Of late, intensive farming for higher food production is often associated with many negative
implications for soil systems, such as decline of soil organic matter (SOM), increase in risks …

To date, the most widely adopted resource conserving technology in the Indo-Gangetic
Plains (IGP) of South Asia has been zero-tillage (ZT) wheat after rice, particularly in India …

The rice (Oryza sativa L.)–wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cropping system is the largest
agricultural production system worldwide, and is practised on 24 Mha in Asia. Many factors …

In controlled-condition field trials across South Asia, zero-tillage (ZT) has demonstrated
considerable scope for enhancing wheat productivity in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) while …

We evaluated impacts of conservation agriculture (zero tillage, bed planting and residue
retention) on changes in total soil N (TSN) and aggregate-associated N storage in a sandy …

Despite positive trajectories in global production during the last century, projected food
demand and limits on our ability to further expand cropland now dictate an increase in food …

Sustainable intensification (SI) approaches to agricultural development are urgently needed
to meet the growing demand for crop staples while protecting ecosystem services and …

Rice-wheat farming systems (RWS) cover about 80 per cent of the food requirement and
about 60 per cent of the nutritional requirement of the Indian population (Timsina and …

This chapter reviews and synthesizes the experience with zero tillage (ZT) in the irrigated
Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) of India so as to better understand and document the impact of …

Both rice and wheat in the “rice-wheat cropping systems”(RWCS) of South Asia and China
feed more than 3.1 billion people. It is the most productive and vital agricultural systems …