conservation agriculture

Conservation Agriculture Guru Shows Secrets Of Their Success in No-Till First published in @Practical Farm Ideas Issue #95, Issue 24-3 Autumn 2015 No-till, zero-till and conservation agriculture have subtle differences in meaning. In all of them, seeds are sown directly into the stubble and...

Farming What Needs To Change Mike Donovan reviews the seminal Hugh Bunting Memorial Lecture given by Professor Amir Kassam titled The Future of Farming: What needs to Change? The audience learned that, in the opinion of the professor at any rate, it was quite a lot. His concern is that...

MIKE DONOVAN Welcome to Direct Driller, the UK’s first magazine devoted to no-till. Farmers worldwide are learning and taking up the techniques of direct drilling and no-till, and I am delighted to asked to edit this knowledge based publication focussed on techniques and practice. My...

Hello everyone! I am a masters student investigating the factors that influence farmers to use conservation agriculture or not and whether it is likely to become widespread. As well as interviews with farmers, researchers and (hopefully!) policy makers, the heart of the data will be responses...