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Conservation agriculture and ecosystem services: An overview
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The potential and limitations of conservation agriculture for low productivity, small-scale farming systems in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia is discussed in this article. But, the authors highlight some research priorities for ecosystem services in conservational agriculture.About:
This article is published in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment.The article was published on 2014-04-01. It has received 658 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Conservation agriculture & Soil quality.read more
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The overlooked spatial dimension of climate-smart agriculture.
TL;DR: The effect of spatial variability in the context of the implementation of climate-smart practices on two central indicators, namely yield development and carbon sequestration, is discussed, considering biophysical limitations of suggested benefits, socioeconomic and institutional barriers to adoption, and feedback mechanisms across scales.
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Determinants of agroforestry adoption as an adaptation means to drought among smallholder farmers in Nakasongola District, Central Uganda
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed the severity and frequency of drought and the determinants of agroforestry adoption in Nakasongola District using the Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI) set at 3, 6 and 12 months timescales.
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Evaluation of the performance of the EPIC model for yield and biomass simulation under conservation systems in Cambodia
Kieu Ngoc Le,Kieu Ngoc Le,Jaehak Jeong,Manuel R. Reyes,Manoj Jha,Philip W. Gassman,Luca Doro,Lyda Hok,Stéphane Boulakia +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the Environmental Policy Integrated Climate (EPIC) model to evaluate the impact of conservation agriculture and conservation tillage (CT) on crop yields in tropical conditions for unique upland rice, soybean, and cassava cropping systems in Cambodia.
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Factors Influencing Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the effect of a CA-promotion agriculture program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and find that location of the farm, training, having accessed credit, belonging to a farmers' group, and being a vulnerable female all drove adoption to varying degrees and directions.
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Quantifying the effects of contour tillage in controlling water erosion in China: A meta-analysis
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper conducted a nationwide meta-analysis based on 229 runoff and 290 sediment paired observations from 47 published papers from national and international literatures, and concluded that contour tillage is an effective measure for controlling water erosion, and its benefits in reducing runoff and sediment yield are different according to the climate, soil properties, topography and management practices.
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Soil carbon sequestration impacts on global climate change and food security.
TL;DR: In this article, the carbon sink capacity of the world’s agricultural and degraded soils is 50 to 66% of the historic carbon loss of 42 to 78 gigatons of carbon.
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Stabilization mechanisms of soil organic matter: Implications for C-saturation of soils
TL;DR: The relationship between soil structure and the ability of soil to stabilize soil organic matter (SOM) is a key element in soil C dynamics that has either been overlooked or treated in a cursory fashion when developing SOM models as discussed by the authors.
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Defining and classifying ecosystem services for decision making
TL;DR: The concept of ecosystem services has become an important model for linking the functioning of ecosystems to human welfare Understanding this link is critical for a wide-range of decision-making contexts.
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Ecosystems and human well-being: a framework for assessment
TL;DR: The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) as discussed by the authors is a conceptual framework for analysis and decision-making of ecosystems and human well-being that was developed through interactions among the experts involved in the MA as well as stakeholders who will use its findings.