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Conservation Agriculture

Environment, Farmers Experiences, Innovations, Socio-economy, Policy

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Editors:
  1. Luis García-Torres

    1. Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, Cordoba, Spain
      European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF), Brussels, Belgium

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  2. José Benites

    1. Agriculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Conservation Agriculture Working Group, Rome, Italy

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  3. Armando Martínez-Vilela

    1. European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF), Brussels, Belgium

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  4. Antonio Holgado-Cabrera

    1. European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF), Brussels, Belgium

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Table of contents (62 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  3. Farmer Experiences with Conservation Agriculture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. No Till, the Stubble and the Soil Nutrition

      • C. Crovetto
      Pages 39-48

    3. Argentine Agriculture: An Innovative Experience

      • V. H. Trucco
      Pages 49-57

    4. The Soil, Agriculture and I

      • A. Tapia Peñalba
      Pages 59-68

    5. Farmers’ and Experts’ Opinion on No-Tillage in Western Europe and Nebraska (USA)

      • F. Tebrügge, A. Böhrnsen
      Pages 69-77

    6. Experiences with Farmer Clubs in Dissemination of Zero Tillage in Tropical Brazil

      • J. N. Landers, H. Mattana Saturnino, P. L. De Freitas, R. Trecenti
      Pages 79-84

  4. International Networks for Conservation Agriculture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Conservation Agriculture in Europe: Current Status and Perspectives

      • L. García-Torres, A. Martínez-Vilela, F. Serrano De Noreña
      Pages 87-91

    3. Direct Seeding on Plant Cover: Sustainable Cultivation of Our Planet’s Soils

      • L. Seguy, S. Bouzinac
      Pages 93-99

    4. Survival Farming

      • M. H. Pereira
      Pages 101-104

    5. Latin American Conservation Agriculture Network — RELACO

      • M. Da Veiga, L. Do Prado Wildner, J. R. Benites
      Pages 105-110

    6. The African Conservation Tillage Network Enhancing Conservation Tillage in Africa

      • K. Steiner, M. Bwalya
      Pages 111-122

    7. Need for Establishment of South Asian Conservation Agriculture Network

      • M. Ahmad Gill
      Pages 123-132

    8. A Strategy for Soil Conservation Farming in Northern Kazakhstan

      • A. Kurishbayev
      Pages 133-138
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Keywords

About this book

In large parts of the developed and developing worlds soil tillage by plough or hoe is the main cause of land degradation leading to stagnating or even declining production levels and increasing production cost. It causes the soil to become more dense and compacted, the organic matter content to be reduced and water runoff and soil erosion to increase. It also leads to droughts becoming more severe and the soil becoming less fertile and less responsive to fertiliser.

This book brings together the key notes lectures and other outstanding contributions of the I World Congress on Conservation Agriculture and provides an updated view of the environment and economic advantages of CA and of its implementation in diferent areas of the World.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, Cordoba, Spain

    Luis García-Torres

  • European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF), Brussels, Belgium

    Luis García-Torres, Armando Martínez-Vilela, Antonio Holgado-Cabrera

  • Agriculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Conservation Agriculture Working Group, Rome, Italy

    José Benites

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Conservation Agriculture

  • Book Subtitle: Environment, Farmers Experiences, Innovations, Socio-economy, Policy

  • Editors: Luis García-Torres, José Benites, Armando Martínez-Vilela, Antonio Holgado-Cabrera

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1143-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1106-1Published: 31 March 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6211-6Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-1143-2Published: 17 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 516

  • Number of Illustrations: 85 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Agriculture, Soil Science & Conservation, Sedimentology, Agricultural Economics

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