*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable production intensification and land management * *Alert No. 52 (9 October2017) * *1. **Advances in residue management mechanisms of zero-tillage planters. By **Kojo Atta Aikins et al. **Paper No.: 1700449. St. Joseph, MI.: ASABE (2017).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2052/Aikins%20et%20al.%202017_Paper%20No.%201700449.pdf> *2. **How seeding cover crops can slash your fertilizer bills. By **John Dobberstein. **No-Till Farmer (2017).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2052/NTF_eBook_How-Seeding-Cover-Crops-Can-Slash-Your-Fertilizer-Bills_0617-1.pdf> *3. **Reply to ‘No-till agriculture and climate-change mitigation. By Clair Stirling et al. Opinion and Comment. Nature Climate Change 5: 448-449 (2015).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2052/Reply%20to%20Plowson%20nclimate2653.pdf> *4. **Agro-ecological functions of crop residues under conservation agriculture. A review. By Lalaina Ranaivoson et al. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 37:26 (2017).* <[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">ftp:[log in to unmask]> *5. **Can conservation agriculture improve crop water availability in an erratic tropical climate producing water stress? A simple model applied to upland rice in Madagascar. By Guillaume Bruelle et al. Agricultural Water Management 192: 281–293 (2017).* <[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">ftp:[log in to unmask]> *6. **Conservation Agriculture: Making climate change mitigation and adaptation real in Europe. By Emilio Sanchez-Gonzalez et al. European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF) (2017).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2052/Conservation_Agriculture_climate_change_report.pdf> *7. **Proceedings of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon. FAO (2017).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2052/Global%20Symposium%20on%20SOC%20FAO%20a-i7565e.pdf> *8. **Unlocking the [potential of soil organic carbon: Outcome document of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon. FAO (2017).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2052/Unlocking%20the%20potential%20of%20SOC%20b-i7268e.pdf> *9. **Soil organic carbon: The hidden potential. By Lefevere Clara et al. FAO (2017).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2052/Organic%20carbon%20hidden%20potential%20a-i6937e.pdf> *10. **Soil organic carbon mapping cookbook. By Yusuf Yigini et al. FAO (2017).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2052/SOC%20Mapping%20Cookbook%20a-bs901e.pdf> *11. **Soils’ potential to contribute to offset international aviation emissions. FAO (2017).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2052/Soils%20potential%20to%20offset%20a-i7235e.pdf> *12. **Soil Health in field and forage crop production. By Sjoerd Duiker et al. **USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Penn State University Extension, Capital Resource Conservation & Development, and Clinton County Conservation District.* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2052/Better-Soils-with-the-No-Till-System.pdf> *13. **Fire-free land use in pre-1492 Amazonian Savannas. By Jose Iriarte et al. PNAS Vol 109 (17): 6473-6478 (2012)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2052/PNAS-2012-Iriarte-6473-8.pdf> *14. **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 2013/14) can be seen at the FAO CA-Website at: http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/6c.html An interim update for 2015/16 can be found on pages 16-19 of the Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture at: https://proceedingswcca.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/7th-wcca_proceedings_final.pdf *Amir Kassam * *Moderator* e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca --------- To subscribe to the CA-CoP-L list, send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] leaving the subject line blank and placing only the one-line message: ‘*SUBSCRIBE CA-CoP-L Name Surname*’ in the message part without any further text such as an address, etc. To unsubscribe from the CA-CoP-L list, send an e-mail message to [log in to unmask] leaving the subject line blank and placing only the one-line message: '*SIGNOFF CA-CoP-L*' in the message part without any further text such as a name, address, etc. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/scripts/wa-fao.exe?SUBED1=CA-COP-L