Not AvailableConservation Agriculture (CA) has been identified as a promising technology for sustainable crop intensification
worldwide. But in India sufficient work has not been done on the subject except remarkable work being done in
irrigated rice-wheat zone across the Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar with the support of international
development agencies since last few years. Thus, there is need to focus more on dryland production systems where
the applicability of CA is even more considering their higher vulnerability to climate change effects and need to
reverse the process of soil degradation in drylands which are expected to play more crucial role in food security of the
nation in days to come. In this review, attempt has been made to present the potential benefits of CA on resource
conservation with particular focus on soil and water, soil quality, stable crop yields, input use efficiency, benefits at
ecosystem level, farm profitability and crop resilience to climate change effects. Besides, the major challenges that
need to be overcome to promote CA and the tradeoffs with livestock production at regional and trans-regional have
also been discussed.Not Availabl
