Nowadays, in a context of climate change, economical uncertainties and social pressure to
mitigate agriculture externalities, farmers have to adopt new crop** systems to achieve a …

Two decades of extensive research and experimentation with zero‐till methods has allowed
“ideal” zero‐till systems to emerge in Brazil, involving no soil turning, maintenance of a …

We examined the extent to which farmers have improved food production in recent years
with low cost, locally available and environmentally sensitive practices and technologies …

Weeds cause an estimated crop yield loss of about 43% world-wide. The heavy use of
herbicides in weed management has several environmental and health risks. Therefore …

Lifting the Level of Awareness on Pigeonpea-A Global Perspective is an extensive research
publication based on secondary materials written primarily to provide comprehensive …

Rapid depletion of global fertilizer and fossil fuel reserves, combined with concerns about
global warming, have resulted in increased interest in alternative strategies for sustaining …

Pigeon Pea for Africa: A Versatile Vegetable—And More Page 1 1073 HORTSCIENCE, VOL.
38(6), OCTOBER 2003 Pigeon Pea for Africa: A Versatile Vegetable—And More SS Snapp …

Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) originated in India and is now a major source of protein in
countries in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. However, little is known about the …

Land shortages are forcing smallholder farmers to cultivate steeplands. Resulting
accelerated soil erosion is being addressed by the promotion of soil and water conservation …

Areas permanently cultivated under DMC systems (Direct seeding mulch-based crop**
systems, which are part of the family of practices known as Conservation Agriculture) have …