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Influence of No-Tillage on Soil Conservation, Carbon Sequestration
and Yield of Intensive Rotation Maize-Cotton: Research on Sandy
Alfisols of Cameroon and Mali, by Drissa Diallo, Zachée Boli and
Eric Roose 383
No-Till Practices in Morocco, by Rachid Mrabet 393
The Current Status of Conservation Tillage in China, by Liu Hengxin,
Li Hongwen, Fan Xuemin and Xu Liyu 413
Unique Conservation Tillage Practices in Northwest China, by Y.T.
Gan, G.B. Huang, L.L. Li, J.H. Liu and Y.G. Hu 429
Does No-Tillage Work on the Volcanic Soils of Tropical Islands of
Micronesia? by Mohammad H. Golabi, S.A. El-Swaify, C. Iyekar and
Edward Paulino 445
No-Till Cropping Systems in Australia, by Ken Flower, Bill Crabtree
and Greg Butler 457
‘Where the land is greener’ – Documenting and Evaluating No-Till
Knowledge and Experiences, by H.P. Liniger, W. Critchley, M. Gurtner,
G. Schwilch., R. Mekdaschi Studer and C. Hauert 469
PART 5. Closing
Critical Steps to No-Till Adoption, by Rolf Derpsch 479
Conclusion, by The Editors 497
ANNEXES
Annex I. The book, “No-Tillage Seeding in Conservation Agriculture”,
edited by C.J. Baker and K.E. Saxton 505
Annex II. The book, “NO TILLAGE: The relationship between no
tillage, crop residues, plants and soil nutrition”, by Carlos C. Crovetto 509
Annex III. The book, “Search for Sustainability for Dryland Agriculture”,
by Bill Crabtree 511
Annex IV. The book, BLUE AGRICULTURE, Italy’s Approach to
Conservation Agriculture: Principles, technologies and methods for
sustainable production, edited by Michele Pisante 513
Annex V. The recently published book, “The Environment and Zero
Tillage,” edited by Helvécio Mattana Saturnino and John N. Landers 517
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