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SUBMITTER: Paudel GP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6988502 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Paudel Gokul P GP Krishna Vijesh V VV McDonald Andrew J AJ
Journal of agricultural economics 20190429 1
The 'high speed' rotavator is used for shallow tillage to create a fine tilth and incorporate crop residues, often with a single tractor pass. Rotavator tillage has spread quickly in many parts of South Asia, despite short-term experimental trials suggesting deteriorating soil quality and crop yield penalties. Evidence of rotavator impacts on farmer fields across soil gradients and time is largely absent. From a farm household survey conducted among wheat farmers in Nepal, we estimate wheat yiel ...[more]