A review on conservation agriculture (CA) and sustainable food production
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Conservation agriculture, Crop yields and Soil propertiesAbstract
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.
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