Conservation agriculture comparison plots, India
A collaborative experiment between Rajendra Agricultural University, Bihar, India, and the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA), on the university's farm. The comparison shown is between maize grown with bed planting and no residue retention (left), and the larger, greener plants grown with bed planting and crop residue retention (right). Also included in the experiment were plants grown under zero tillage on the flat, with no residue retention, and conventionally-grown plants (not show).
CIMMYT is one of the many partners involved in CSISA, a collaborative project launched in 2009 to decrease hunger and increase food and income security for resource-poor farm families in South Asia through development and deployment of new varieties, sustainable management technologies, and policies, led by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the USAID.
Photo credit: Petr Kosina / CIMMYT.
Conservation agriculture comparison plots, India
A collaborative experiment between Rajendra Agricultural University, Bihar, India, and the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA), on the university's farm. The comparison shown is between maize grown with bed planting and no residue retention (left), and the larger, greener plants grown with bed planting and crop residue retention (right). Also included in the experiment were plants grown under zero tillage on the flat, with no residue retention, and conventionally-grown plants (not show).
CIMMYT is one of the many partners involved in CSISA, a collaborative project launched in 2009 to decrease hunger and increase food and income security for resource-poor farm families in South Asia through development and deployment of new varieties, sustainable management technologies, and policies, led by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the USAID.
Photo credit: Petr Kosina / CIMMYT.