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*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*

*for sustainable agriculture and land management*

Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow a note from Marc Van Liedekerke, for the European Soil
Data Centre, regarding the Proceedings of the Soils4EU Workshop, held after
ESP Plenary Meeting, FAO, Rome 29 March 2019 (copy attached).

Thank you Gerard Rass of APAD, France and Marc Van Liedekerke for sharing.

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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From: Gérard Rass <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 at 20:37
Subject: Fwd: [ESP] Proceedings of the Soils4EU Workshop, held after ESP
Plenary Meeting, FAO, Rome 29 March 2019
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Dear Amir, if you agree, I think this report is very interesting to
circulate, including with the email of Marc Van Liedekerke.

Best regards. Gérard

Gérard Rass
APAD
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*Expéditeur:* "VAN LIEDEKERKE Marc (JRC-ISPRA)" <
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*Date:* 29 mai 2019 à 11:19:35 UTC+2
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*Objet:* *[ESP]      Proceedings of the Soils4EU Workshop, held after ESP
Plenary Meeting, FAO, Rome 29 March 2019*

Dear ESP Partner,

Please find attached the proceedings of the Soils4EU Workshop on *"Impacts
of and implementation barriers for soil protection and sustainable soil
management on arable land across the EU" *that was held after the ESP
Plenary Meeting in the FAO headquarters in Rome on 29 March 2019, in the
afternoon.



Many of the ESP Plenary Meeting participants attended the workshop.



The report contains the following conclusions:



*5. Main conclusions *

·         Farmers should be supported in order to adopt Sustainable Soil
Management practices, and they should be at the center of all promotion
initiatives. They need also Farmer networks that should work together with
advisory services on the field to demonstrate the effectiveness of
innovations that improve soils.

·         Farms are businesses and economic sustainability is crucial.
Farmers have to perceive clearly the benefits of adopting SSM, since their
profitability is continuously under pressure.

·         Remuneration systems for farmers for the provision of ecosystem
services and carbon sequestration should be developed or up-scaled. Public
policies should facilitate payments for ecosystem services. The CAP should
be adapted accordingly. Also, food companies and consumers are important
actors (food labels, policies for suppliers, support to farming practices).
Other economic instruments such as environmental taxes can also support the
transition towards SSM.

·         Policies and legislation should be flexible and adapted to
diversity. There are many farming systems under different circumstances
(climatic/environmental/socioeconomic). They all have an impact on soil
sustainability and can integrate adapted measures to achieve SSM.
Administrative simplification and monitoring are crucial to implementing
policies effectively and efficiently.

·         Science and knowledge dissemination are key. SSM has to be
clearly defined to establish indicators and thresholds, and to monitor and
assess the effects of different agricultural practices on soil
sustainability. The effectiveness of the different measures and policies
must be evaluated. Applied research and demonstration or collaborative
projects can help the farmers with the adoption of SSM and the changing in
agricultural practices.

·         Awareness is needed at all levels to drive change. Farmers´
awareness on the functioning and importance of soils, and on the positive
impact of SSM on their long-term profitability are crucial factors. But
also food companies, consumers and policy makers have a responsibility to
make more sustainable choices. A dialogue between all actors is needed:
farmers, policy makers, researchers, consumers, industry and NGOs.









Best regards,



Marc Van Liedekerke, for the European Soil Data Centre



Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

Directorate D – Sustainable Resources, TP 122

I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy

tel: +39-0332-785179

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