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Conservation agriculture, including no-dig, crop-rotation and mulching methods, reduces water runoff and soil loss and boosts crop yield by as much as 122%, in Ethiopian trial

02.25.26 | PLOS

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Conservation agriculture enhances soil and water conservation and crop yield in the Ethiopian highlands
Example of adjacent runoff and sediment collection tanks per plot. Credit: Alemie et al., 2026, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Conservation agriculture, including no-dig, crop-rotation and mulching methods, reduces water runoff and soil loss and boosts crop yield by as much as 122%, in Ethiopian trial

Article URL : https://plos.io/4tvwcNF

Article title: Conservation agriculture enhances soil and water conservation and crop yield in the Ethiopian highlands

Author countries: Ethiopia

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

PLOS One

10.1371/journal.pone.0341622

Conservation agriculture enhances soil and water conservation and crop yield in the Ethiopian highlands

25-Feb-2026

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Agriculture Applied Sciences and Engineering Crop Science Farming Sustainable Agriculture

Article Information

Journal
PLOS One
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0341622
Article Publication Date
2026-02-25
Article Title
Conservation agriculture enhances soil and water conservation and crop yield in the Ethiopian highlands
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2026, February 25). Conservation agriculture, including no-dig, crop-rotation and mulching methods, reduces water runoff and soil loss and boosts crop yield by as much as 122%, in Ethiopian trial. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/L7V0EJO8/conservation-agriculture-including-no-dig-crop-rotation-and-mulching-methods-reduces-water-runoff-and-soil-loss-and-boosts-crop-yield-by-as-much-as-122-in-ethiopian-trial.html
MLA:
"Conservation agriculture, including no-dig, crop-rotation and mulching methods, reduces water runoff and soil loss and boosts crop yield by as much as 122%, in Ethiopian trial." Brightsurf News, Feb. 25 2026, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/L7V0EJO8/conservation-agriculture-including-no-dig-crop-rotation-and-mulching-methods-reduces-water-runoff-and-soil-loss-and-boosts-crop-yield-by-as-much-as-122-in-ethiopian-trial.html.