*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable production intensification and land management*
Dear Subscribers,
Please see herebelow the September 2016 Scoops on Conservation Agricutlure
Research Updates from Peter Hobbs at Cornell University.
*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
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URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca
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From: Peter Hobbs <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 10:50 PM
Subject: FW: Latest Scoops on Conservation Agriculture Research Updates -
September 2016
To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>
Dear Amir, Here is the September Scoopit material. Thanks in advance for
sharing this. Peter
You can also review on-line at http://www.scoop.it/t/
conservation-agriculture-by-conservation-ag
Can you send this out to people who get your list serve material? The hard
copy is below. Peter
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*Conservation Agriculture Research Updates - September 2016
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by Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)
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*Heterogeneous preferences and the effects of incentives in promoting
conservation agriculture in Malawi
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From www.sciencedirect.com
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P.S. Ward, Bell, A.R., Parkhurst, G.M., Droppelmann, K., and Mapemba, L.
2016. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 222: 67-79.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.02.005
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*
<http://sco.lt/4vIzhJ?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>'s
insight:
This study looked at farmer preferences for different CA practices and the
willingness to adopt CA. Despite many long-term agronomic benefits, some
farmers are not willing to adopt CA without incentives. The results suggest
that farmers perceive that CA practices interact with one another
differently, sometimes complementing and sometimes degrading the benefits
of the other practices. A lot depends on the experiences with CA. Risks
such as flooding and insect attacks often constrain adoption. Providing
subsidies can increase likely adoption of a full CA package, but may
generate some perverse incentives that can result in subsequent disadoption.
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*Effects of relay cover crop planting date on their biomass and maize
productivity in a sub-humid region of Zimbabwe under conservation
agriculture
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From www.sciencedirect.com
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B. Mhlanga, Cheesman, S., Maasdorp, B., Mupangwa, W., Munyoro, C., Sithole,
C., and Thierfelder, C. 2016. Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences (NJAS)
78: 93-101
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.njas.2016.05.001
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*
<http://sco.lt/4vIzhJ?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>'s
insight:
This paper looks at the use of relay planted cover crops as a strategy for
maize-based systems in Zimbabwe. The main issue is how to avoid competition
between the cover and main crop. Delays in planting the cover crops
resulted in yield reductions of 50% in the cover crop. The introduction of
cover crops at different periods of the season had no significant effects
on the maize grain or biomass yields. Of all the investigated relay cover
crops, none could contribute to significant amounts of biomass thus
insignificant increases in total plot biomass. There is need to investigate
on other earlier planting dates that do not compromise the biomass
productivity of such relay cover crops.
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*Disentangling the effects of conservation agriculture practices on the
vertical distribution of soil organic carbon. Evidence of poor carbon
sequestration in North- Eastern Italy
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From www.sciencedirect.com
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- September 14, 5:14 PM
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I. Piccoli, Chiarini, F., Carletti, P., Furlan, L., Lazzaro, B., Nardi, S.,
Berti, A., Sarton, L., Dalconi, M.C., and Morari, F. 2016. Agriculture,
Ecosystems & Environment. 230: 68-78.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.05.035
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*
<http://sco.lt/4vIzhJ?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>'s
insight:
This study compared conventional and conservation agriculture management
systems in order to evaluate their effects on both SOC stocks and quality
in Italy. Results suggested that conservation agriculture practices
affected SOC distribution rather than its total amount. The retention of
crop residues on the soil surface and the absence of tillage operations
drove SOC dynamics in the top layer (0–5 cm) of the conservation system,
while residues incorporation with ploughing was responsible for SOC
accumulation at the 30–50 cm depth inThis research did not demonstrate the
benefits of conservation practices on SOC sequestration during the
transition period. However, SOC sequestration is only one of the numerous
ecosystem services provided by conservation practices. the conventional one.
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*Soil carbon sequestration potential of US croplands and grasslands:
Implementing the 4 per Thousand Initiative
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From www.jswconline.org
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A. Chambers, Lal, R. and Paustian, K. 2016. Journal of Soil and Water
Conservation. 71 (3): 68A - 74A.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2489/jswc.71.3.68A
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*
<http://sco.lt/4vIzhJ?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>'s
insight:
Interest in soil organic measurement dates back more than a century but the
effect of climate change on SOC started in the 1990s. Since then, rates of
SOC sequestration through adoption of best management practices have been
assessed for diverse land uses and eco-regions throughout the country
(USA), including for a wide variety of management practices on cropland.
This paper presents the data from those studies.
