How climate-smart is conservation agriculture (CA)? – its potential to deliver on adaptation, mitigation and productivity on smallholder farms in southern Africa
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How climate-smart is conservation agriculture (CA)? – its potential to deliver on adaptation, mitigation and productivity on smallholder farms in southern Africa
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Keywords
No-tillage, Sustainable intensification, Resilience, Climate-smart agriculture, Climate variability
Journal
Food Security
Volume 9, Issue 3, Pages 537-560
Publisher
Springer Nature
Online
2017-04-08
DOI
10.1007/s12571-017-0665-3
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