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This chapter provides an overview of the actual level of Conservation Agriculture (CA) adoption in Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico. Estimated values in hectares under CA came from collaborators of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. The estimated total area under different forms of CA is about 696,950 ha. Lack of or insufficient access to machinery for planting, fertilising, and spraying pesticides limits the adoption and spread of CA. Besides knowledge, technologies and supplies, adoption of CA needs a favourable policy environment, motivation and participation of farmers and their communities. There is still a long way to go in the region from the old approach of soil conservation in agricultural land based on physical structures to a situation of widespread adoption of CA systems.
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Publication Date:
07 February 2022
ISBN: 9781801463881
Format: eBook
BISACs:
1 Introduction 2 Conservation Agriculture in Central America 3 Conservation Agriculture in the Caribbean 4 Mexico 5 Conclusion 6 Where to look for further information 7 References