Productivity limits and potentials of the principles of conservation agriculture

By C. Pittelkow, Xin-qiang Liang, B. Linquist, K. J. Groenigen, Juhwan Lee, M. Lundy, N. Gestel, Johan Six, R. Venterea, C. Kessel. Nature, 2014

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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An Underground Revolution: Biodiversity and Soil Ecological Engineering for Agricultural Sustainability. (2016, background): “Approaches, such as conservation agriculture and organic farming, which aim to promote internal regulatory processes, on average render lower agricultural yields compared with conventional systems [56,62].”
Where, when and how plant-soil feedback matters in a changing world (2016, background): “Still, the production in no-till systems (Pittelkow et al. 2015) and in organic agriculture (De Ponti, Rijk & van Ittersum 2012; Ponisio et al.”
The Challenge of Feeding the World (2019, background): “Due to the concerns about soil degradation discussed above, all agricultural practices related to conservation should be applied for the sake of yield improvements, such as tillage and other measures such as the conservation of crop residues and the application of crop rotations [3”
Shallow non-inversion tillage in organic farming maintains crop yields and increases soil C stocks: a meta-analysis (2016, background): “More recently, Pittelkow et al. (2014) concluded that implementing no-till practices without the other two cornerstones of conservation agriculture (residue retention and crop rotation) resulted in yield reductions across all climates of ~10 %, although gains in yield of almost 10 % were achieved…”
A Review of Soil-Improving Cropping Systems for Soil Salinization (2019, background): “On the other hand, conservation agriculture faces severe limitations when it comes to upscaling and sustaining crop yield [11].”
A meta-analysis of intercropping in Africa: impacts on crop yield, farmer income, and integrated pest management effects (2017, methodology): “Other recent meta-analysis concerning CA practices in developing countries have encountered similar limitation (Corbeels, Sakyi, Kunhne, & Whitbread, 2014; Pittelkow et al., 2014).”
Potential Benefits and Risks for Soil Health Derived From the Use of Organic Amendments in Agriculture (2019, neutral): “However, in certain cases and situations, conservation agriculture was shown to result in a reduction in crop productivity, as compared to conventional agriculture [12].”