Conservation Agriculture Practices in Rainfed Uplands of India Improve Maize-Based System Productivity and Profitability
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Conservation Agriculture Practices in Rainfed Uplands of India Improve Maize-Based System Productivity and Profitability
Traditional agriculture in rainfed uplands of India has been experiencing low agricultural productivity as the lands suffer from poor soil fertility, susceptibility to water erosion and other external pressures of development and climate change. A shift toward more sustainable cropping systems such as conservation agriculture production systems (CAPSs) may help in maintaining soil quality as we...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Plant Science
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1664-462X
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01008