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*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable production intensification*
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Dear CA-COP members,
The UN General Assembly has approved Thailand's proposal to recognise 2015
as the International Year of Soils (IYS). It will be formally launched on
5th December this year, with the celebration of the first official UN World
Soil Day. The Global Soils Partnership, hosted by FAO, is providing the
Secretariat and has already created a multi-lingual website and logo (
http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/en). The objectives set for the IYS are
listed on this site.
While there is a great deal of talk about the threats to soil resources,
members of our CA-COP and the farmers that we represent are already engaged
on a vast scale as the leaders of a revolution in the way in which farming
is practised. Small and large-scale farmers in all regions of the world
have adopted CA and in so doing are conserving soil resources, enhancing
water retention and its availability to crops, and cutting greenhouse gas
emissions through carbon retention and reduced farm power use, while
raising productivity and improving their incomes.
Yet, in spite of the extraordinary changes that we are making in the
management of well over 100 million hectares of farmland, the significance
of CA and related approaches to land management is hardly noticed even by
many other farmers let alone the general public.
The IYS would seem to provide an excellent opportunity for us to tell the
world about what we are doing and to inspire others to join our revolution.
I would, therefore, very much welcome your suggestions as to what the
CA-COP and its members might best do individually and jointly during IYS
to broaden public knowledge of CA, to boost its uptake and to enhance CA
practices.
Please submit you proposals, even in a very preliminary form, to me between
now and Friday 28th November, so that I can put together a short statement
of intent on behalf of the CA-COP for submission to the IYS Secretariat on
World Soil Day.
*Amir Kassam*
*Moderator*
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URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca
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