A renewed view of conservation agriculture and its evolution over the last decade in Spain

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 146, Issue PB, 2015, Pages 204-212

  Gonzalez Sanchez, E J ^a,b   Veroz Gonzalez, O ^b   Blanco Roldan, G L ^a   Marquez Garcia, F ^a,b   Carbonell Bojollo, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b IFAPA CENTRO ALAMEDA DEL OBISPO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Definitions; Groundcovers; No tillage; Reduced tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CROPS; CULTIVATION; REGIONAL PLANNING;

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; DEFINITIONS; GROUNDCOVERS; NO TILLAGE; REDUCED TILLAGE;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; EXPERT SYSTEM; FINANCIAL PROVISION; GROUND COVER; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLICY MAKING; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 84910016966     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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