Factors influencing farmers' adoption of best management practices: A review and synthesis

T Liu, RJF Bruins, MT Heberling - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Best management practices (BMPs) for reducing agricultural non-point source pollution are
widely available. However, agriculture remains a major global contributor to degradation of …

The adoption of non-inversion tillage systems in the United Kingdom and the agronomic impact on soil, crops and the environment—A review

NL Morris, PCH Miller, JH Orson… - Soil and Tillage …, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper seeks to review the current knowledge on soil cultivation and its effects to both
soil physical properties and consideration to soil management to optimise crop productivity …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term effects of conservation tillage on soil erosion in Central Europe: A random forest-based approach

B Madarász, G Jakab, Z Szalai, K Juhos… - Soil and Tillage …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conservation tillage (CT) is of primary importance in food security, soil conservation, and
sustainable development, even though its comprehensive effects on runoff (RO) and soil …

The effects of cover crops and conventional tillage on soil and runoff loss in vineyards and olive groves in several Mediterranean countries

JA Gómez, C Llewellyn, G Basch… - Soil use and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Cover crops (CC) in vineyards and olive groves provide an alternative to conventional tillage
(CT) for land management. Runoff, sediment and nutrient loss from six sites in France, Spain …

The role of agroecology in sustainable intensification

N Lampkin, B Pearce, A Leake, H Creissen, CL Gerrard… - 2015 - orgprints.org
'Sustainable intensification'is now often used to describe the future direction for agriculture
and food production as a way to address the challenges of increasing global population …

How do we cultivate in England? Tillage practices in crop production systems

TJ Townsend, SJ Ramsden… - Soil use and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Reducing tillage intensity offers the possibility of moving towards sustainable intensification
objectives. Reduced tillage (RT) practices, where the plough is not used, can provide a …

Soil conservation in Swiss agriculture—Approaching abstract and symbolic meanings in farmers' life-worlds

F Schneider, T Ledermann, P Fry, S Rist - Land Use Policy, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper explores the significance of 'life-worlds' for better understanding why farmers
adopt or reject soil conservation measures and for identifying basic dimensions to be …

Arthropod biodiversity in olive groves under two soil management systems: presence versus absence of herbaceous cover crop

AJ Carpio, J Castro, FS Tortosa - Agricultural and Forest …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural intensification has greatly affected biodiversity in recent decades. One common
and recent transformation that has taken place in Mediterranean countries is olive grove …

No‐tillage farming: co‐creation of innovation through network building

F Schneider, D Steiger, T Ledermann… - Land Degradation & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This paper studied the development of no‐tillage by combining concepts of co‐creation of
knowledge and actor‐network theory. Reconstructing the process of no‐tillage development …

Conservation tillage vs. conventional tillage: long-term effects on yields in continental, sub-humid Central Europe, Hungary

B Madarász, K Juhos… - … Journal of Agricultural …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The present study reports novel data concerning Conservation Tillage (CT) in the
continental sub-humid climate zone in Central Europe (Hungary), an area which has been …