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{{Powering Agriculture Technology Database
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|PAT Name=No Till Farming
|PAT Picture=No-till.jpg
|PAT Type Alternative=Alternative Methodology
|PAT Description=No-till farming (also called zero tillage or direct drilling) is a way of growing crops or pasture from year to year without disturbing the soil through tillage. No-till is an agricultural technique which increases the amount of water that infiltrates into the soil and increases organic matter retention and cycling of nutrients in the soil. In many agricultural regions it can eliminate soil erosion. It increases the amount and variety of life in and on the soil, including disease-causing organisms and disease suppression organisms. The most powerful benefit of no-tillage is improvement in soil biological fertility, making soils more resilient. Farm operations are made much more efficient, particularly improved time of sowing and better trafficability of farm operations.

No- tillage trials in Latin America were first started in 1971 by the Instituto de Pesquisas Agropecuarias Meridional, IPEAME, in Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil, in co-operation with a GTZ (German aid) project.
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|PAT Economics=Studies have found that no-till farming can be more profitable if performed correctly. Less tillage of the soil reduces labour, fuel, irrigation and machinery costs;
|PAT Technology Development Level=At present more than 124 million ha of no-tillage worldwide;
|PAT Maintenance=Basic: Technology can be maintained through its life cycle with common tools and a universally understood maintenance manual;
|PAT Infrastructure=Low: Technology can be developed with less common tools, low development level supporting technologies and moderately trained personnel;
|PAT Required Resources Operation=Fuel, machinary, water;
|PAT Deployment Level=Research and development;
|PAT Deployment Capability=The technology can be widely deployed limited only by education;
|PAT Requirements for Deployment=Education and trainings;
|PAT Relevance Autonomy=Service independent: can be serviced onsite, requires energy and technology inputs;
|PAT Environment Impacts=Low, when machinary will be operated with renewables; Soil will be more vital and is thus a CO2-sink; No-till has carbon sequestration potential through storage of soil organic matter in the soil of crop fields.
|PAT Bio-Cybernetic=High;
|PAT Links=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-till_farming

http://www.hrwc.net/notill.htm

http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/CA-publications/China_IJABE.pdf

http://www.ifpri.org/pressrelease/agricultural-technologies-could-increase-global-crop-yields-much-67-percent-and-cut-foo

http://www.rolf-derpsch.com/en/no-till/historical-review/
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Benjamin Rebenich at 08:19, 24 October 2014