Conservation agriculture in the semi-arid tropics: Prospects and problems

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 117, Issue , 2012, Pages 191-273

  Jat, Ram A ^a,b   Wani, Suhas P ^a   Sahrawat, Kanwar L ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^b ICAR DIRECTORATE OF GROUNDNUT RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Climate change mitigation and adaptation; Cover crops; Crop residue management; Semi arid tropics; Socio economic trade offs; Soil and water conservation; Weed control; Zero minimum tillage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865426087     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394278-4.00004-0     Document Type: Chapter

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