NAEF's definition of Resource Conservation Technologies (RCTs) goes beyond the current international agricultural research definition of practices that preserve or renew natural resources to include and emphasize: 1) appropriately sized and priced machinery technologies (rural and agricultural mechanization); and 2) techniques that conserve farmers “resources" of time (labor reduction) and money and reduce risk, those things most dear to small and impoverished farmers. Besides the traditional agricultural RCTs of zero-till, or no-till (conservation agriculture / CA) technologies, we include reduced till, new improved irrigation pumpsets and drip irrigation, and reapers and harvesters, threshers and driers. All technologies that increase the efficiency of inputs and save time and money put into crop production, and therefore increase farmers’ bottom line. Below are the RCTs that NAEF is currently researching and promoting.

Chinese two-wheel tractor

Reduced till rotovator

Trailer

Reduced till strip till seed drill

Reaper Harverster

Chinese Pumpset and layflat pipe

Manual Jab Planter

Zero Till Wheat Seeder for 4Wheel Tractor

Zero Till Rice Seeding and Transplanting

Lowcost Drier