Over 105 million hectares worldwide now use no-till farming, mostly by large-scale farmers. The top six adopters are Brazil with 25.5 million hectares, the United States with 26.6 million hectares, Argentina with 19.7 million hectares, Australia with 12 million hectares, Canada with 13.5 million hectares, and Paraguay with 2.4 million hectares. No-till farming helps reduce soil erosion, increase water retention, and improve soil carbon storage.

1. NO-TILLAGE ADOPTION WORLDWIDE [IN MILLIONS OF HECTARES]
About 105 million hectares worldwide are now farmed using conservation agriculture
or no-till farming. Users are mostly large-scale farmers.
0.2 FINLAND
0.1 UKRAINE
0.2 FRANCE
0.7 SPAIN
13.5 CANADA
26.6 USA
0.4 SOUTH AFRICA
1.2 KAZAKHSTAN
1.3 CHINA
12.0 AUSTRALIA
0.2 NEW ZEALAND
0.3 VENEZUELA TOP 6 ADOPTERS
30
0.1 COLOMBIA
25
25.5 BRAZIL
0.7 BOLIVIA 20
2.4 PARAGUAY 15
0.7 URUGUAY 10
19.7 ARGENTINA 5
0.2 CHILE 0
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Source: R. Derpsch and T. Friedrich, “Development and
Current Status of No-Till Adoption in the World,” paper
presented at the 18th Triennial International Soil Tillage
MAGAZINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Research Organisation conference, Izmir, Turkey, June
15–19, 2009.