Abstract
Abstract Dominated semi-arid area of East Nusa Tenggara (ENT) is characterized by low and erratic rainfall, poor soil fertility, diverse agro-ecosystem and dominant rocky lands. Crops production within this environment is generally low and uncertain. This paper aims to describe the impacts of Conservation Agriculture (CA) practices in ENT province. The data and information were mainly taken from FAO and IAARD’ CA collaboration research program implemented in ENT during 2014 to 2018. All farmers involved in the programs acknowledge that CA has increased maize productivity and indeed some farmers have able to plant maize twice a year and experienced good harvest even in long drought. Integrated forage into CA based farming in Timor enable farmers to provide enough feed for cattle at least 1 to 2 head/household. Nevertheless, most farmers showed some constraints in implementing and expanding the introduced CA concepts. The main constraint is lack of labor and equipment to make permanent planting hole in dominated rocky land. CA concepts related to permanent cover crops and mulching have not fully implemented due to crops residues mostly used to feed cattle. The complexity of semi-arid environments and indigenous knowledge of local people in managing semi-arid upland agriculture should be taken into consideration in incorporating suitable induced CA.
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Claim · model-written summary
Conservation Agriculture practices increased maize productivity, as acknowledged by the farmers in the programs.
- Treatment
- Conservation Agriculture (CA) practicese2
- Outcome
- maize productivitye1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Setting
- ENT provincee2
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e1“All farmers involved in the programs acknowledge that CA has increased maize productivity”
e2“This paper aims to describe the impacts of Conservation Agriculture (CA) practices in ENT province”
Claim · model-written summary
Some farmers planted maize twice a year and had good harvests even in long drought.
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e3“some farmers have able to plant maize twice a year and experienced good harvest even in long drought”
Claim · model-written summary
Integrated forage in CA-based farming in Timor gives farmers enough feed for at least 1 to 2 cattle per household.
- Taxon
- foragee4
- Treatment
- Integrated forage into CA based farminge4
- Outcome
- enough feed for cattlee4
- Qualifier
- at least 1 to 2 head/householde4
- Setting
- Timore4
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e4“Integrated forage into CA based farming in Timor enable farmers to provide enough feed for cattle at least 1 to 2 head/household”
Claim · model-written summary
Most farmers showed some constraints in implementing and expanding the introduced CA concepts.
- Outcome
- some constraints in implementing and expanding the introduced CA conceptse5
- Qualifier
- most farmerse5
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Verbatim
t0“increase maize production”
e5“most farmers showed some constraints in implementing and expanding the introduced CA concepts”
Claim · model-written summary
The main constraint on CA was lack of labor and equipment to make permanent planting holes in rocky land.
- Outcome
- lack of labor and equipmente6
- Qualifier
- to make permanent planting hole in dominated rocky lande6
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Verbatim
t0“increase maize production”
e6“The main constraint is lack of labor and equipment to make permanent planting hole in dominated rocky land”
Claim · model-written summary
Permanent cover crops and mulching under CA have not been fully implemented because crop residues are used to feed cattle.
- Outcome
- CA concepts related to permanent cover crops and mulchinge7
- Qualifier
- crops residues mostly used to feed cattlee7
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Verbatim
t0“increase maize production”
e7“CA concepts related to permanent cover crops and mulching have not fully implemented due to crops residues mostly used to feed cattle”
Claim · model-written summary
Semi-arid environment complexity and local indigenous knowledge should be considered when incorporating suitable induced CA.
- Outcome
- incorporating suitable induced CAe7
- Qualifier
- indigenous knowledge of local people in managing semi-arid upland agriculturee7
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Verbatim
t0“increase maize production”
e7“The complexity of semi-arid environments and indigenous knowledge of local people in managing semi-arid upland agriculture should be taken into consideration in incorporating suitable induced CA”
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