Development of conservation tillage in African countries: A partnership approach.
Soil erosion, for example, was an important motivating factor early in the development of no-tillage but is not found to be a major factor differentiating adopters and non-adopters in the later stages of technology diffusion.
Although the development of animal drawn tillage tools in the world has been on the agenda for thousands of years, there is still room for their improvement.
The present study attempts to give an overview of previous works toward development of animal drawn tillage tools and to identify the areas having most potential for future improvement.
It can be concluded from these results that the FE model designed in this work is capable of being used as a convenient and dependable prediction tool in analysis and development of the working capacity of tillage tool.
This new trend is evident from an increased number of (tillage) studies concerning the development of sensors for measuring physical soil properties.
The heterogeneity of the soil in the absence of tillage leads to the development of a variety of niches allowing the establishment of highly diverse microbial communities.
The "Optimizer," developed by Kevin McDonald, founder and president of Tillage International, offers one way to make farm-work more efficient.
A better understanding of tillage effects on soil organic matter is vital for development of effective soil conservation practices.
The study of tillage tool interaction centers on soil failure patterns and development of force prediction models for design optimization.
