*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable agriculture and land management*
Dear Subscribers,
Please see herebelow the September Cornell Scoop Newsletter on Conservation
Agriculture.
Apologies for any cross-posting.
*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
*Global CA-CoP*
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture
*Conservation Agriculture is an ecosystem approach to regenerative
sustainable agriculture and land management based on the practical
application of context-specific and locally adapted three interlinked
principles of: (i) Continuous no or minimum mechanical soil disturbance
(no-till seeding/planting and weeding, and minimum soil disturbance with
all other farm operations including harvesting); (ii) permanent
maintenance of soil mulch cover (crop biomass, stubble and cover crops);
and (iii) diversification of cropping system (economically, environmentally
and socially adapted rotations and/or sequences and/or associations
involving annuals and/or perennials, including legumes and cover crops),
along with other complementary good agricultural production and land
management practices. *
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From: Peter Hobbs <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 16:28
Subject: September Cornell Scoopit newsletter
To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>
Dear Amir: Here is our September 2020 Conservation Agriculture Scoopit
Research Update. You can also view on line at
https://www.scoop.it/topic/conservation-agriculture-by-conservation-ag?curate=true&null
Can you send this out to people who get your list serve material? The hard
copy is below. Many thanks for helping to distribute this. Peter
An easier link to see all of the research papers on CA is as follows:
See our full research database at:
https://www.zotero.org/groups/348525/cornell_conservation_agriculture/collections/KGBFX8BX
Also, visit our main website at http://soilhealth.org for news and other CA
information.
[image: Conservation Agriculture Research Updates - September 2020]
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Conservation Agriculture Research Updates - September 2020
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by Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)
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Zero Tillage Technology in Jute Cultivation: A Successful Venture in West
Bengal
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From www.ijcmas.com
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- Today, 3:21 PM
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Mitra, B., Bhattacharya, P.M., Sinha, A.K., Chatterjee, R. & Chowdhury,
A.K. 2020. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied
Sciences. 9 (5): 2068-2075
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https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.905.237
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*s insight:
This paper is included because it explores the use of ZT in Jute. They used
farmer participatory demonstrations on jute using ZT in W. Bengal. They
obtained a significant yield increase for jute with ZT compared to
conventional practices of around 25%. They attributed this to increased
plant population, increased plant height and basal diameter of the stem.
They also saved significant labor by using herbicides to control weeds that
also resulted in higher net returns. The recommend ZT jute as a successful
technology in terms of productivity and profitability.
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<http://sco.lt/7Rsp7o?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/7k39Rw?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
The role of crop and cropping system management in Conservation Agriculture
systems.
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From shop.bdspublishing.com
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- Today, 2:56 PM
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Hobbs, P., Thierfelder, C., Wall, P., Gupta, R. & Calegari, A. 2020.
Advances in Conservation Agriculture. Volume 1. Systems and Science.
Chapter 6. 40 pages. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK.
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https://doi.org/10.19103/AS.2019.0048.06
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*s insight:
This chapter outlines the challenges for meeting food security needs now
and in the future. It mentions many issues that make this challenge even
more difficult. Management systems that make more efficient use of natural
resources. These sustainable land management (SLM) practices must also
provide the farmers with the means and incentives to experiment with them
and encourage farmers to share their experiences with other farmers. This
chapter uses three agricultural case studies from three different
geographical areas to highlight the challenges encountered in increasing
crop productivity, some of which are common to all three regions, while
others are specific to the climatic, edaphic, economic and social
situations found in a particular region. In all three regions CA has been
promoted to farmers in the past few decades as one way to responsibly
intensify food production. The case studies explore the drivers of CA
adoption in the region and the adaptations that have been made to adapt CA
to the particular local conditions. The first two case studies end with a
list of agronomic research requirements for the particular region, while
the third explores what a Brazilian type of experience with green manure
cover crops means for CA systems worldwide.
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<http://sco.lt/9Csn4a?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
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Increasing profitability, yields and yield stability through sustainable
crop establishment practices in the rice-wheat systems of Nepal
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From linkinghub.elsevier.com
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- Today, 11:59 AM
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Devkota, M., Devkota, K.P., Acharya, S. & McDonald, A. 2019. Agricultural
Systems. 173: 414-423.
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2019.03.022
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*s insight:
Dry seeded rice and ZT wheat have been suggested as an alternative
establishment for these crops in Nepal and South Asia. But adoption in
Nepal has been slow. This paper looks at a series of participatory on-farm
experiments over 7 years to assess performance and refine DSR and ZT wheat
in the Western region of Nepal's terai zone. DSR and ZTW produced similar
or higher grain yield with lower production costs and higher water
productivity and net profit compared to conventional practices. The paper
concludes that while the benefits are clear, coordinated efforts are
required to overcome technology scaling bottlenecks that have kept adoption
rates of these technologies at a nascent state in Nepal.
