That's the key takeaway from a recent paper published by a team that included Leslie Roche, an associate professor of Cooperative Extension in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences. The paper describes those challenges, how farmers are confronting them and what should come next.
Amelie Gaudin and Jeffrey Mitchell, faculty with the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, are part of a team honored for showing growers how wintertime cover crops can improve the soil while having little or no impact on groundwater use.
The team’s research was part of the University of California’s efforts to help growers thrive while complying with state groundwater regulations. Their work was honored with a Distinguished Service Award for Outstanding Team by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.
