Conservation Agriculture: Why Conservation Agriculture?
- ISBN-10
- 3659812684
- ISBN-13
- 9783659812682
- Series
- Conservation Agriculture
- Pages
- 136
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-12-02
- Publisher
- LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
- Author
- Haimanot Atinkut
Description
Conservation Agriculture could be a golden Opportunity for sustainable Development in the face of Climate Change. Bothering about climate Change may get a panacea since it is one of sustainable agricultural practices promote as a win-win approach. As part of climate smart Agriculture practices and yield maximizing innovative practices it can be adapted and scale up to the mass of people engaged in agricultural Sector as main livelihood and income generation. Conservation Agriculture is set of practices which encompasses: conservation tillage (zero-tillage, minimum tillage), soil cover (mulching via crop residues, animal dung and mowed weeds) and use of agronomic practices (legume crop rotation, fallowing, inter-cropping, canopy, forestry practices). Therefore, from this little knowledge we should take lessons for big problem which can be manifested exponentially population growth, poverty, famine, climate change and its unfavorable consequences and trajectory Development path shade welfare of human kind on this planet.
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