Enhancing soil fertility and crop production through promoting Conservation Agriculture Production Systems (CAPS) in the Mid Hills of Western Nepal / B.B Tamang    

Public ISBD in Proceedings of the Second National Soil Fertility Research Workshop, 24-25 March, 2015. Soil Science Division, NARC, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal / Krishna B. Karki     Title : Enhancing soil fertility and crop production through promoting Conservation Agriculture Production Systems (CAPS) in the Mid Hills of Western Nepal Material Type: printed text Authors: B.B Tamang, Author ; K Thapa, Author ; R Pudasaini, Author ; B Paudel, Author ; S Crow, Author ; J Halbrendt, Author ; T Radovich, Author ; C Chan, Author Pagination: 421-431 p. Languages : English (eng) Keywords: Conservation  agriculture,  nitrogen,slopping  land,  soil properties,  strip.Tillage. Abstract: Conservation tillage improves the soil physical, chemical and biological properties to make the soil nutrients easily available to the crops. Therefore, it is a viable solution for challenges faced by farmers in arid and semi-arid zones and who are dependent in sloping land  agriculture.  Chepang  tribal  communities  in  the  Dhading,  Gorkha  and  Tanahun districts  of  Nepal  face  excessive  soil  and  nutrient  loss,  structural  degradation,  and consequent production loss in the maize based farming system. Research was conducted to test three conservation agriculture production systems in three villages viz. Hyakrang of Dhading  district,  Thumka  of  Gorkha  district,  and  Kholagaun  of  Tanahun  district  to understand the implications of the production systems on soil quality as well as crop production on the sloping agricultural land. A set of experiments included two seasons i.e. maize grown under conventional tillage(CT) and strip tillage(ST) in the first season, followed by legume and finger millet in the form of Conservation Agriculture Production System (CAPS) in second season………………….. Link for e-copy: http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=2253 in Proceedings of the Second National Soil Fertility Research Workshop, 24-25 March, 2015. Soil Science Division, NARC, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal / Krishna B. Karki     Enhancing soil fertility and crop production through promoting Conservation Agriculture Production Systems (CAPS) in the Mid Hills of Western Nepal [printed text] / B.B Tamang, Author ; K Thapa, Author ; R Pudasaini, Author ; B Paudel, Author ; S Crow, Author ; J Halbrendt, Author ; T Radovich, Author ; C Chan, Author . - [s.d.] . - 421-431 p. Languages : English (eng) Keywords: Conservation  agriculture,  nitrogen,slopping  land,  soil properties,  strip.Tillage. Abstract: Conservation tillage improves the soil physical, chemical and biological properties to make the soil nutrients easily available to the crops. Therefore, it is a viable solution for challenges faced by farmers in arid and semi-arid zones and who are dependent in sloping land  agriculture.  Chepang  tribal  communities  in  the  Dhading,  Gorkha  and  Tanahun districts  of  Nepal  face  excessive  soil  and  nutrient  loss,  structural  degradation,  and consequent production loss in the maize based farming system. Research was conducted to test three conservation agriculture production systems in three villages viz. Hyakrang of Dhading  district,  Thumka  of  Gorkha  district,  and  Kholagaun  of  Tanahun  district  to understand the implications of the production systems on soil quality as well as crop production on the sloping agricultural land. A set of experiments included two seasons i.e. maize grown under conventional tillage(CT) and strip tillage(ST) in the first season, followed by legume and finger millet in the form of Conservation Agriculture Production System (CAPS) in second season………………….. Link for e-copy: http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=2253

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