PLOW LESS, GROW MOREScientists asso

PLOW LESS, GROW MORE

Scientists associated with Washington, D.C.-based Future Harvest have announced that a major agricultur​al transformation is spreading across Asia's breadbasket regions that could lead to higher-producing, ecologically friendlier, and more efficient agricul​ture for farmers in the area. "Low-till" farming, which eliminates repeated plowing of fields, is increasing har​vests, reducing water use by as much as 50 percent, and requiring less fuel for running tractors, according to researchers with the project. Because there are one-half to two-thirds fewer weeds, herbicide use is also reduced. Farmers in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan are practicing low-till agriculture in such numbers that scien​tists say the impact in the region could be as great as that of the Green Revo​lution of the 1970s. The success of the approach comes at an opportune time as water scarcity in Asia threat​ens the region's rice and wheat yields. The transformation is largely the result of pioneering agricul​tural research begun in the region by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (C3MMYT), based in Mexico. Low-till practices are currently being used in Asia to sow wheat after a rice harvest. Previously, farmers had to make as many as 6 to 12 tractor passes across a field to break up the muddy soil enough to plant wheat after rice. "Plowing significantly delays planting of wheat," says Peter Hobbs, a natural resource agronomist with CIMMYT and one of the lead scientists with these efforts in the region. "As a result, the crop often does not mature before the onset of the hot, dry season before the monsoon. The dry heat shrivels the grain and reduces harvests and incomes." In addition, plowing exposes the soil to air, which oxidizes the soil and roots. Over time, nutrients and moisture in the soil are depleted, increasing the need for water through irrigation. Low-till agriculture, howev​er, leaves much or all of the soil surface and existing ground cover undisturbed during the planting process. In one pass across a field, a "planter" or "seed drill" places seeds and fertilizer into the soil through the rice straw left standing from the previous harvest Because the leftover straw remains anchored into the soil, those roots provide channels for wheat roots to grow, a habitat for beneficial insects to prey on invasive insects, and, as it decomposes, a natural fertilizer of organic matter for the wheat crop The low till technology is designed to be accessible to farmers who may have no equipment, little cash, and often very little land "Low-till practices have caught on like wild​fire among farmers, with the area being planted to low-till agriculture increas​ing tenfold per year," says Hobbs.

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PLOW LESS, GROW MOREScientists associated with Washington, D.C.-based Future Harvest have announced that a major agricultur al transformation is spreading across Asian breadbasket regions that could lead to higher-producing, ecologically friendlier, and more efficient agricul ture for farmers in the area. "Low-till" farming, which eliminates repeated plowing of fields, is increasing har vests, reducing water use by as much as 50 percent, and requiring less fuel for running tractors, according to researchers with the project. Because there are one-half to two-thirds fewer weeds, herbicide use is also reduced. Farmers in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan are practicing low-till agriculture in such numbers that scien tists say the impact in the region could be as great as that of the Green Revo lution of the 1970s. The success of the approach comes at an opportune time as water scarcity in Asia threat ens the region rice and wheat yields. The transformation is largely the result of pioneering agricul tural research begun in the region by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (C3MMYT), based in Mexico. Low-till practices are currently being used in Asia to sow wheat after a rice harvest. Previously, farmers had to make as many as 6 to 12 tractor passes across a field to break up the muddy soil enough to plant wheat after rice. "Plowing significantly delays planting of wheat," says Peter Hobbs, a natural resource agronomist with CIMMYT and one of the lead scientists with these efforts in the region. "As a result, the crop often does not mature before the onset of the hot, dry season before the monsoon. The dry heat shrivels the grain and reduces harvests and incomes. " In addition, plowing exposes the soil to air, which oxidizes the soil and roots. Over time, nutrients and moisture in the soil are depleted, increasing the need for water through irrigation. Low-till agriculture, howev er, leaves much or all of the soil surface and existing ground cover undisturbed during the planting process. In one pass across a field, a "planter" or "seed drill" places seeds and fertilizer into the soil through the rice straw left standing from the previous harvest Because the leftover straw remains anchored into the soil, those roots provide channels for wheat roots to grow, a habitat for beneficial insects to prey on invasive insects, and, as it decomposes, a natural fertilizer of organic matter for the wheat crop The low till technology is designed to be accessible to farmers who may have no equipment, little cash, and often very little land "Low-till practices have caught on like wild fire among farmers, with the area being planted to low-till agriculture increas ing tenfold per year," says Hobbs.From

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犁少，种植更多

科学家与华盛顿哥伦比亚特区基于未来收获宣布重大农业​改造席卷亚洲的粮仓地区，可能会导致更高的生产，生态友好，更高效的农业地区农民​真实。”低到“农业，消除了重复翻域，越来越多的HAR​衣，减少高达百分之50的水的使用，并需要更少的燃料运行的拖拉机，根据与项目的研究人员。因为有一半到三分之二少杂草，除草剂的使用也减少了。在孟加拉国，印度，尼泊尔农民，巴基斯坦是实行低到这样的数字，科学家说科学​在该地区的影响可能是绿色革命的20​解大农业。成功的方法是在适当的时机为缺水地区的亚洲威胁​ENS的大米和小麦的产量。改造主要是开拓农业文化研究​开始在该地区的国际玉米小麦改良中心的结果（c3mmyt），总部在墨西哥。低到实践中目前使用的亚洲水稻收获后播种小麦。以前，农民们不得不让多达6至12拖拉机通过一场打破了淤泥质土到后水稻种植小麦。”翻耕显著延迟种植小麦，”彼得说霍布斯，一个国际玉米小麦改良中心和一个主要的科学家在这些努力在该地区的自然资源农艺师。”因此，作物往往并不炎热来临之前成熟，在雨季旱季。干热收缩和减少粮食收成和收入。”此外，耕作土壤暴露在空气中，氧化的土壤和根。随着时间的推移，土壤中的养分和水分的枯竭，通过灌溉增加了对水的需求。低到农业，但二​，叶土壤表面的大部分或全部的和现有的地面覆盖栽培过程中的干扰。在一个通过一场，“播种机”或“播种机”的地方的种子和肥料进入土壤通过稻草左站从以前的收获，因为吃剩的秸秆仍扎根到土壤中，这些根为小麦根系生长的通道，栖息捕食性昆虫，有益的昆虫，因为它分解，对小麦的产量低到技术的有机物质的天然肥料是农民谁可能没有设备，可少量现金，而且往往很小的土地“低到实践已经被像野生​中的火农民，与地区种植农业增加了10​低到每年，”霍布斯说。从