Conservation Agriculture and Climate Change: Impacts and Adaptations

Ritesh Saha · Dhananjay Barman · Madhusudan Behera · Gouranga Kar

Dec 2022 · CRC Press

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Conventional tillage and burning crop residues has degraded the soil resource base and intensified soil degradation with concomitant decrease in crop production capacity. The emerging issue of global warming coupled with greenhouse gases emissions has further aggravated the scenario. Conservation agriculture helps in reducing many negative effects of conventional agriculture such as soil erosion, soil organic matter decline, water loss, soil physical degradation, and fuel use. Conservation Agriculture helps improve biodiversity in the natural and agro-ecosystems. Complemented by other good agricultural practices including the use of quality seeds, integrated pest, nutrient and water management, Conservation Agriculture provides a base for sustainable intensification of the agricultural production system. Moreover, the yield levels in Conservation Agriculture systems are higher than traditional intensive tillage systems with substantially less production costs.

This book provides comprehensive understanding of the subject with topics related to climate change mitigation strategies, approaches and impact of conservation agriculture on natural resource management.

This book is co-published with NIPA. Taylor and Francis does not sell or distribute its print and electronic editions in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

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Ritesh Saha: ICAR-Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, West Bengal, India.

Dhananjay Barman: ICAR-Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, West Bengal, India.

Madhusudan Behera: ICAR-Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, West Bengal, India.

Gouranga Kar: ICAR-Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, West Bengal, India.

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