Tag Archives: conservation agriculture

Climate-smart rice production approaches for sustainable agriculture

Developing climate-smart rice production technologies offers a promising strategy to combat climate change, increase rice yields, achieve sustainable agriculture,...

Reduced-tillage potato cultivation as a sustainable organic farming practice

In India, potato is the most important food crop after rice, wheat, and maize. Reduced-tillage potato cultivation is a sustainable and effective technique...

Sparrows and their role in predator-prey interaction in rice ecology

World Sparrow Day (20 March) celebrates one of the most abundant birds in the world that was once considered a menace to agriculture. However, house sparrows...

Continuous practice of conservation agriculture for 3–5 years in intensive rice-based cropping patterns reduces soil weed seedbank

Conservation agriculture (CA) has a major influence on the relative abundance of weed species, while weed control is perceived as one of the most challenging...

Conservation agriculture improves soil health: Major research findings from Bangladesh

This chapter explores how, in Bangladesh, conservation agriculture improves soil physical, biochemical, and biological health, leading to improved cropping...

Influence of non-puddled transplanting and residues of previous mustard on rice

Most of the tillage operations for puddling soil in Bangladesh are done by power tiller which is detrimental to physical soil conditions. Moreover, puddling...

An impact of agronomic practices of sustainable rice-wheat crop intensification on food security, economic adaptability, and environmental mitigation across eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains

Most of the studies in EIGP were conducted on zero-tillage based on a single crop in rice-wheat production system. The present study was focused to identify...

Establishment of crops under minimal soil disturbance and crop residue retention in rice-based cropping system: Yield advantage, soil health improvement, and economic benefit

The beneficial farming principles of conservation agriculture are not yet adopted widely in rice-based cropping systems particularly in South Asia. A novel...

Resource-conservation technology for sustainable productivity of intensive rice-based cropping pattern in Bangladesh

Resource-conserving technology is a novel crop management approach for intensive rice-based cropping systems in Bangladesh. The study concluded that strip...

From dust bowl to rice bowl

Conservation agriculture has a vital role to play in sub-Saharan Africa’s food security for a population projected to rise to 2 billion by 2050. ...

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