Conservation Agriculture: Environment, Farmers Experiences, Innovations, Socio-economy, Policy

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Conservation Agriculture: Global Environmental Benefits of Soil Carbon Management....Pages 3-12
Factors Affecting the Uptake of No-Tillage in Australia, Asia and New Zealand....Pages 13-20
Conservation Agriculture and the Rural Women. Breaking Barriers for a New Horizon....Pages 21-29
Agriculture and Natural Resource Management. The Role of Conservation Agriculture....Pages 31-35
Front Matter....Pages 37-37
No Till, the Stubble and the Soil Nutrition....Pages 39-48
Argentine Agriculture: An Innovative Experience....Pages 49-57
The Soil, Agriculture and I....Pages 59-68
Farmers’ and Experts’ Opinion on No-Tillage in Western Europe and Nebraska (USA)....Pages 69-77
Experiences with Farmer Clubs in Dissemination of Zero Tillage in Tropical Brazil....Pages 79-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Conservation Agriculture in Europe: Current Status and Perspectives....Pages 87-91
Direct Seeding on Plant Cover: Sustainable Cultivation of Our Planet’s Soils....Pages 93-99
Survival Farming....Pages 101-104
Latin American Conservation Agriculture Network — RELACO....Pages 105-110
The African Conservation Tillage Network Enhancing Conservation Tillage in Africa....Pages 111-122
Need for Establishment of South Asian Conservation Agriculture Network....Pages 123-132
A Strategy for Soil Conservation Farming in Northern Kazakhstan....Pages 133-138
FAO’s Role in Promoting Conservation Agriculture....Pages 139-153
Western Australian No-Tillage Farmers Association....Pages 155-158
A World of Conservation Agriculture....Pages 159-164
ICARDA’s Network on Conservation Agriculture in Central Asia....Pages 165-168
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Conservation Agriculture for the Rice-Wheat Systems of the Indo- Gangetic Plains of South Asia: A Case Study from India....Pages 169-174
Zero Tillage in Switzerland: The Bernese Incentive Program....Pages 175-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Conservation Tillage, No-Tillage and Related Technologies....Pages 181-190
Cover Crop Management....Pages 191-199
Weeds and Conservation Agriculture....Pages 201-210
Non-Inversion Tillage in Integrated Farming Concepts: Prospects and Constraints of Cropping Systems in the Southwest of Germany....Pages 211-219
Conflicts between Conservation Agriculture and Livestock over the Utilisation of Crop Residues....Pages 221-234
«Improved Cereal Production Technology» FAO Project on Conservation Agriculture in Mongolia....Pages 235-242
Development of an Animal Drawn Zero Tillage Seeder for Small Grains....Pages 243-247
No-Till Management Intensity Zones for Pennsylvania....Pages 249-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Farm Machines for Large-Scale Conservation Agriculture....Pages 255-262
No-Tillage Equipment for Small Farms in Brazil....Pages 263-269
Integrated Pest Management for Conservation Agriculture....Pages 271-279
Perspectives of Precision Agriculture in Conservation Agriculture....Pages 281-288
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Tillage-Induced CO 2 Emissions and Carbon Sequestration: Effect of Secondary Tillage and Compaction....Pages 291-300
Long-Term Effects of Agricultural Practices on Microbial Community....Pages 301-306
Tillage and Soil Compaction....Pages 307-316
Soil Moisture Conservation....Pages 317-326
No-Tillage Visions- Protection of Soil, Water and Climate and Influence on Management and Farm Income....Pages 327-340
Environmental Impacts of Zero Tillage in Brazil — A First Approximation....Pages 341-350
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Watershed Conservation Farming «A Friendly Solution to Soils Degradation»....Pages 351-354
Carbon Dioxide Fluxes from Arable Soils as Affected by Temperature and Moisture....Pages 355-359
The Role of Draft Animal Power in Soil and Water Conservation....Pages 361-365
The Use of Powerful Machines in Different Soil Tillage Systems....Pages 367-373
A Rapid, Immediate, Farmer-Usable Method of Assessing Soil Structure Condition to Support Conservation Agriculture....Pages 375-380
Soil Conservation Options for Olive Orchards on Sloping Land....Pages 381-385
Development of the Biological Activity in Different Tillage Systems....Pages 387-393
Adaptation of Sowing Techniques to Maintain Important Lumbricid Biomasses in the Hydromorphic Soils of Normandy....Pages 395-400
Soil Management Systems to Support Soil Microbial Biomass in Vineyards....Pages 401-405
Conservation Agriculture as a Tool to Reduce Emission of Greenhouse Gasses. A Case from Southern Brazil....Pages 407-416
Agrochemical Leaching and Water Contamination....Pages 417-424
Front Matter....Pages 425-425
Economic Globalisation and Conservation Agriculture the Case of Mercosur....Pages 427-434
Strategies for International Cooperation....Pages 435-444
Investing in Conservation Agriculture....Pages 445-456
Win-Win Options for Food Security: Conservation Agriculture Soil Fertility, Soil Biodiversity and Carbon Sequestration Nexus....Pages 457-458
Conservation Farming among Small-Holder Farmers in E. Africa: Adapting and Adopting Innovative Land Management Options....Pages 459-469
Land Use Planning: A Key to Sustainable Agriculture....Pages 471-483
The Development and Transfer of a New No-Tillage Technology....Pages 485-488
Conservation Tillage Options for the Poor, Small Landholders in South Asia....Pages 489-494
An Innovative Approach to Develop Conservation Agriculture Programs and Funding....Pages 495-499
Front Matter....Pages 425-425
Adoption of No-Till by Small Farmers: Understanding the Generation of Complex Technologies....Pages 501-508
Developing Soil Protection in the EU....Pages 509-514
Back Matter....Pages 515-516