Abstract
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.
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Claim · model-written summary
Conservation agriculture systems of intercropping and strip tillage did not increase crop yields in the maize-based farming system in Nepal.
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e0“marginalized maize-based farming system in hill region of Nepal”
e1“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”
Claim · model-written summary
Conservation agriculture systems generated higher return and revenue because of more crop harvests and higher prices of the cash crops used in intercropping.
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e0“marginalized maize-based farming system in hill region of Nepal”
e1“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”
Claim · model-written summary
Smallholder farmers should adopt the conservation agriculture system to increase return and improve sustainability of the farming system.
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- increasing return and improving sustainability of the farming systeme2
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e0“marginalized maize-based farming system in hill region of Nepal”
e2“smallholder farmers should adopt CA system for increasing return and improving sustainability of the farming system”
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