No-till Farming in the Agroecological Management Approach

The intensive use of natural resources such as water and soil through conventional planting systems can cause major problems such as increased water erosion, loss of nutrients, phytosanitary problems and high production costs. Given this, it is important to adopt measures that minimize problems and increase the sustainability of production systems. Therefore, when compared to the conventional system, the use of direct planting presents numerous benefits in the long term. The direct planting system is characterized by the adoption of a set of integrated techniques with less soil disturbance, crop rotation and the maintenance of plant residues to form straw on the soil surface, with the aim of maintaining or improving the characteristics physical, chemical and biological.