Sustaining Indian agriculture - Conservation agriculture the way forward

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1020-1025

  Abrol, I P ^a   Sangar, Sunita ^a  

^a Centre for Advancement of Sustainable Agriculture New Delhi   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation agriculture; Foodgrains production; Indian agriculture; Institutional changes; Resource conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751011630     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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