Conservation agriculture practices in rainfed uplands of India improve maize-based system productivity and profitability

Conservation agriculture practices in rainfed uplands of India improve maize-based system productivity and profitability

Traditional agriculture in rainfed uplands of India has been experiencing low agricultural productivity as the lands suffer from poor soil fertility, susceptibility to water erosion and other external pressures of development and climate change. A shift towards more sustainable cropping systems such...

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Main Authors:	Aliza Pradhan, Travis Idol, Pravat Kumar Roul
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:	Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:	System productivity Dominance analysis Maize equivalent yield Rainfed uplands Conservation Agriculture Production Systems (CAPS)
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.01008/full

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