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The need for Conservation Agriculture / Amir Kassam and Laila Kassam -- Development of Conservation Agriculture systems globally / Amir Kassam, Rolf Derpsch, and Theodor Friedrich -- Conservation Agriculture systems: soil health and landscape management / Don Reicosky -- The role of no or minimum mechanical soil disturbance in Conservation Agriculture systems / Theodor Friedrich -- The role and management of soil mulch and cover crops in Conservation Agriculture systems / A. Calegari, T. Tiecher, E. B. Wutke, L.B. dos S. Canalli, D. dos S. Rheinheimer -- The role of crop and cropping system management in Conservation Agriculture systems / Peter Hobbs, Christian Thierfelder, Patrick Wall, Raj Gupta, and Ademir Calegari -- Management of vegetable Conservation Agriculture systems / Jamil Abdalla Fayad, Jucinei José Comin, Alvaro Mafra, Claudinei Kurtz, Samira Jamil Fayad, Nuno Rodrigues Madeira, Darlan Marcheze, Leandro do Prado Wildner, Ademir Calegari, Arcangelo Loss, Cledimar Rogério Lourenzi, Monique Souza, and Guilherme Wilbert Ferreira -- Managing perennial Conservation Agriculture systems: orchards, plantations and agroforestry / Amir Kassam, Emilio J. González-Sánchez, Sim Choon Cheak, Zaharah A. Rahman, Julio Roman-Vazquez, Francisco Marquez-Garcia, Rosa Carbonell-Bojollo, Oscar Veroz-Gonzalez, and Dennis P. Garrity -- Integration of crop-livestock in Conservation Agriculture systems / John N. Landers, Pedro Luiz de Freitas, Luis Carlos Balbino, Júlio César Salton, and Robélio Leandro Marchão -- The status of mechanization in Conservation Agriculture systems / Augusto Guilherme de Araújo, Brian Sims, Jack Desbiolles, Denizart Bolonhezi, Enamul Haque, He Jin, Jamil Aballa Fayad, Josef Kienzle, Leandro do Prado Wildner, Li Hongwen, Marcelo Zanella, Oussama El Gharras, Richard Bell, Roberto Peiretti, Saidi Mkomwa, Sjoerd Willem Duiker, and Theodor Friedrich -- Certification schemes for Conservation Agriculture systems / Juliana Albertengo -- Institutional and policy support for Conservation Agriculture uptake / Tom Goddard, Gottlieb Basch, Rolf Derpsh, Li Hongwen, He Jin, Muratbek Karabayev, Amir Kassam, Ken Moriya, Roberto Peiretti, and Hendrik Smith. |
