Overview of the global spread of Conservation Agriculture

Field Actions Science Report

Volumn 6, Issue 1 SPL, 2012, Pages

  Friedrich, T ^a   Derpsch, R ^b   Kassam, A ^c  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Constraints; Crop residue; No tillage; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876904694     PISSN: 1867139X     EISSN: 18678521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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