No-till agriculture may not bring hoped-for boost in global crop yields, study finds

Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 05:00 in Earth & Climate

No-till farming, a key conservation agriculture strategy that avoids conventional plowing and otherwise disturbing the soil, may not bring a hoped-for boost in crop yields in much of the world, according to an extensive new meta-analysis by an international team led by the University of California, Davis.

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