*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable agriculture and land management *
*Alert No. 61 (31 January 2020) *
*1. **Soil microbial community responses to climate extremes:
rsistence, resilience, and transition to alternative states. By
R.D.Bardgett and T. Caruso. Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society B.
375. 20190112. 2020.*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/nrirmm4a88bo7e1/Bargett%20soil%20microbial%20community.pdf?dl=0>
*2. **Conservation Agriculture in trouble? Estimating the economic
impact of an eventual glyphosate prohibition in Spain. By G.Pardo and
Y.Martinez. Planta Daninha 37:e019197994. 2019.*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/0bfuo4z0azwjc1i/CA%20in%20trouble.pdf?dl=0>
*3. **Analysing challenges facing smallholder farmers and Conservation
Agriculture in South Africa: A system dynamics approach. By Wolfgang von
Loeper et al. SAJEMS Asset research NS 19 (2016) No 5:747-77 (2016).*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/0apth01muaqbur6/CHALLENGES%20FACING%20SMALLHOLDER%20FARMERS%20AND%20CA%20....%20Von%20Loeper%20et%20al_2016.pdf?dl=0>
*4. **Producing food while protecting the environment:
Inter-disciplinary research methods for international research on
Conservation Agriculture based sustainable intensification (CASI). By John
M. Dixon et al. Agricultural Science Special Issue: ACIAR at Work:
Interdisciplinary research into smallholder farming systems. Combined
Volumes 30(2) and 31(1): Eds. J.M.Dixon and S.G.Coffey (2019).*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ykrwr0wz955gga/Dixon%20Huttner%20Reeves%20Nyagumbo%20Timsina%20ElMourid%20Loss%20Tan.pdf?dl=0>
*5. **Bridging the disciplinary gap in conservation agriculture
research, in Malawi. A review. By Thirze D. G. Hermans et al. Agronomy for
Sustainable Development 40:3 ((2020).*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/2118bo0frh7xkjq/Hermans%20et%20al.2020.%20Bridging%20disciplinary%20gap%20in%20CA%20research.pdf?dl=0>
*6. **Identifying the drivers and predicting the outcome of Conservation
Agriculture globally. By John P. Laborde et al. Agricultural Systems 177
(2020).*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/rb91lls05hkuxx0/Identifying%20the%20drivers%20and%20predicting%20the%20outcome%20of%20conservation%20agriculture%20globally%20Nebraska%202020%201-s2.0-S0308521X18312186-main.pdf?dl=0>
*7. **An Opportunity for Regenerative Rice Production: Combining Plastic
Film Cover and Plant Biomass Mulch with No-Till Soil Management to Build
Soil Carbon, Curb Nitrogen Pollution, and Maintain High-Stable Yield. By
Shi Hua Lv et al. Agronomy 9 (2019).*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/bdn3ctl0rnp2za0/Lu-Padilla%20Plastic%20Film%20and%20Organic%20Mulch%20SRI%20-%20Sichuan%20AGRONOMY%202019.pdf?dl=0>
*8. **The spread of no-till in conservation agriculture systems in
Italy: indications for rural development policy-making. By Danilo Marandola
et al. Agricultural and Food Economics 7:7 (2019).*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/r7pfupccn9rjq4n/Manarandola%20CA%20in%20Italy.pdf?dl=0>
*9. **Modeling the Impacts of Conservation Agriculture with a Drip
Irrigation System on the Hydrology and Water Management in Sub-Saharan
Africa. By Tewodros Assefa et al. Sustainability 1 (2018).*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/kim84fn9yuijn12/Manuel%20Reyes%20Modeling%20CA%20with%20drip%20irrigation%20in%20SSA.pdf?dl=0>
*10. * *Tillage and crop rotations enhance populations of earthworms,
termites, dung beetles and centipedes: evidence from a long-term trial in
Zambia. By T. Muoni et al. The Journal of Agricultural Science 1:11 (2019)*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/joggw4bbip31g01/Muoni%20et%20al.%202019%20Ttillage_and_crop_rotations_enhance_populations_of_earthworms_termites_dung_beetles.pdf?dl=0>
*.*
*11. **Productivity and profitability of maize-legume cropping systems
under conservation agriculture among smallholder farmers in Malawi. By Amos
Gwira et al. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant
Science (2020).*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/88pkwhqwgnyrrje/Ngwira%20-%20Productivity%20and%20profitability%20of%20maize-legume%20systems%20under%20CA.pdf?dl=0>
*12. **Combining no-till with rye (Secale cerealeL.) cover crop mitigates
nitrous oxide emissions without decreasing yield. By Andrea Fiorinia et al.
Soil & Tillage Research 196 (2020).*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/nxh5yas8ordjev6/Vinsenza%20Florini%20Combining%20no-till%20cover%20crops%20on%20N20.pdf?dl=0>
*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
*Global CA-CoP*
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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 much 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 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 and Minimum Tillage
are not Conservation Agriculture, and nor is No-Till on its own (more at:
*http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture*
<http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture>).
Latest (2015/16) CA area information available from: *Global spread of
Conservation Agriculture. By A. Kassam et al. International Journal of
Environmental Studies. Published Online (2018).
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/zfpkexyerbcs9n5/Global%20spread%20of%20C%20paper%20Corrected%20GENV_A_1494927_O.pdf?dl=0>*
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