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<http://sco.lt/60Ba1Q?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/6ILuLY?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/6aWEfg?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
Conservation agriculture based sustainable intensification of basmati
rice-wheat system in North-West India.
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From www.tandfonline.com
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- August 27, 2:13 PM
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Jat, H.S., Kumar, P., Sutaliya, J.M., Kumar, S., Choudhary, M., Singh, Y. &
Jat, M.L. 2019. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 65 (10): 1370-1386.
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https://doi.org/10.1080/03650340.2019.1566708
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*s insight:
Continuous rice-wheat with tillage and conventional management has led to a
decline in soil health, groundwater table and farmer profits in South Asia.
This study used a participatory farmer research trial to evaluate CA for
reversing this degradation. 6 treatments compared various cropping systems,
tillage`, crop establishment and residue management. The paper looks at the
effect on yield, water productivity and net returns. Soil chemical and
biological properties were also recorded. CA-based treatments were better
than conventional treatments for all these measurements.
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<http://sco.lt/7lBXyC?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/83LsIK?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/8LWCcS?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
Productivity or stability? Exploring maize-legume intercropping strategies
for smallholder Conservation Agriculture farmers in Zimbabwe
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From doi.org
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- August 27, 12:06 PM
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Madembo, C., Mhlanga, B. & Thierfelder, C. 2020. Agricultural Systems. 185:
102921.
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102921
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*s insight:
This study was interested in yield stability plus sustainable. They explore
intercropping in CA systems in Zimbabwe, on-station and on-farm. They
tested sole cropping compared to intercropping with different grain legumes
and green manures as well as fertilizer application (in the case of
on-station trials) on associated crop yields, total system yield, and yield
stability. They showed that intercropping with some legumes reduced yields
yet pigeonpea intercropped with maize was equivalent to sole maize in maize
grain yield and biomass and superior in total system yield on-station.
Yield stability analysis showed on-farm that intercropping maize with
cowpea and jack bean was more stable than sole maize. On-station, the
maize-pigenpea combination was the most stable.
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<http://sco.lt/8vqrGi?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/9E1Baq?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/4qefFA?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/58ozZI?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
Effects of cowpea (vigna unguiculata (l) walp farming systems on arthropod
community structure in a grassland agro-ecosystem, South Africa
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From doi.org
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- August 26, 3:27 PM
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Mbappe, T. & Niba, A.S. 2019. African Journal of Food Agriculture,
Nutrition and Development. 19. (4) 14873-14888.
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https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.87.17830
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*s insight:
Field experiments were undertaken in the Mhlontlo Municipality, Transkei
region of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa during the 2014-2015 cropping
season to determine the effects of cowpea farming system on arthropod
communities. Two farming systems, conservation and conventional, were main
plots with cowpea varietal treatments as sub-plots with arthropods
recorded. Conservation plots had a higher species richness. Conservation
plots provided more optimal habitat requirements for a broad spectrum of
arthropod assemblages including natural enemies (predators and parasitism),
pollinators and decomposers and the authors recommend CA for cultivating
cowpea.
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<http://sco.lt/5j9eDY?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
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<http://sco.lt/6bedBw?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
Effect of conservation agriculture on soil organic and inorganic carbon
sequestration and lability: A study from a rice–wheat cropping system on a
calcareous soil of the eastern Indo‐Gangetic Plain...
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From onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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- August 26, 2:51 PM
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Dey, A., Dwivedi, B.S., Bhattacharyya, R., Datta, S.P., Meena, M.C., Jat,
R.K., Gupta, R.K., Jat, M.L., Singh, V.K., Das, D. & Singh, R.G. 2020. Soil
Use and Management. 36 (3): 429-438.
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https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12577
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*s insight:
This study looked at changes in soil organic and inorganic (SOC and SIC)
carbon under CA in Eastern India. The treatments included various
combinations of CT and ZT rice and wheat with and without residue and on
permanent beds (PB) with residue. The highest SOC at both 0-15 and 15-30 cm
was with the ZT plus residue for both crops. The benefits of ZT and residue
retention were greatest for very labile SOC, which showed a significant
increase (50%) under ZT-ZT+R compared with CT-CT. They conclude the
adoption of CA should be recommended in calcareous soils, for C
sequestration, and also as a reclamation technique.
