No-till farming: The way of the future for a sustainable dryland agriculture

Annals of Arid Zone

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-208

  Papendick, R I ^a   Parr, J F ^b,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Intl Nature Farming Research Center   (Japan)

^c Intl Nature Farming Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Farming systems; Organic matter; Rainfed; Semi arid; Soil conservation; Soil quality; Tillage; Zero till

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031330632     PISSN: 05701791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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