No-Tillage
Why No-Tillage?
180 Million hectares under No- tillage world wide can't be wrong! Since 1987 the technology has experienced a 74 fold increase in Latin America from 670.000 ha to 49.6 million ha in the year 2008 against a 6.5 fold increase in the USA.
The most important reasons why farmers change to this new farming system are:
- Less work
- More money
- Erosion control, environmentally friendly
- Improvement of the quality of life
"The only thing that improved the quality of my life more than no-till was electricity."
(Barbara Francis, wife of a no till farmer from Ohio, am 2/5/97 2/5/97 at a CTIC Meeting in Kansas City, Mo.)
Summary
- What is no-till farming?
Description and Definition of no-tillage or zero tillage - Benefits
Benefits of high residue farming - Laws
The laws of diminishing yields in the tropics - Paradigms
New Paradigms in Agricultural Production - Sustainability
Implications of no-tillage versus soil preparation on susatinability of agricultural production - Critical steps to no-till adoption
Download pdf - Historical review
Historical review of no-tillage cultivation of crops - Advances
Frontiers in Conservation Tillage and Advances in Conservation Practice - Economics mechanized
Economics of no-tillage and crop rotations - Economics small farmers
Economics of no-till compared to conventional cultivation systems on small farms in Paraguay - Research
Why do we need to standardize no-tillage research? (pdf)
