A review on conservation agriculture (CA) and sustainable food production

Abstract

Conservation agriculture (CA) is a set of practices and procedures that ensures  higher agricultural productivity and profitability along with the improvement of  soil health and the sustainable environment. CA provides opportunities to reduce  the cost of production, save water and nutrients, increase yields, increase crop  diversification, improve efficient use of resources and benefits the environment.  With CA, growers can save from 30% to 40% of time and energy as compared  to conventional cropping. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop policy  frameworks and strategies to promote CA region wise for the prevention of soil  degradation, improvement of soil fertility and moisture.