Conservation agriculture in the dry Mediterranean climate

Field Crops Research

Volumn 132, Issue , 2012, Pages 7-17

  Kassam, Amir ^a   Friedrich, Theodor ^b   Derpsch, Rolf ^c   Lahmar, Rabah ^d   Mrabet, Rachid ^e   Basch, Gottlieb ^f   González Sánchez, Emilio J ^g   Serraj, Rachid ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c International Consultant for Conservation Agriculture/No Till   (Paraguay)

^d CIRAD   (France)

^e Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (Morocco)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^h INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Carbon; Climate change; Intensification; Mulch; No tillage; Rotation

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; EROSION CONTROL; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MULCH; PERENNIAL PLANT; RAINFALL; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; ZERO TILLAGE;

AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL ASIA; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 84860431629     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.02.023     Document Type: Article

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