In such cases, clean tillage and appropriate support practices such as contouring, furrow diking, strip cropping and terracing may provide adequate soil and water conservation benefits. Where these are not adequate, alternative management practices should be implemented to ease the demand for residues,...
sustainable agriculture, a system offarmingthat strives to provide the resources necessary for present human populations while conserving the planet’s ability to sustain future generations.See alsoorganic farming,regenerative agriculture,permaculture, andagroforestry. ...