Conservation agriculture and ecosystem services: An overview
Conservation agriculture (CA) changes soil properties and processes compared to
conventional agriculture. These changes can, in turn, affect the delivery of ecosystem …
conventional agriculture. These changes can, in turn, affect the delivery of ecosystem …
Tillage management impacts on soil compaction, erosion and crop yield in Stagnosols (Croatia)
The sustainability of agroecosystems is closely related to successful soil conservation.
Sustainable land use practices are crucial to reduce the impacts of agriculture on land …
Sustainable land use practices are crucial to reduce the impacts of agriculture on land …
Conservation agriculture, improving soil quality for sustainable production systems
N Verhulst, B Govaerts, E Verachtert… - Advances in soil …, 2010 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Human efforts to produce ever-greater amounts of food leave their mark on our environment.
Persistent use of conventional farming practices based on extensive tillage, especially when …
Persistent use of conventional farming practices based on extensive tillage, especially when …
Effects of plastic film mulch and tillage on maize productivity and soil parameters
CA Liu, SL **, LM Zhou, Y Jia, FM Li, YC ** on soil temperature, soil moisture and wheat yield on the Loess Plateau of China
S Zhang, L Lövdahl, H Grip, Y Tong, X Yang… - Soil and Tillage …, 2009 - Elsevier
Soil management can notably influence crop production under dryland farming in semiarid
areas. Field experiments were conducted, from October 2001 to September 2004, with an …
areas. Field experiments were conducted, from October 2001 to September 2004, with an …
Typologies of crop-drought vulnerability: an empirical analysis of the socio-economic factors that influence the sensitivity and resilience to drought of three major food …
Why is it that sometimes small droughts trigger serious crop losses while in other cases even
large droughts do not have such a major effect? In this paper, we identify socio-economic …
large droughts do not have such a major effect? In this paper, we identify socio-economic …
Trend of estimated actual evapotranspiration over China during 1960–2002
In this study, the water balance methodology introduced by Thornthwaite and Mather (1955)
is modified to estimate monthly actual evapotranspiration for 686 stations over China during …
is modified to estimate monthly actual evapotranspiration for 686 stations over China during …
Determination of groundwater recharge mechanism in the deep loessial unsaturated zone by environmental tracers
Studying the groundwater recharge mechanism in regions with thick unsaturated zone can
greatly improve our understanding of hydrological processes since these regions have …
greatly improve our understanding of hydrological processes since these regions have …
Soil water content, maize yield and its stability as affected by tillage and crop residue management in rainfed semi-arid highlands
N Verhulst, V Nelissen, N Jespers, H Haven, KD Sayre… - Plant and soil, 2011 - Springer
Rainfed crop management systems need to be optimized to provide more resilient options to
cope with projected climatic scenarios forecasting a decrease in mean precipitation and …
cope with projected climatic scenarios forecasting a decrease in mean precipitation and …