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Early effects of conservation agriculture on soil organic carbon dynamics...
Cambodia has faced drastic agrarian changes over the last twenty years with a rapid and massive transformation of the uplands from forest into arable land. Soil quality... -
Surviving the jungle of soil organic carbon certification standards: an...
Maintaining and enhancing soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks are options to tackle climate change and food security. However, the large-scale implementation of SOC sequestration... -
Diachronic assessment of soil organic C and N dynamics under long-term...
No-till (NT) cropping systems have been proposed as a strategy to combat soil degradation by storing soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN). We quantified the impacts... -
Impacts of long-term cassava-based conservation agriculture systems on soil...
Although cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is regarded as an important food and energy crop, the effects of its cultivation on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remain poorly... -
Multicriteria Assessment of Implemented Conservation Agriculture Cropping...
In Cambodia’s maize crop, conservation agriculture delivers clear gains in soil health, an improved yield resilience and emerging economic benefits over a short (2-year)... -
What Possible Future for the “Toxic” Landscapes? an Agroecological...
This research brief outlines the steps to shift from intensive maize monocropping to multi-species systems through the integration of perennial crops (coffee, banana..). The... -
Service-Smart Shade Trees: Choosing Species & Spacing for Tea Producers in...
This research brief reveals how smart shade design can make Lao tea farms more productive and resilient. Across nine plots in Xieng Khouang, results show that trees shape... -
Strengthening Soil Health Monitoring in Laos: A Pathway to Sustainable Food Security
Soil is involved in 13 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) In Laos, there are worrying signs of widespread soil degradation threatening national food security. Yet,... -
Multicriteria assessment of recently implemented conservation agriculture...
Soil fertility depletion is a major challenge for annual rainfed cropping systems in the northwestern region of Cambodia which has recently undergone rapid agrarian changes. On-... -
Evaluation of Agroecological Performance Under Geographical Aspects and...
This study evaluates agroecological performance in Battambang province, Cambodia, using the FAO Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE). It compares farms across... -
Unlocking local variety diversity: disentangling yield variability in...
Rice yield variability in Preah Vihear, Cambodia, was studied through on-farm trials testing nine varieties under different ecosystems and management systems. Climate factors...
