No-till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture

Dr Yash Dang is a Senior Research Fellow at The University of Queensland with extensive experience in soil and nutrient management in agricultural systems. He has significant research expertise in the area of crop production in no-till farming systems, as well as in strategic tillage, soil constraint management and sustainable land management practices. Yash has been a passionate advocate for constructive engagement with farmers to develop collaborative, participatory research. He is looking forward to farming systems evolving to meet the global demand for food in an environment increasingly impacted by the challenges of climate change and land degradation. Professor Ram Dalal is a Professor at the University of Queensland. He has contributed significantly to creating awareness in the farming, scientific and general community to the seriousness and insidious nature of soil degradation and the importance of no-till farming systems to help increase agriculturalsustainability. He has helped develop and implement restorative practices for sustainable land management both nationally and internationally. It is now nationally recognized by policy makers and politicians that land degradation and sustainable land management are the national and international priorities. Professor Neal Menzies is the Dean of Agriculture at the University of Queensland. He has a passion for agriculture and the environment, and has used his role as a research leader and a teacher to inspire the next generation of researchers and practitioners to enter into this highly rewarding field. He believes that environmental scientists must go further than identifying the negative impact of human activity on the environment and must also deliver workable solutions to the problems. While his research spans a range of agricultural and environmental chemistry issues, he considers himself primarily a soil scientist, and sees soil science as a central disciplinein the development of sustainable intensification for agricultural production

• ​Part I: Agronomy.- Chapter 1. No-till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture: An Overview.- Chapter 2. Managing Crop Rotations in No-till Farming Systems.- Chapter 3. Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Crop Residue for Multiple Benefits.- Chapter 4.  Managing Cover Crops in No-till Farming Systems.- Chapter 5. Challenges and Opportunities in Fertilizer Placement in No-till Farming Systems.- Chapter 6. Selecting and Managing No-till Planters and Controlled Traffic Farming in Extensive Grain Production Systems.- Chapter 7. Challenges and Opportunities for Weed Management in No-till Farming Systems.- Chapter 8. Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Pests in No-till Farming Systems.- Chapter 9. Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Diseases in No-till Farming Systems.- Chapter 10. Strategic Tillage for the Improvement of No-till Farming Systems.- Chapter 11. Developing Organic Minimum Tillage Farming Systems for Central and Northern European Conditions.- Part II: Soil Management.- Chapter 12. Controlling Soil Erosion using No-till Farming Systems.- Chapter 13. No-Till Farming Systems for Enhancing Soil Water Storage.- Chapter 14. Enhancing Soil Aggregation in No-till Farming Systems.- Chapter 15. Resilient and Dynamic Soil Biology.- Chapter 16. Earthworms in No-till: the key to Soil Biological Farming.- Chapter 17. Pesticide Retention, Degradation, and Transport Off-Farm.- Part III: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation.- Chapter 18. No-till Farming Systems to Sequester Soil Carbon: Potential and Reality.- Chapter 19. No-till Farming Systems to Reduce Nitrous oxide Emissions and Increase Methane Uptake.- Chapter 20. Soil carbon Sequestration as an Elusive Climate Mitigation Tool.- Part IV: Economic and Social Impacts.- Chapter 21. Economic Assessment of No-till Farming Systems.- Chapter 22. Socioeconomic Impacts of Conservation Agriculture based Sustainable Intensification (CASI) with Particular Reference to South Asia.- Chapter 23. No-Till Farming Systems in Resource-Limited Contexts: Understanding Complex Adoption Behaviour and Implications for Policy.- Part V: Regional Strategies in No-till Farming Systems.- Chapter 24. Lessons Learnt from Long-Term Experiments on No-till Systems in Semi-Arid Regions.- Chapter 25. Lessons Learnt from Long-Term No-till Systems Regarding Soil Management in Humid Tropical and Subtropical Regions.- Chapter 26. No-Till Farming Systems in South Asia.- Chapter 27. No-till Farming Systems in Rain-fed Areas of China.- Chapter 28. No-till Farming Systems in Southern Africa.- Chapter 29. No-Till Farming Systems in Australia.- Chapter 30. No-till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture in South America.- Chapter 31. No-till Farming Systems in Europe.- Chapter 32. No-Till Farming Systems in North America.- Chapter 33. No-Till Farming Systems in the Canadian Prairies.- Part VI: Perspectives.- Chapter 34. No-Till Farming Systems for Sustaining Soil Health.- Chapter 35. The Future of No-Till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security.