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  1. Sustainable Agriculture and Soil Conservation

    Concetta Eliana Gattullo, et al. Soil degradation is one of the most topical environmental threats. A number of processes causing soil degradation, specifically erosion, compaction, salinization, pollution, and loss of both organic matter and soil biodiversity, are also strictly connected to agricultural activity and its...

  2. Conservation Agriculture: A Manual for Farmers and Extension Workers in Africa

    International Institute of Rural Reconstruction Over 60% of Africans depend on some form of farming for their sustenance and livelihoods. Agriculture remains vital for the continent's development and economic growth. Recent stagnation or decline in farm productivity in many parts of Africa is a major concern. For many communities and...
    631.45 IIRR

  3. Sustainable Tropical Agriculture: Conservation Farming

    Larry Yeager This publication includes articles on conservation farming techniques and applications. Different page numbers, illustrated
    630.71 YAR

  4. Biodiversity and agriculture: implications for conservation and development

    Jitendra Srivastava et al This short concept paper explores in a preliminary fashion some of the linkages between biodiversity and agriculture. The main conclusion is that biodiversity conservation and agricultural development are co-dependent. Biodiversity is an essential resource to improve agriculture, and little...
    333.951 SRI

  5. Guidelines: Land evaluation for rainfed agriculture

    FAO Soils Bulletin 52 235 pages, tables
    333.761 FAO

  6. Principles to Guide Conservation Agriculture Programming: Version 2.0

    11 pages, illustrated, photos
    333.7 CAN

  7. Agricultural Water Conservation: Tools, Strategies, and Practices

    Aliasghar Montazar Water scarcity is a critical issue for agriculture, and, hence, efficient management and conservation practices for agricultural water use are essential for adapting to and mitigating the impacts of current and future discrepancy between water supplies and water demands. This Special Issue...

  8. Zonas de Amortiguamiento para Conservacion

    Gary Bentrup *Disponible solo en español. Existe un cuantisos acervo de conocimientos para guiar la planeacion y el diseno de zonas de amortiguamiento. Infortunadamente, esta informacion esta ampliamente dispersa a traves de los vastos repositorios de literatura de investigacion y no es facilmente accesible o...
    333.951 USA SPANISH

  9. Advances in Conservation Agriculture Volume 1: Systems and Science

    Prof Amir Kassam et al. This volume summarises research on key components for successful Conservation Agriculture (CA). Chapters review the latest research on ways of optimising no-till techniques to minimise soil disturbance in relation to seeding, weeding and other operations. Chapters also review ways to improve soil...
    631.45 KAS

  10. Manual on integrated soil management and conservation practices: Soil Management and Conservation- Efficient Tillage methods for soil conservation

    Land and Plant Nutrition Management service of the land and water development division and the agricultural engineering branch of the agricultural support systems division of FAO. Soil resources depletion is a widespread, direct threat to the sustainability of agricultural production. Dramatic changes in soil managment concepts are needed to counter the threat. This manual proposes options for such changes, addressing a very broad variety of topics related to agricultural...
    631.45 FAO