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Sustainable Weed Management for Conservation Agriculture: Options for Smallholder Farmers Open

B.G. Sims, Sandra Corsi, G. Gbèhounou, J. Kienzle, Makiko Taguchi , et al. · 2018

Land degradation and soil fertility deterioration are two of the main causes of agricultural production stagnation and decline in many parts of the world. The model of crop production based on mechanical soil tillage and exposed soils is t…

Promoting Smallholder Adoption of Conservation Agriculture through Mechanization Services Open

B.G. Sims, Jennifer Heney · 2017

The importance of conservation agriculture (CA) is discussed in the context of producing food for a growing population while, at the same time, conserving and improving the natural resource base: sustainable crop production intensification…

Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization for Smallholders: What Is It and How Can We Implement It? Open

B.G. Sims, J. Kienzle · 2017

Smallholder farmers are the main producers of the world’s food and they will have to increase production by up to 100 percent by 2050 to feed the growing population. This must be achieved while preserving natural resources and that is why …

Making Mechanization Accessible to Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa Open

B.G. Sims, J. Kienzle · 2016

This paper summarizes the deliberations at a meeting convened by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation held in Beijing in October 2015. Farm power and mechanization are agricultural production inputs that will be essential to raise the labor…

Mechanization of Conservation Agriculture for Smallholders: Issues and Options for Sustainable Intensification Open

B.G. Sims, J. Kienzle · 2015

Conservation agriculture (CA) is an increasingly adopted production system to meet the goals of sustainable crop production intensification in feeding a growing world population whilst conserving natural resources. Mechanization (especiall…

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