dc.contributor | Cicek, Harun | en_US |
dc.creator | Ben Salem, Hichem | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-09T11:01:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-05-09T11:01:10Z | |
dc.identifier | https://www.bibalex.org/cssp/event/Event.aspx?ID=1272 | en_US |
dc.identifier | https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/a7lUpwbf | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Hichem Ben Salem, Harun Cicek. (25/2/2015). Conservation Agriculture Holds Considerable Promise to Help Agricultural Livelihood Systems Coping with Climate Change: ICARDA’s Experience. Alexandria, Egypt. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/4751 | |
dc.description.abstract | Around one-third of the global population depends on dryland
agriculture for food security and livelihoods. In addition to common
challenges (such as natural resources degradation, poverty), climate
change is exacerbating the situation. Therefore,
cost-effective and environment-friendly options that could improve the
efficiency and the sustainability of agricultural livelihood systems have to
be developed. Agricultural farming under Conservation Agriculture (CA)
holds considerable promise to help farmers cope with climate change
and to improve their incomes. CA is spread over 155 million ha, 24% of
which had been achieved during the past four years. It is based on three
main principles: i) No, or minimum soil disturbance, ii) Soil cover, and
iii) Crop diversity. CA is potentially applicable in most agroecosystems
and CA is being recognized more widely as an approach for sustainable
production intensification that offers enhancement of productivity with
improved resilience and climate change adaptability and mitigation. It
promotes resilience to climate change by increasing water availability
to the crop and rooting depth. Indeed, CA alters water balance in the
short- and long-term through decreased soil and water evaporation and
increased infiltration rate, soil water holding capacity and aggregate
stability. | en_US |
dc.format | PDF | en_US |
dc.language | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) | en_US |
dc.rights | CC-BY-NC-4.0 | en_US |
dc.source | Regional Action on Climate Change (RACC); | en_US |
dc.title | Conservation Agriculture Holds Considerable Promise to Help Agricultural Livelihood Systems Coping with Climate Change: ICARDA’s Experience | en_US |
dc.type | Conference Paper | en_US |
dcterms.available | 2015-02-25 | en_US |
dcterms.issued | 2015-02-25 | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | conservation agriculture | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | zero tillage | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA | en_US |
cg.contributor.crp | CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems - DS | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | Australian Center for International Agricultural Research - ACIAR | en_US |
cg.contributor.project | Conservation Agriculture in Northern IRAQ Phase III | en_US |
cg.contributor.project-lead-institute | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Northern Africa | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Western Asia | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Central Asia | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | DZ | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | IQ | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | JO | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | KZ | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | KG | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | MA | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | SY | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | TJ | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | TN | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | TM | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | UZ | en_US |
cg.contact | h.bensalem@cgiar.org | en_US |
dc.identifier.status | Open access | en_US |
mel.project.open | http://cana-project.org/ | en_US |
mel.sub-type | Other (Conference paper) | en_US |