About the Book: Conservation Agriculture: Global Prospects and Challenges
It is known that agricultural practices influence the quality and integrity of
the natural resource base, especially soil and water quality and availability,
which in turn impacts the sustainability of the production system and food
quality. Over the last several decades, a general trend in the degradation of
soil resource base has been observed. This degradation has been most severe in
the developing nations, where the need for increased nutritious food is also the
greatest. Lack of required investment in maintaining the quality of the soil
resource base coupled with improper management of natural resources, has indeed
led