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Additional field(s): Environment & Ecology | | English term or phrase: no-till farming | Definition from IFIC Foundation :
A methodology of crop production in which the farmer avoids mechanical cultivation (i.e., only one pass over the field). The plant residue remaining on the field’s surface helps to control weeds and reduce soil erosion, but it also provides sites for insects to shelter and reproduce, leading to a need for increased insect control.
Example sentence(s): - No-till farming, as its name indicates, does away with the mechanical churning of the soil between crops. Rather than being plowed under, agricultural wastes are left on top of the soil, where they decompose more slowly. World Resources Institute
- The scientists found that certain activities, such as switching to no-till farming, may also increase crop yields while helping the environment. U.S. Department of Agriculture's ARS
- Conventional tillage controls weed growth by plowing and cultivating, but no-till farming selectively uses herbicides to kill weeds and the remains of the previous crop. No-till farming is one of several primitive farming methods revived as conservation measures in the 20th century. answers.com
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| cultivo mínimo, plantio direto | Definition:
"cultivo mínimo is the equivalent of minimum tillage. plantio direto is the equivalent of no-tillage. This means that zero tillage could be translated as "plantio com NENHUMA movimentação do solo e manutenção da sua cobertura vegetal (viva ou morta). In Brazil, however, technicians (agronomists) consider the SISTEMA PLANTIO DIRETO, including no-till, crop rotation and soil cover cropping. I thank for the effort, but we have to find a better translation for zero tillage. An additional comment: plantio direto is not related with herbicide use and herbicides are used to eliminate weeds. thanks again." |
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