Small holder farmers in rainfed agriculture believe that soil tillage is needed to maximize
crop yields. However, as cropping intensity, and hence tillage intensity, increases there may …

Sugarcane is an industrial crop globally used for producing biofuels and bioproducts and is
the only source of white sugar in Bangladesh. However, labour-dependent cultivation and …

Adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) has been hampered in puddled rice-based
cropping systems. In this study, we developed a method for transplanting rice (Oryza sativa …

The benefits of conservation agriculture (CA), have been widely recognized and CA has
been widely adopted in many parts of the world. However, there are some factors that limit …

Mechanizing the transplanting of rice can decrease labour requirement and costs for crop
establishment. The cost of crop establishment can also be reduced by changing from …

Dry direct-seeded aerobic rice (DSR) is an emerging attractive alternative to traditional
puddled transplanted rice (PTR) production system for reducing labour and irrigation water …

Shortages of hired labour are leading to greater interest in mechanisation for crop
establishment in smallholder agriculture. Due to small field sizes, mechanised planters …

Transplanting rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings into non-puddled soils with minimum soil
disturbance (by mechanized strip tillage) is an opportunity to expand Conservation …

Conservation Agriculture (CA) is not a technology, but rather an improved management
system for producing agricultural crops while doing away with many of the harmful effects on …

Intensive rice-based cropping systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains (Eastern India
and Bangladesh) have played a pivotal role in increasing food security in that region but …