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*The reduction of partitioned wind and water erosion by conservation
agriculture
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From www.sciencedirect.com
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- September 14, 2:46 PM
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R.S. Van Pelt, Hushmurodov, S.X., Baumhardt, R.L., Chappell, A., Nearing,
M.A., Polyakov, V.O., and Strack, J.E. 2016. Catena Available online 10
July 2016.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2016.07.004
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*
<http://sco.lt/4vIzhJ?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>'s
insight:
This paper looks at the wind and water erosion implications on
environmental problems in Bushland, Texas. They quantified wind and water
erosion under a uniform crop rotation since 1949 and two tillage treatments
-- stubble mulch tillage and no-tillage. They found that no-till management
reduced total soil loss by one-third compared to stubble-mulch tillage,
reduced water-borne sediment loss by about the same amount, and that for
both tillage systems, wind erosion was responsible for about 75% of the
total soil loss.
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*Greenseeder: hand planter could boost productivity for world's poorest
farmers.
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From dl.sciencesocieties.org
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- September 14, 2:18 PM
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CSA News. March 2016. 61 (3): 4 - 8.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/csa2016-61-3-1
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*
<http://sco.lt/4vIzhJ?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>'s
insight:
A newly designed piece of equipment for replacing and improving the
traditional stick jabbar planter. This paper explains the replacement of
the ancestral tool for planting crops.
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*Short-term impact of an occasional tillage on microbial communities in a
Vertosol after 43 years of no-tillage or conventional tillage
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From www.sciencedirect.com
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- Today, 2:55 PM
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V.A. Rincon-Florez, Ng, C., Dang, Y.P., Schenk, P.M., and Carvalhais, L.C.
2016. European Journal of Soil Biology. 74: 32-38.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.03.001
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*
<http://sco.lt/4vIzhJ?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>'s
insight:
Occasional strategic tillage (ST) in Australia has been suggested to help
control herbicide resistant weeds. This study looked at the impact of ST
two systems -- no-tillage (NT) versus conventional tillage (CT) that were
applied on a Vertosol soil for 49 years on various biological properties.
There was no significant effect of ST on the measured biological
attributes. However, total enzymatic activity for treatments under CTSR and
CTSR-ST were significantly higher compared with NTSR-ST. Differences may be
attributed to a significant increase in bulk density for CTSR treatment and
an increment in bulk density on CTSR-ST plots. The lack of changes may be
attributed to a high resistance and/or resilience of soil microbial
communities after 15 weeks of tillage. More studies on the long-term effect
of ST are required to assess the impact on soil biological properties.
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*Chapter Three - Environmental Impact of Organic Agriculture
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From www.sciencedirect.com
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- Today, 10:43 AM
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K. Lorenz and Lal, R. 2016. Chapter 3 - Environmental Impact of Organic
Agriculture. Advances in Agronomy 139: 99-152.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.agron.2016.05.003
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*
<http://sco.lt/4vIzhJ?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>'s
insight:
The paper says that although Organic Agriculture (OA) is only practiced on
a small percentage of the global agricultural land its importance is
growing. It is perceived as being more environmentally friendly because
various modern day inputs are prohibited but evidence on this is scanty.
Consumer demand for organic products will continue to grow driven by food
safety concerns and increasing affluence. Due to lower yields, however,
natural ecosystems may be increasingly converted to agroecosystems to meet
the demand with less well-known consequences for the environment. The paper
recommends an urgent need to strengthen the database on environmental
impacts of OA.
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<http://sco.lt/9HlGYT?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
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*Two decades of no-till in the Oberacker long-term field experiment: Part
I. Crop yield, soil organic carbon and nutrient distribution in the soil
profile
<http://sco.lt/5x1p0z?track_p_id=06O648k_hHo3ZXi5TNo5FPh&_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>*
From www.sciencedirect.com
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- September 14, 5:08 PM
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I. Martinez, Chervet, A., Weisskopf, P., Sturny, W.G., Etana, A., Stettler,
M., Forkman, J., and Keller, T. 2016. Soil and Tillage Research. 163:
141-151.
<http://sco.lt/5x1p0z?track_p_id=06O648k_hHo3ZXi5TNo5FPh&_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2016.05.021
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*
<http://sco.lt/4vIzhJ?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>'s
insight:
This is a report of a two decades of no-till in the Oberacker long-term
experiment in Switzerland comparing no-till with moldboard plowing. Crops
are grown in 6-year rotations. It looks at nutrient distribution and
storage in soils, depth distribution of SOC, and crop productivity. There
was no significant difference in long-term average crop yield. However,
crop yield was higher in NT in winter cereals and legumes but lower for
root and tuber crops. Nutrient distribution was uniform in the MP treatment
but there was strong stratification in the NT plots with higher nutrient
concentrations in the upper layers associated with crop residue retention.
Total storage of nutrients per ha in the whole soil profile were similar.
