TOPIC 1
How we would advise a farmer to use conservation-agriculture (CA) cropping - the principles of CA discussed
John E. Morrison, Jr, John Morrison
Causes and consequences of soil moisture scarcity - addressing the principles to control the outcomes
Raul Ponce-Hernandez
No till in rainfed agriculture in Western Africa - perspectives and challenges
Bruno Rapidel
Factors affecting soil moisture availability on Sudano-Sahelian coversands
Roelf L. Voortman
Understanding the process of soil erosion and water infiltration
Rolf Derpsch
Use of compost as an alternative to synthetic fertilizers for crop production and agricultural sustainability for the island of Guam
M.H. Golabi, M.J. Denney and C. Iyekar
The evolution of soil structural repair under zero till, controlled traffic, permanent-bed farming
A.D. McHugh, J.N. Tullberg and D.M. Freebairn
Rainfall effects on rainfed crop yields and water use
X.B. Wang and D.X Cai, U.D. Perdok and W.B. Hoogmoed and O. Oenema
TOPIC 2
Inappropriate narrow technological-based approach on soil moisture management for the poor farmers in Sahel
Michel Ferry
Vegetable production using raised permanent beds
Fintan Scanlan
Think like a root. Land husbandry and the conservation of water and soil: a précis
T.F. Shaxson
No till can improve soil functioning and water economy
Roberto A Peiretti
Conservation farming - a strategy for improved agricultural and water productivity among smallholder farmers in drought-prone environments
J. Rockström and K. Steiner
Improving rainwater productivity in the north of the United Republic of Tanzania
Kurt G. Steiner and Wilfred Mariki
Think like a root: the land husbandry context for the conservation of water and soil
T.F. Shaxson
An ecological background to concepts of land husbandry
R.G. Downes
Principles of good land husbandry: achieving conservation of land's productive potentials
T.F. Shaxson, M. G. Douglas and R. G. Downes
Wind erosion and its impact on soil carbon and moisture scarcity
X.B. Wang and D.X Cai, O. Oenema, U.D. Perdok and W.B. Hoogmoed
TOPIC 3
Managing the water balance - how farmers determine green and blue water flows in the Save Basin in Zimbabwe
Sjef Kauffman and Godert van Lynden
Situation of drought in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hamid Custovic and Enes Alagic
TOPIC 4
Adequate tools and technologies to support soil moisture management
B.A. Stewart
Models of conservation agriculture - conclusions and implications
Roelf L. Voortman
Environmental conditions, the need to understand operating mechanisms and the possible role of mycorrhizae
Roelf L. Voortman
The simple and low-cost method for soil moisture monitoring
Mihovil Vlahinic and Hamid Custovic
TOPIC 5
Soil moisture conservation under conservation agriculture
Julian Dumanski and Roberto Peiretti
Indigenous technology - a basis for soil and water conservation research
Surinder S. Kukal
Problems associated with the adoption of rainwater harvesting technology for increased agricultural production in southwest Nigeria
David A. Okunade and Kenneth O. Adekalu
Nutrients, water and conditions for technology adoption in West Africa
Roelf L. Voortman
Food security and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa: investment in soils or in irrigation?
Henk Breman, Marco Wopereis, Arno Maatman, Debbie Hellums, Norman Chien and Walter Bowen
African soils step-motherly served by nature, governments and donors (strategies to improve fertilizer use efficiency in West Africa)
Henk Breman, Arno Maatman and Marco Wopereis
International certification standards for no till / zero till - a framework for discussion
Richard L. Wittman
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