conservation agriculture

Climate-smart rice production approaches for sustainable agriculture

Climate-smart rice production approaches for sustainable agriculture

August 14, 2023 3

by Panneerselvam Peramaiyan, Debabrata Nath, and Sunil Kumar Developing climate-smart rice production technologies offers a promising strategy...

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Reduced-tillage potato cultivation as a sustainable organic farming practice

Reduced-tillage potato cultivation as a sustainable organic farming practice

April 13, 2023

by Ajay Kumar Mishra, Piyush Kumar Maurya, Manas Ranjan Sahoo, and Sheetal Sharma In India, potato is...

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

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

March 19, 2023

by Ajay Kumar Mishra, Manas Ranjan Sahoo, Sampad Senapaty, and Sheetal Sharma World Sparrow Day (20 March)...

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

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

October 25, 2021

Conservation agriculture (CA) has a major influence on the relative abundance of weed species, while weed control...

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Conservation agriculture improves soil health: Major research findings from Bangladesh

Conservation agriculture improves soil health: Major research findings from Bangladesh

September 20, 2021

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

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

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

July 12, 2021

Most of the tillage operations for puddling soil in Bangladesh are done by power tiller which is...

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

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

July 9, 2021

Most of the studies in EIGP were conducted on zero-tillage based on a single crop in rice-wheat...

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

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

July 1, 2021

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

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

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

May 25, 2021

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

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From dust bowl to rice bowl

From dust bowl to rice bowl

October 23, 2017

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

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