Techno-economic feasibility of conservation agriculture in rainfed regions of India

Current Science

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1171-1181

  Kumar, Shalander ^a,b   Sharma, K L ^a   Kareemulla, K ^a   Chary, G Ravindra ^a   Ramarao, C A ^a   Rao, Ch Srinivasa ^a   Venkateswarlu, B ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

^b CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Conservation agriculture; Net benefits; Rainfed regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863066922     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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