*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable agriculture and land management*
Dear Subscribers,
Please see the latest issue of WASWAC Hot News 09 of 2019 herebelow,
including the WASWAC Awards Ceremony honouring the contributions of the
following 11 colleagues from 11 countries for their dedicated services to
global soil and water conservation.
Prof. Edoardo A. C. Costantini (Italy), Prof. Rainer Horn (Germany), Prof.
Jose Luis Rubio (Spain), Prof. Rachid Mrabet (Morocco), Prof. Zhanbin Li
(China), Prof. Pasquale Borrelli (Switzerland), Prof. Seyed Hamidreza
Sadeghi (Iran), Prof. Amir Kassam (UK), Prof. Donald C. Reicosky (USA),
Prof. Julian Dumanski (Canada), and Prof. Suraj Bhan (India).
Warmest congratulations to all of them on behalf of CA-CoP
Apologies for any cross-posting.
*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 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: waswac <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 03:05
Subject: WASWAC Hot News
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Dear WASWAC members,
Please find the Hot News for the issue 09 of 2019 at:
http://www.waswac.org/waswac/rootfiles/2019/12/04/1575723103170615-1575723103221965.pdf
(1) The WASWAC World Conference IV was successfully held in New Delhi,
India during November 5-9.
(2) The WASWAC Awards ceremony was held on November 6, 11 sceientists from
11 countries including Prof. Edoardo A. C. Costantini, Prof. Rainer Horn,
Prof. Jose Luis Rubio, Prof. Rachid Mrabet, Prof. Zhanbin Li, Prof.
Pasquale Borrelli, Prof. Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Prof. Amir Kassam, Prof.
Donald C. Reicosky, Prof. Julian Dumanski, and Prof. Suraj Bhan, were
shared the honors.
(3) The WASWAC council meeting was held in New Delhi on November 6. Prof.
Ning Duihu was elected to be the president for next term of 2020-2022.
(4) The third International Youth Forum of Soil and Water Conservation and
the fifth WASWAC World Conference will be held in Iran and the Czech
Republic in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Welcome to join us then !
All the best,
Du Pengfei
The Secretary of WASWAC
WASWAC
The Secretariat of WASWAC
Room 402, IRTCES Building
No. 20 Chegongzhuang Road West
Haidian District, Beijing, 100048, China
Tel.: +86 10 6878 6579
Email: [log in to unmask]
Website: www.waswac.org
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