National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Conservation Agriculture (CA) consists of the practical application of three interlinked principles, that is no or minimum tillage, mulching of soil surface and crop species diversification, in conjunction with other complementary agricultural practices of integrated crop production. In India several efforts have been made to develop, refine and disseminate conservation agricultural technologies for the past two decades and have made significant progress even though there are several constraints that affect adoption of CA. The technologies used in CA benefit the environment, increase crop diversification, improve efficient use of resources, save water and nutrients, increase yields, and provide opportunity to reduce the cost of production. However, there are several constraints for promotion of CA technologies, such as lack of appropriate seeders especially for small and medium farmers, unavailability of skilled and scientific manpower burning of crop residues, competition of crop residues between their usage in CA and livestock feeding, and overcoming the biased mindset about tillage. This article reviews the emerging concerns due to adoption of conventional agriculture systems, and analyses the constraints and research needs for improvement of conservation agriculture in India.
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