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Agriculture is one of the main contributor to Climate change while at the same time, it is also one of the enterprises that are hard hit by climate change.
MSPs can play this role by switching to implements that the three principles of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA)
Key principles of CSA include;
1. Increase productivity
2. Increase resilience
3. Reduce emissions
Overall Disc ploughing of land leads to;
1. Loss of soil moisture,
2. Loss soil carbon (GHG emission)
3. Soil erosion aggravated
4. Formation of hardpan
5. Poor yields
6. Lots of fuel consumed
Instead do Minimum tillage (Ripping);
1. Keeps moisture in the soil
2. Reduces soil carbon escape to atmosphere
3. Maintains soil structure
4. Breaks hardpan hence easy Root & Water penetration
5. Increases crop resilience
6. Increases yield
7. Saves fuel (Less emission)
8. Climate-smart