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<http://sco.lt/7U9cAK?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/7mJwUS?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/84UGoa?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/8Meb8i?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
A regional synthesis of seven-year maize yield responses to conservation
agriculture technologies in Eastern and Southern Africa
<http://sco.lt/9JBFSK?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
From linkinghub.elsevier.com
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- August 25, 3:50 PM
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Nyagumbo, I., Mupangwa, W., Chipindu, L., Rusinamhodzi, L. & Craufurd, P.
2020. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 295: 106898.
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.106898
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*s insight:
This study analyzed the maize yield merits of CA compared CT in 5 Eastern
and Southern African countries from 287 smallholder on-farm trials
assessing 7-year maize yield responses. 4976 observations were compiled and
collated. CA investment was good under low rainfall conditions (700mm) but
were less under medium (700-1300mm) and wet (>1300mm) conditions. The best
responses were also under loamy and well drained soils and depressed under
poorly drained conditions.
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<http://sco.lt/4rn3lQ?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/59xO5Y?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/5S7iPg?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
Limits of conservation agriculture to overcome low crop yields in
sub-Saharan Africa
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From www.nature.com
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- Today, 3:12 PM
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Corbeels, M., Naudin, K., Whitbread, A.M., Kuhne, R. & Letourmy, P. 2020.
Nature Food: 1 (7): 447-454.
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-0114-x
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*s insight:
This meta-analysis in 16 different sub-Saharan Africa countries provides
data that contests the claim that CA leads to increasing crop yields in
smallholder farming systems. Their analysis shows that on average only
slightly higher CA/ZT yields are obtained compared to conventional systems.
3.7% for 6 major crops and 4% for maize. Larger yield responses for maize
(8.4%) result from mulching and crop rotations (2 of the other pillars on
CA along with minimal soil disturbance. Their data also showed that yields
increased with years of adoption (Fig 4) -- a slight increase in year 1 but
10% in year 10. They conclude that CA is not a technology to overcome low
crop yields in the short term. However, I contend that there are many
benefits to farmers who adopt CA in the first year, even if yields are
equal to conventional practices like reduced costs, better water use
efficiency and more. But read the paper first.
<http://sco.lt/6DoKGW?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/6KchO4?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/6cn1iC?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/6uxM2K?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/7D7gMS?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
Benefits of Conservation Agriculture to farmers and society.
<http://sco.lt/57300O?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
From shop.bdspublishing.com
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- Today, 12:13 PM
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Wall, P., Thierfelder, C., Hobbs, P., Hellin, J. & Govaerts. B. 2020.
Advances in Conservation Agriculture. Volume 2, Chapter 11. 40 pages.
Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK.
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https://doi.org/10.19103/AS.2019.0049.11
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*s insight:
This book chapter describes CA as an improved management system for crop
production that reduces many of the harmful effects on the environment of
conventional systems. But it emphasizes that CA does not imply doing away
with most of the advances in crop science and production agronomy that lead
to productive agricultural systems, such as improved crop varieties,
adequate crop nutrition and integrated pest, disease and weed management.
This chapter describes the principal benefits of CA, as well as problems
and difficulties associated with the successful management of CA systems,
the adoption of CA, and argues for a more equitable sharing of costs and
benefits from the widespread adoption of the system.
<http://sco.lt/57300O?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/85cfKq?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/8Nmzey?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/8fxJz6?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/8y7eJE?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
Effects of crop residue retention on soil carbon pools after 6 years of
rice–wheat cropping system.
<http://sco.lt/97OcVc?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
From link.springer.com
<http://sco.lt/9GHydM?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
- August 27, 2:25 PM
<http://sco.lt/97OcVc?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
Sharma, S., Thind, H.S., Yadvinder-Singh, Sidhu, H.S., Jat, M.L. & Parihar,
C.M. 2019. Environmental Earth Sciences. 78 (10): 296
<http://sco.lt/97OcVc?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-019-8305-1
<http://sco.lt/4svSHg?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*s insight:
This paper looked at the effect of tillage, crop establishment and residue
management on total and different pools of SOC in a sandy-loam soil from a
6 year study in NW India. Treatments looked at CT against ZT with direct
seeded and Transplanted rice followed by wheat with and without residues.
The study showed that adoption of ZTDSR followed by ZTW + R was the better
crop production strategy for increasing C-sequestration, improving and
sustaining the soil quality and crop productivity in the RW system. This
practice also provides an opportunity to retain crop residues as an
alternative to burning, which causes severe air pollution in the RW system
in the IGP of South Asia.
