Conservation Agriculture in India
Shalu
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar – 125 004, Haryana, India
Sunil*
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar – 125 004, Haryana, India
Deepak Loura
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar – 125 004, Haryana, India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Conservation agriculture, Crop rotation, Intercropping, Minimum tillage
Abstract
At present, increasing population, changing climate and decreasing the productivity becomes a major issue. So, farmers have to adapt to new method of crop production to achieve sustainable production. Therefore, conservation agriculture (CA) is the best method to avoid the ill impact of conventional method. It is based on the three principles viz. (1) Minimum tillage and soil disturbance, (2) Soil cover with crop residues, (3) Crop rotation and intercropping. The technology of CA reduces the cost of cultivation by the most efficient use of natural resources. However, there are some constraints to adoption of CA technology. So, there is need to develop some policy to adopt the CA at large scale and to gets benefits.
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Sharma, A.R., Jat, M.L., Saharawat, Y.S., Singh, V.P., Singh, R., 2012. Conservation agriculture for improving productivity and resource-use efficiency: prospects and research needs in Indian context. Indian Journal of Agronomy, 57 (IAC Special Issue), 131-140.