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Farmland is increasingly being stressed with high axle loads and very intense soil tillage techniques. The structure of the soil is thereby becoming more and more unstable — causing lots of soil degradation problems — whereas, above all, its load capacity has to be markedly in-creased. Zero tillage — defined as a plant production system without any soil tillage from previ-ous harvest to direct seeding — offers a solution to this dilemma: it goes easy on soil and water, at the same time it is labour-saving and cost-cutting.
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Sturny, W.G., Schwarz, R. (2003). Zero Tillage in Switzerland: The Bernese Incentive Program. In: García-Torres, L., Benites, J., Martínez-Vilela, A., Holgado-Cabrera, A. (eds) Conservation Agriculture. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1143-2_22
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