Conservation agriculture for sustainable intensification in South Asia

Mangi Lal Jat (), Debashis Chakraborty, Jagdish Kumar Ladha, Dharamvir Singh Rana, Mahesh Kumar Gathala, Andrew McDonald and Bruno Gerard
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Mangi Lal Jat: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Debashis Chakraborty: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Jagdish Kumar Ladha: University of California
Dharamvir Singh Rana: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
Mahesh Kumar Gathala: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Andrew McDonald: Cornell University
Bruno Gerard: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), El Batan

Nature Sustainability, 2020, vol. 3, issue 4, 336-343

Abstract: Abstract Agriculture’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals requires climate-smart and profitable farm innovations. In the past decade, attention has been given to conservation agriculture as a ‘sustainable intensification’ strategy, although a lack of evidence-based consensus on the merits of conservation agriculture prevails in the context of intensive smallholder farming in South Asia. A meta-analysis using 9,686 paired site–year comparisons representing different indicators of cropping-system performance suggest significant (P

Date: 2020
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