Cropping intensity and cover crops have gained momentum lately, so perhaps, it is appropriate to recap some of what we’ve learned so far, and how the pieces may best fit together.
Rolf Derpsch has studied and consulted on no-till systems for 35 years, frequently traveling to far-flung places on his consultancies. He is one of the world’s foremost authorities on no-tillage cropping.
Growers are increasingly interested in participating in the emerging carbon trading market and managing their cropping systems to increase the potential for carbon sequestration in the soil.
The ratio of world cereal ending stocks in 2007/08 to the trend world cereal utilization in the following season is forecast to fall to 18.8 percent, the lowest in 3 decades.
It measures how much land and water area a human population requires to produce the resources it consumes and to absorb its wastes under prevailing technology.
Socio-economic benefits are becoming evident among resource-poor farmers. In 2007, biotech crop area grew 12 percent to reach 114.3 million hectares, the second highest area increase in the past five years.
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