<http://sco.lt/5x1p0z?track_p_id=06O648k_hHo3ZXi5TNo5FPh&_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/5mtjBB?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/6543VJ?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/6NENpR?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/6fOi9Z?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
*Food Security as a function of Sustainable Intensification of Crop
Production
<http://sco.lt/4oz1cX?track_p_id=brmr6yzNxxcy5x3m06_SfPy&_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>*
From www.aimspress.com
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- September 14, 2:56 PM
<http://sco.lt/4oz1cX?track_p_id=brmr6yzNxxcy5x3m06_SfPy&_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
Friedrich, T., Kassam, A. 2016. AIMS Agriculture and Food 1(2): 227-238.
<http://sco.lt/4oz1cX?track_p_id=brmr6yzNxxcy5x3m06_SfPy&_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/agrfood.2016.2.227
<http://sco.lt/7FjMnp?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*
<http://sco.lt/4vIzhJ?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>'s
insight:
The challenge to eradicate hunger and establish food security across all
its four pillars (availability, accessibility, health and safety, and
continuity) is ongoing. Food production needs to increase over the coming
decades at challenging rates, while facing problems of degradation and
reduced availability of natural resources for production such as soil and
water, and facing increasing challenges from climate change. The concept of
sustainable intensification, the rationale for it and its functional
elements, represented by Conservation Agriculture, are presented in this
paper.
<http://sco.lt/4oz1cX?track_p_id=brmr6yzNxxcy5x3m06_SfPy&_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/7Xth7x?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/7q41S5?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/88ELmD?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/8QOg6L?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
*Determinants of adoption and disadoption of minimum tillage by cotton
farmers in eastern Zambia
<http://sco.lt/8NS7l3?track_p_id=eANw3U3reCbGJvl5eT2ys_a&_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>*
From www.sciencedirect.com
<http://sco.lt/8iZ0QT?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
- September 14, 2:32 PM
<http://sco.lt/8NS7l3?track_p_id=eANw3U3reCbGJvl5eT2ys_a&_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
P.P. Grabowski, Kerr, J.M., Haggblade, S., and Kabwe, S. 2016. Agriculture,
Ecosystems & Environment. 231: 54-67.
<http://sco.lt/8NS7l3?track_p_id=eANw3U3reCbGJvl5eT2ys_a&_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.06.027
<http://sco.lt/90jKkb?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*
<http://sco.lt/4vIzhJ?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>'s
insight:
This paper used surveys and interviews with farmers to look at adoption of
CA and determinants of adoption and dis-adoption of hand hoe and oxen-drawn
minimum tillage (MT). Farmers had favorable opinions of MT but for reducing
losses due to erratic rainfall rather than the benefits to soils. However,
adoption rates were relatively low. Many farmers wanted to adopt but
available technologies did not match their resource endowments. Labor
constrained the hand-hoe basins and equipment costs for the ox-ripping.
<http://sco.lt/8NS7l3?track_p_id=eANw3U3reCbGJvl5eT2ys_a&_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/9Itf4j?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/4vX8j3?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/5DhT3B?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/5VrnNJ?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
*Chapter Three - Climate Change and Agriculture: Adaptation Strategies and
Mitigation Opportunities for Food Security in South Asia and Latin America
<http://sco.lt/8SykhF?track_p_id=9NMzJtPwdB9A1l2E_lA4BW5&_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>*
From www.sciencedirect.com
<http://sco.lt/5o27hR?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
- September 14, 2:05 PM
<http://sco.lt/8SykhF?track_p_id=9NMzJtPwdB9A1l2E_lA4BW5&_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
M.L. Jat, Dagar, J.C., Sapkota, T.B., Yavinder-Singh, Govaerts, B.,
Ridaura, S.L., Saharawat, Y.S., Sharma, R.K., Tetarwal, J.P., Jat, R.K.,
Hobbs, H., and Stirling, C. 2016. Advances in Agronomy: 137: 127-235.
<http://sco.lt/8SykhF?track_p_id=9NMzJtPwdB9A1l2E_lA4BW5&_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.agron
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*Cornell Conservation Agriculture Group (soilhealth.org)*
<http://sco.lt/4vIzhJ?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>'s
insight:
This article summarizes the available information on mitigation strategies
for climate change to meet food security needs in South Asia and Latin
America. They suggest that use of modern technologies such as conservation
and climate smart agriculture, judicious utilization of available water for
agriculture through microirrigation and water saving technologies,
developing multiple stress-tolerant crop cultivars and biotypes through
biotechnological tools, restoration of degraded soils and waters, promoting
carbon sequestration through alternate production technologies and land
use, and conservation of biodiversity must be promoted at regional and
country level to ensure durable food and nutritional security.
<http://sco.lt/8SykhF?track_p_id=9NMzJtPwdB9A1l2E_lA4BW5&_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
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<http://sco.lt/6gX6fp?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/6yhQzx?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
<http://sco.lt/7GrlK5?_tmc=8iUrZf7-sIr34f8Gl9-uk0cPU2emaO_eXaAfRsba6vc&track=1>
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