Conservation Agriculture: Impact on farmers’ livelihoods, labour, mechanization and equipment
The paper will briefly explain the features of conservation agriculture which lead to these changes and then report in more detail experiences which have been observed in the long term after the introduction of conservation agriculture on the livelihood of farmers, labour requirements, mechanization and equipment use.
Title of publication: Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Land Management to Improve the Livelihood of People in Dry Areas
Location: Damascus, Syria
Author: THEODOR FRIEDRICH
Other authors: JOSEF KIENZLE
Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Year: 2008
Type: Conference paper
Full text available at: http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/CA-Publications/ACSAD%202007.pdf
Content language: English