Conservation Agriculture in India

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 get benefits.