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Controlled Traffic Farming – From Worldwide Research To Adoption In Europe And Its Future Prospects

Acta Technologica Agriculturae
Volume 18 (2015): Issue 3 (September 2015)
By: Tim Chamen  
Open Access
|Sep 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ata-2015-0014 | Journal eISSN: 1338-5267
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Language: English
Page range: 64 - 73
Published on: Sep 19, 2015
Published by: Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
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Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
soil compaction management,
controlled traffic farming,
increased crop yield,
reduced erosion,
reduced tillage,
reduced carbon farming,
wide span vehicles,
gantry tractors,
extension,
adoption
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