Conservation agriculture in subsistence farming : case studies from South Asia and beyond /

• Other Authors: Chan-Halbrendt, Catherine, 1949- (Editor), Fantle-Lepczyk, Jean, (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2015.
• Subjects: Agricultural conservation > Case studies. > South Asia; Soil conservation > Case studies. > South Asia; Sustainable agriculture > Case studies. > South Asia; Extension and Advisory Work.; Agricultural Economics.; Plant Cropping Systems.; Erosion: Soil and Water Conservation.; Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Women.; Alternative farming.; Case studies.; Conservation tillage.; Farming systems.; Gender relations.; Innovation adoption.; Livelihoods.; Socioeconomics.; Soil conservation.; Subsistence farming.; Sustainability.
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This book focuses on the latest research in conservation agriculture (CA), with an emphasis on the applicability of results worldwide. Using South Asia as a case study, it examines the history and current state of CA regionally and globally, and explores the long-term impacts the adoption of CA prac...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / Maria Gallo
• Preface / Catherine Chan and Jean Fantle-Lepczyk
• A Brief History of Conservation Agriculture / Travis Idol
• Global Perspectives on Conservation Agriculture for Small Households / Adrian Ares, Christian Thierfelder, Manuel Reyes, Neal S. Eash and Jennifer Himmelstein
• Potential of Conservation Agriculture Production Systems (CAPS) for Improving Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security in the Hill Region of Nepal / Bikash Paudel, Theodore Radovich, Catherine Chan, Susan Crow, Jacqueline Halbrendt, Keshab Thapa and Bir Bahadur Tamang
• Effect of Tillage, Intercropping, and Residue Cover on Crop Productivity, Profitability, and Soil Fertility under Tribal Farming Situations in Odisha, India / Aliza Pradhan, Travis Idol, Pravat Kumar Roul, Kshitendra Narayan Mishra, Catherine Chan, Jacqueline Halbrendt and Chittaranjan Ray
• Assessment of Maize-based Conservation Agricultural Production Systems (CAPS) in Rainfed Uplands of Odisha, India / Pravat Kumar Roul, Aliza Pradhan, Kshitendra Narayan Mishra, Plabita Ray, Travis Idol, Satya Narayan Dash, Catherine Chan and Chittaranjan Ray
• Risk as a Determinant of Adoption of Conservation Agriculture by Smallholder Farmers in Malawi / Jessica Rust-Smith
• Economic Potential of Conservation Agriculture Production Systems (CAPS) for Tribal Farmers in the Hill Region of Nepal / Bikash Paudel, Catherine Chan, Aliza Pradhan and Brinton Foy Reed
• Evaluation of Tillage and Farmyard Manure on Soil Properties and Maize Yield in the Mid-hills of Nepal / Roshan Pudasaini and Keshav Raj Pande
• Soil Quality in Conservation Agriculture Production Systems (CAPS) of Rainfed, Sloping Land Farming in the Central Mid-hills Region of Nepal / Susan Crow, Olivia Schubert, Bir Bahadur Tamang, Theodore Radovich, Bikash Paudel, Jacqueline Halbrendt and Keshab Thapa
• Preferences for Conservation Agriculture in Developing Countries: A Case Study on the Tribal Societies of India and Nepal / Cynthia Lai, Catherine Chan, Aliza Pradhan, Bikash Paudel, Brinton Foy Reed and Jacqueline Halbrendt
• Empowering Women through Conservation Agriculture: Rhetoric or Reality? Evidence from Malawi / Jane Maher, Paul Wagstaff and John O'Brien
• Gendered Implications of Introducing Conservation Agriculture (CA): A Case Study in the Hill Region of Nepal / Jacqueline Halbrendt, Bikash Paudel and Catherine Chan.