Photo Gallery (collected examples of CA & RA)

Conservation Agriculture prevents barley crop lodging

Impacts on of wind and rain on barley under conventional farming (L) and permanent raised beds (R). Promotion of Conservation Agriculture project (ACIAR)

Promoting soil health with residue retention under Conservation Agriculture (left)

Comparison of Conservation Agriculture (L) and conventional farming (R) on farm demonstration in Ningxia Province (NAAFS)

Soil regeneration of plough based soils after 4 years of zero tillage (ZT) and Permanent Beds (PRB)

Comparison of improved soil health under regenerative practices after 4 years of CA adoption project (ACIAR). Fresh Raised Beds (FRB) Conventional (CONV), Zero Till (ZT) and Permanent Raised Beds (PRB)

Happy seeder facilitates sustainable intensification by direct seeding wheat into rice residue.

Planting winter wheat into rice stubble with a happy seeder. This region in NW China was normally a single rice crop per year but under CA and with early maturing crops, rice wheat double cropping is possible (NAAFS).

On farm demonstration of Zero till Unpuddled rice transplanting into wheat residue

Zero Till unpuddled transplanted rice into wheat stubble. The field was irrigated to soften the soil. Conservation Agriculture project transforming monocropping in NW China (NAAFS)

Chinese made Happy Seeder planting wheat into rice residue in Ningxia province.

Low disturbance wheat planting into standing rice stubble with Chinese made Happy Seeder in Litong NW China (NAAFS)