Measures of the effects of agricultural practices on ecosystem services

Autor: Stephen Polasky, Virginia H. Dale

Publikováno v: Ecological Economics. 64:286-296

Agriculture produces more than just crops. Agricultural practices have environmental impacts that affect a wide range of ecosystem services, including water quality, pollination, nutrient cycling, soil retention, carbon sequestration, and biodiversit

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.05.009

Adoption and impacts of conservation agriculture: Quasi experimental evidence from E. Africa

Autor: Bashaasha, Bernard, Laker-Ojok, Rita, Norton, James B., Owori, M., Peck, D.

Conservation Agriculture is a recent and evolving concept to land management that seeks to optimise crop yields and farm profits in a manner that balances economic and environmental benefits. The underlying principles include avoiding soil tillage, m

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https://hdl.handle.net/10919/70212

A new nitrogen index to assess sustainability of cropping systems of Andean regions of South America

Autor: Delgado, Jorge A., Alwang, Jeffrey R., Monar, Carlos, Escudero, Luis O., Saavedra, Ana Karina, Barrera, Victor H., Botello, Rubén C.

Population growth, impacts from a changing climate, and other challenges highlight the need to conserve soil and water quality so that maximization of crop yields to feed the expanding world population can be achieved and sustained into future genera

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https://hdl.handle.net/10919/70045

Water use efficiency for increased agricultural productivity, sustainability and competitiveness in the Philippines: Technologies and practices, issues and problems, and recommendations

Autor: Ella, Victor B.

This electronic presentation describes current issues in water use efficiency as it relates to sustainable intensification of agriculture in the Philippines. Technologies, recommendations, and relevancy to the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization

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https://hdl.handle.net/10919/69896

Tailoring conservation agriculture to local contexts and conditions of smallholder farmers in Africa

Autor: Corbeels, Marc, Triomphe, Bernard, Tittonell, P., Affholder, François, Lahmar, Rabah, Scopel, Eric, Alary, Véronique, Jourdain, D.

Publikováno v: XI. European Society for Agronomy (ESA)
XI. European Society for Agronomy (ESA), Aug 2010, Montpellier, France
Proceedings of Agro 2010 : the XIth ESA Congress, August 29th-September 3rd, 2010, Montpellier, France

Conservation agriculture (CA) is increasingly promoted as a means to overcome continuing poor-profitability and soil degradation on smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The key practices on which CA is based, namely no-tillage, soil cover a

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