Adoption and Impacts of Zero Tillage as a Resource Conserving Technology in the Irrigated Plains of South Asia
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................................................................................................. v Introduction ........................................................................................... 1 Study Area and Research Methodology .............................................. 4 Diffusion of Zero Tillage ........................................................................ 9 Understanding Adoption of Zero Tillage ............................................ 18 Technical Impacts of ZT Technology .................................................. 25 Financial Impacts of ZT Technology .................................................. 33 Farm and Regional Impacts of ZT ..................................................... 37 Conclusions and Recommendations .................................................. 42 Literature Cited.................................................................................... 45
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