<http://sco.lt/97OcVc?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/5B5mbo?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/5TG6vw?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/5lQRG4?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/63alaC?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
Unintentional effects of environmentally-friendly farming practices:
Arising conflicts between zero-tillage and a crop pest, the common vole
(Microtus arvalis)
<http://sco.lt/4qQ4aO?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
From linkinghub.elsevier.com
<http://sco.lt/6Ll5uK?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
- August 27, 2:02 PM
<http://sco.lt/4qQ4aO?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
Roos, D., Saldana, C.C., Arroyo, B., Mougeot, F., Luque-Larena, J.J. &
Lambin, X. 2019. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 272. 105-113.
<http://sco.lt/4qQ4aO?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2018.11.013
<http://sco.lt/6dvQES?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*s insight:
This is an interesting paper from Spain. Other mammals could be creating
similar issues in other countries. This study looked at CA and different
crops in relation to vole population. Their results show that tillage
practices have more influence on common vole occurrence (zero tillage >
reduced and conventional tillage) than other aspects such as crop type thus
supporting the hypothesis that tillage practices play a key role in common
vole habitat use.
<http://sco.lt/4qQ4aO?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/6w5kYa?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/7EG4si?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/7WQPCq?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/7oajWy?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
Tillage and crop rotation effects on soil carbon and selected soil physical
properties in a Haplic Cambisol in Eastern Cape, South Africa
<http://sco.lt/8oRtZo?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
From www.agriculturejournals.cz
<http://sco.lt/86l3r6?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
- August 27, 11:53 AM
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Mtyobile, M., Muzangwa, L. & Mnkeni, P.N.S. 2020. Soil and Water Research.
15 (1) 47-54.
<http://sco.lt/8oRtZo?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
https://doi.org/10.17221/176/2018-SWR
<http://sco.lt/8OvOBE?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*s insight:
Data presented is from the 6th season of an on-station trial with CT and NT
and 4 crop rotations that included maize, wheat and soybeans. The residues
were left on the surface in NT and incorporated in the CT after every
cropping season. Soil physical properties were measured. The study
concluded that the crop rotations, MWM and the MWS under the no-till
coupled with the residue retention improved the soil porosity and the soil
water content levels the most.
<http://sco.lt/8oRtZo?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/8h5iVM?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/8zG2pU?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/9HQN9c?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/4u3qnw?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
Climate change and food security in India: Adaptation strategies and major
challenges
<http://sco.lt/8cDUgq?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
From doi.org
<http://sco.lt/5CEB84?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
- August 26, 3:16 PM
<http://sco.lt/8cDUgq?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
Sarkar, A., Dasgupta, A. & Sensarma, S.R. 2019. Chapter in Sustainable
Solutions for Food Security. Pages 497-520. Springer Nature, Switzerland
<http://sco.lt/8cDUgq?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77878-5_24
<http://sco.lt/5CEB84?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*s insight:
This is a chapter in the book "Sustainable Solutions for Food Security".
Climate change has emerged as a major threat to India's food security with
the livelihoods of millions of people at risk. Rising temperatures, erratic
rainfall, extreme weather conditions, changing soil fertility, and new pest
infestations are major factors contributing to stagnant agricultural
growth. The chapter describes how climate-smart agriculture can counter the
impacts of climate change, such as the promotion of conservation
agriculture, the sustainable management of natural resources and the
promotion of climate-smart crops.
<http://sco.lt/8cDUgq?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/5UOVSC?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/5mYpmK?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/64jA6S?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/6MtUQa?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
Changes in microbial community structure and physiological profile in a
kaolinitic tropical soil under different conservation agricultural practices
<http://sco.lt/8fTsga?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
From linkinghub.elsevier.com
<http://sco.lt/6f3oki?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
- August 26, 2:33 PM
<http://sco.lt/8fTsga?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
Lopes, L.D. & Fernandes, M.F. 2020. Applied Soil Ecology. 152: 103545.
<http://sco.lt/8fTsga?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2020.103545
<http://sco.lt/6xE94q?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*s insight:
This study used a 9-year old field experiment in NE Brazil. They had three
tillage methods combined with two cropping systems and a fallow plot
dominated by Brachiaria.They looked at PLFA based microbial community
structure and stress status, physiological profile, microbial biomass,
basal respiration and pH. The three tillage methods were CT, Chisel plowing
(CP) and ZT. Sole maize and intercropped maize. Their results showed that
microbial community structure and physiological profile are distinct
regarding their responses to the agricultural practices analyzed, as well
as on their correlations with the soil and ecosystem benefits promoted by
conservation practices.
<http://sco.lt/8fTsga?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/7FOTOy?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/7XYnj6?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/7pj83E?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/87tSNM?_tmc=0Mlpq3K1WFXokGGMrdSoF_s7KCMCU2YNbxpuz7chWVA&track=1>
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