*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable agriculture and land management*
Dear Subscribers,
Please see herebelow a press release on the two volume book: *Advances in
Conservation Agriculture*.
Apologies for any cross-posting.
*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
*Global CA-CoP*
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URL: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture
*Conservation Agriculture is an ecosystem approach to regenerative
sustainable agriculture and land management based on the practical
application of context-specific and locally adapted three interlinked
principles of: (i) Continuous no or minimum mechanical soil disturbance
(no-till seeding/planting and weeding, and minimum soil disturbance with
all other farm operations including harvesting); (ii) permanent
maintenance of soil mulch cover (crop biomass, stubble and cover crops);
and (iii) diversification of cropping system (economically, environmentally
and socially adapted rotations and/or sequences and/or associations
involving annuals and/or perennials, including legumes and cover crops),
along with other complementary good agricultural production and land
management practices. Conservation Agriculture systems are present in all
continents, involving rainfed and irrigated systems including annual
cropland systems, perennial systems, orchards and plantation systems,
agroforestry systems, crop-livestock systems, pasture and rangeland
systems, organic production systems and rice-based systems. Conservation
Tillage, Reduced Tillage and Minimum Tillage are not Conservation
Agriculture, and nor is No-Till on its own* (more at:
http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture).
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*NEW TWO-VOLUME COLLECTION ON CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE*
"This edifying book is a compendium of much of what we have learnt across
the world about CA...It will serve as an *immensely valuable source of
reference* - and inspiration - for all those who are committed to putting
the world's food systems on a truly sustainable footing. It is with great
pleasure, therefore, that I can recommend this book to you", says *Qu
Dongyu, Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).*
Two important *NEW* books on Conservation Agriculture, edited by *Professor
Amir Kassam*, University of Reading, UK, have been published by award
winning Cambridge-based publisher, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Limited.
Conservation Agriculture (CA) is a farming system that promotes continuous
minimum soil disturbance, maintenance of a permanent soil cover and
diversification of plant species. (FAO, 2020).
*Advances in Conservation Agriculture Volume 1: Systems and Science
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summarises research on key components for successful Conservation
Agriculture (CA).
Chapters review the latest research on ways of optimising no-till
techniques to minimise soil disturbance in relation to seeding, weeding and
other operations. Chapters also review ways to improve soil health in CA,
including mulch cover, cover crops, rotations and intercropping.
*Advances in Conservation Agriculture Volume 2: Practice and Benefits*
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reviews
ways of optimising Conservation Agricultural (CA) practices and their
benefits.
Chapters summarise research on optimising soil management, crop nutrition
and irrigation, as well as weed, insect pest and disease management. The
book also reviews ways of optimising the environmental and social benefits
of adopting CA practices.
Jules Petty, Professor of Environment and Society, University of Essex,
says about the book:
*"This is an important, timely and authoritative collection on the values
of Conservation Agriculture worldwide. Great advances have been made in
recent years over a range of approaches and systems to improve both the
productivity of agricultural systems and their positive contributions to
ecosystem services and natural capital."*
Francis delves deeper into the two volumes in this short video.
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*Professor Amir Kassam * is Visiting Professor at the University of Reading
(UK) and Moderator of the FAO-hosted Global Platform for Conservation
Agriculture Community of Practice (Global CA-CoP). He is a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Biology (UK) and has received an OBE from the British
Government for services to tropical agriculture and to rural development.
Prof. Kassam is Chair of the International Conservation Agriculture
Advisory Panel for Africa (ICAAP-Africa), Member of the European
Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF) and Vice-Chair of the
Conservation Agriculture Association for the UK (CA-UK).
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19103/AS.2019.0048
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