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*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable production intensification *
* Alert No. 45 (18 April 2016) *
*1. **The transformation of agriculture in Brazil through development and
adoption of Zero Tillage Conservation Agriculture. By P. L. de Freitas and
J. N. Landers. International Soil and Water Conservation Research, Vol.
2(1): 35-46 (2014)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert
45/Transformation of Brazil Agriculture -- Landers-main.pdf>
*2. **Conservation Agriculture: A Weapon in the Fight against Forest
Destruction. By B. Sim. Background Paper for State of the Apes: Industrial
Agriculture and Ape Conservation. Arcus Foundation. Cambridge University
Press (2015)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert
45/Sims-Conservation-Agriculture.pdf>
*3. **An overview of Conservation Agriculture in the dry Mediterranean *
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert 45/Bashour et al CA in
Syria and Lebanon agrfood-01-00067.pdf>
*environments with a special focus on Syria and Lebanon. By I. Bashour et
al. AIMS Agriculture and Food, 1(1): 67-84 (2016).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert 45/Bashour et al CA in
Syria and Lebanon agrfood-01-00067.pdf>
*4. **Evidence of limited carbon sequestration in soils under no-tillage
systems in the Cerrado of Brazil. By M. Corbeels et al. Scientific Reports|
6:21450 | DOI: 10.1038/srep21450 (2016)*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert 45/Corbeels Carbon
NTsrep21450 %283%29 %281%29.pdf>
*5. **Performance and sensitivity of the DSSAT crop growth model in
simulating maize yield under conservation agriculture. By M. Corbeels et
al. Europ.J.Agronomy76: 41–53 (2016)*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert 45/Corbeels et
al_2016_DSSAT.pdf>
*6. **A history of tillage in California’s Central Valley. By J. Mitchell
et al. Soil & Tillage Research 157: 52-64 (2016)*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert 45/Mitchell
mainHistoryofTillage.pdf>
*7. **Climate Change and Agriculture: Adaptation Strategies and
Mitigation Opportunities for Food Security in South Asia and Latin America.
By. M.L.Jat et al. Advances in Agronomy (2016)*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert 45/MLJat Climate Change
and Food Security-Advances in Agronomy_Jat et al 2016.pdf>
*8. **Long term effect of conservation Agriculture in maize rotations on
total organic carbon, physical and biological properties of a sandy loam
soil in north-west Indo-Gangetic Plains. By C.M.Parihar et al. Soil &
Tillage Research (2016)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert
45/Parihar-STILL_3646-Paper.pdf>
*9. **Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement – A Global Assessment
for Sustainable Development. By Ephraim Nkonya et al (Eds). IFPRI & ZEF.
Springer Open (2016)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert
45/Economics of Land Degradation book_978-3-319-19168-3.pdf>
*10. **Soil Health in Field and Forage Crop production. By S. Duiker
et al. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Penn State University
Extension, Capital Resource Conservation & Development, and Clinton County
Conservation District (2016)*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert
45/Duiker-Soil_Health.pdf>
*11. **Towards Climate Resilience in Agriculture for Southeast Asia:
An overview for decision-makers. By J. Gonsalves et al. (Eds). Hanoi,
Vietnam: International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). CGIAR
Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
450 pp (2015)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert
45/CSA_Sourcebook_final_print_low_res.pdf>
*12. * *Up-dating Conservation Agriculture Database in AquaStat,
FAO. *
The CA land area database is updated periodically based on the feedback
received from our regular sources of information. These include: official
government sources, no-till associations, NGOs, national and international
research institutes, and informed individuals. The information is posted in
AquaStat. The latest figures (update 2013) can be seen at the FAO
CA-Website at (http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/6c.html).
*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
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