Introduction

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Data

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Recommendation

[1] Corsi, S. et al., 2012, Soil Organic Carbon Accumulation and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions from Conservation Agriculture: A literature review, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,

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