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Conservation agriculture

Farming with minimum tillage, permanent soil cover and crop rotation

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Plain meaning
Farming with minimum tillage, permanent soil cover and crop rotation
How to use it
Use minimum tillage, mulch and rotation to cut costs and protect yields in dry years.
South African benchmark
Conservation agriculture is used on part of South Africa's commercial grain area to cut costs and protect soil.
Country notes
Conservation agriculture has been widely promoted in Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Go and read
C9 Lesson 9.6
Calculate it
No calculator; the term is applied in the venture plan narrative.
Library sources
LIB-A139
See also
Crop rotation, Dryland farming
Dryland farming compared with irrigated farming and the enterprises each supportsWater decides the enterpriseDryland: rain onlyIrrigated: borehole, dam or riverboreholeDrought-tolerant crops, grazing, sorghumHigh-value vegetables, fruit, seed crops
From Module 9, Climate, Water and Resource Risk, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in C9 Climate, Water and Resource Risk.