The Future of No-Till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
Pre-historic agriculture was based on a basic form of no-till (NT). The invention of a plow, initially pulled by draft animals and later by a tractor, facilitated weed control and incorporation of crop residues; it also exacerbated risks of soil erosion a
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No-till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture Challenges and Opportunities
No-till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture
Yash P. Dang • Ram C. Dalal • Neal W. Menzies Editors
No-till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture Challenges and Opportunities
Editors Yash P. Dang School of Agriculture and Food Sciences The University of Queensland St Lucia, QLD, Australia
Ram C. Dalal School of Agriculture and Food Sciences The University of Queensland St Lucia, QLD, Australia
Neal W. Menzies School of Agriculture and Food Sciences The University of Queensland St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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Foreword
The expected increase in global population to 9.7 billion by 2050 years represents a significant threat to global food security, particularly in developing countries. This expectation highlights an urgency to boost food production in a world where the opportunity to expand the area for agriculture is limited and existing agricultural land is threatened by land degradation, water resource scarcity and increases in climate variability. Thus, to meet the world’s need for greater food demand, agricultural systems will be required to evolve to increase production with greater sustainability. The No-Till (NT) farming system is about reducing cultivation, retaining plant cover and diversification of crop rotations. This is one approach that has the potential to help global agriculture achieve the sustainable intensification required to meet the world food demand. The NT system allows for greater soil wat
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