Conservation Agriculture: Concepts, Brief History, and ...

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Conservation Agriculture: Concepts, Brief History, and Impacts on Agricultural Systems Muhammad Farooq and Kadambot H. M. Siddique

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History and Adoption of Conservation Agriculture

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