Foreword / Maria Gallo -- Preface / Catherine Chan and Jean Fantle-Lepczyk -- A Brief History of Conservation Agriculture / Travis Idol -- Global Perspectives on Conservation Agriculture for Small Households / Adrian Ares, Christian Thierfelder, Manuel Reyes, Neal S. Eash and Jennifer Himmelstein -- Potential of Conservation Agriculture Production Systems (CAPS) for Improving Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security in the Hill Region of Nepal / Bikash Paudel, Theodore Radovich, Catherine Chan, Susan Crow, Jacqueline Halbrendt, Keshab Thapa and Bir Bahadur Tamang -- Effect of Tillage, Intercropping, and Residue Cover on Crop Productivity, Profitability, and Soil Fertility under Tribal Farming Situations in Odisha, India / Aliza Pradhan, Travis Idol, Pravat Kumar Roul, Kshitendra Narayan Mishra, Catherine Chan, Jacqueline Halbrendt and Chittaranjan Ray -- Assessment of Maize-based Conservation Agricultural Production Systems (CAPS) in Rainfed Uplands of Odisha, India / Pravat Kumar Roul, Aliza Pradhan, Kshitendra Narayan Mishra, Plabita Ray, Travis Idol, Satya Narayan Dash, Catherine Chan and Chittaranjan Ray -- Risk as a Determinant of Adoption of Conservation Agriculture by Smallholder Farmers in Malawi / Jessica Rust-Smith -- Economic Potential of Conservation Agriculture Production Systems (CAPS) for Tribal Farmers in the Hill Region of Nepal / Bikash Paudel, Catherine Chan, Aliza Pradhan and Brinton Foy Reed -- Evaluation of Tillage and Farmyard Manure on Soil Properties and Maize Yield in the Mid-hills of Nepal / Roshan Pudasaini and Keshav Raj Pande -- Soil Quality in Conservation Agriculture Production Systems (CAPS) of Rainfed, Sloping Land Farming in the Central Mid-hills Region of Nepal / Susan Crow, Olivia Schubert, Bir Bahadur Tamang, Theodore Radovich, Bikash Paudel, Jacqueline Halbrendt and Keshab Thapa -- Preferences for Conservation Agriculture in Developing Countries: A Case Study on the Tribal Societies of India and Nepal / Cynthia Lai, Catherine Chan, Aliza Pradhan, Bikash Paudel, Brinton Foy Reed and Jacqueline Halbrendt -- Empowering Women through Conservation Agriculture: Rhetoric or Reality? Evidence from Malawi / Jane Maher, Paul Wagstaff and John O'Brien -- Gendered Implications of Introducing Conservation Agriculture (CA): A Case Study in the Hill Region of Nepal / Jacqueline Halbrendt, Bikash Paudel and Catherine Chan.