Conservation Agriculture (CA) is mainly comprised of three interlinked principles, viz. soil disturbance to the null or minimal, permanent cover on soil using mulch or crop residues, and crop diversification. Day by day CA is getting more and more attention of farming community throughout the world. In 2015–2016 season conservation agriculture was adopted on about 180 MHA of cropland, about 12.5% of the total global cropland, i.e. 69% more than 2008–2009 in the world. The adoption behaviour of farmers has been reviewed in this literature. Key influencers on smallholdings, gender dimension and knowledge network, institutional and policy context are also theoretically presented in relation to CA system. Harmonizing this requires an understanding of the complex network of adopter-CA technology-adoption behaviour and global or national level policy formulation as well as strategic farm-level management.

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We would like to express gratitude to the Centre for Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology (CAAST) on Conservation Agriculture project team, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal, India for the funding and constant intellectual support in the study period and to Dr. Rafiq Islam, Program Director, Soil, Water and Bio-energy Resources Program, The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA for his valuable and constructive suggestions during the planning and development of this paper. We are also thankful to both of the reviewers for their appreciation, detailed and useful comments during the processing period of the present work.

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Chatterjee, R., Acharya, S.K. Dynamics of Conservation Agriculture: a societal perspective. Biodivers Conserv 30, 1599–1619 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02161-3

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02161-3

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