Conventional tillage coupled with monocropping and limited recycling of crop residues
along with increased pressure from human and livestock population has led to the …

Climate variability is a major source of risk to smallholder farmers and pastoralists,
particularly in dryland regions. A growing body of evidence links climate-related risk to the …

The objective of this article is to review:(a) the principles that underpin conservation
agriculture (CA) ecologically and operationally;(b) the potential benefits that can be …

Moroccan agriculture is characterized by the co-existence of both modern and smallholder
traditional agriculture. Both types of agriculture are under degradative processes due to mis …

An overview of Conservation Agriculture in the dry Mediterranean environments with a special
focus on Syria and Lebanon Page 1 AIMS Agriculture and Food, 1(1): 67-84. DOI …

Despite several efforts for its dissemination, adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) in the
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is low–causing some to wonder if an …

Conservation tillage (CT) is one of the practices promoted to enhance sustainable
agricultural production and the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers. It is a new farming …

Risk management in agricultural production is a first order problem as producers' long-run
sustainability often depends on their ability to reduce the adverse effects of profit …

Drought risk management has gradually emerged as an important discipline and the
traditional negative drought management changes to active drought management. Drought …

Technology adoption often requires multiple stages of investment. As new information
emerges, agents may abandon a technology that was profitable in expectation. We use a …