Effects of Reduced Tillage on Food Legume Productivity

The trend toward eliminating tillage before sowing food legumes directly into crop residues has been driven by the need to reverse soil degradation. It has been stimulated by the accrual of benefits such as improved timeliness of sowing, less labour and machinery input, effective weed control using herbicides, less erosion and runoff, increased soil water storage and improved soil physical and organic fertility.