Climate Smart Agriculture

Conservation Agriculture

Conservation agriculture is a farming method that emphasizes minimal soil disturbance (no tillage), the preservation of a permanent soil cover, and plant diversity.

Three major principal of Conservation agriculture are:

1. Minimum mechanical moil disturbance

2. Permanent soil organic matter 

3. species diversification

            Sylvopastoral systems

Silvopastoral systems integrate the cultivation of trees with the raising of livestock. Plant development on three levels, including pasture, shrubs with edible leaves, and trees with edible leaves are the part of this system. This device is mainly used to provide animals with shelter, but it can also be used as fodder to supplement livestock feed.

Hydroponics

Hydroponics is a method of growing crops without using soil, but using a different material to support the plant's roots and growing them directly in nutrient-rich water. It enables farmers to produce food anywhere in the world, at any time of year, and with less resources, resulting in higher yields. This system gives higher yield from the use of few resources. 

      

Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems (ICLS)

It is an agricultural management systems in which land is rotated between crop, pasture, and livestock uses over time and space. 
For instance, livestock manure is used as a fertilizer source for cropland, and crop residues are used as livestock feed.