Effect of Conservation Agriculture on Maize-based Farming System in the Mid-hills of Nepal

Conservation agriculture (CA) systems composed of intercropping and strip tillage practices were evaluated on marginalized maize-based farming system in hill region of Nepal. On-farm experimental trials were conducted on the field of 25 smallholder farmers in three villages of central mid-hill regio...

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Published in:Procedia engineering 2014, Vol.78, p.327-336
Main Authors: Paudel, Bikash, Radovich, Theodore J.K., Chan-Halbrendt, Catherine, Crow, Susan, Tamang, B.B., Halbrendt, Jacqueline, Thapa, Keshab
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
conservation agriculture
hills
intercropping
legume
maize
millet
Nepal
strip tillage
yield
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Summary:Conservation agriculture (CA) systems composed of intercropping and strip tillage practices were evaluated on marginalized maize-based farming system in hill region of Nepal. On-farm experimental trials were conducted on the field of 25 smallholder farmers in three villages of central mid-hill region. Results indicated that although CA systems did not increase crop yields; higher return and revenue were generated due to increased number of crop harvests and higher price of the cash crops used in intercropping. Therefore, it was concluded that smallholder farmers should adopt CA system for increasing return and improving sustainability of the farming system.
ISSN:1877-7058
1877-7058
DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2014.07.074