*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable agriculture and land management*
Dear Subscribers,
John Landers in Brazil has shared the following message with us which is
the excerpt from the Declaration of the First World Congress on
Conservation Agriculture which was held in Madrid, Spain, in 2001. The
Congress was organized by FAO and the European Conservation Agriculture
Federation (ECAF).
The message is a helpful reminder and seems to be eternally relevant, part
of the perennial wisdom.
Thank you John for sharing.
*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca
*Conservation Agriculture is an ecosystem approach to sustainable
agriculture and land management based on the practical application of
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
(environmentally, 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, organic
production systems and rice-based systems* (more at: www.fao.org/ag/ca).
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From: John Landers <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 12:26 AM
Subject: Quote from Decalaration of Madrid, 1st WCCA 2001
To: [log in to unmask]
Dear Amir,
You might like to promugate this excerpt for the First World Congress on
Conservation Agriculture, which would appear to be totally relevant today,
especially the principle outlined in bold :
"This Congress calls upon politicians, international institutions,
environmentalists, farmers, private industry and society as a whole to
recognise that the conservation of natural resources is the
co-responsibility, past, present and future, of all sectors of society, in
the proportion that they consume products resulting from the exploitation
of these resources. Furthermore, it calls upon society, through these
stakeholders, to conceive and enact appropriate long-term strategies and to
support, further develop and embrace the concepts of Conservation
Agriculture as the most appropriate means of ensuring the continuity of the
land’s ongoing capacities to yield food, other agricultural products, water
and environmental services in perpetuity. It follows that the environmental
services provided by farmers practising Conservation Agriculture should be
recognised and recompensed by society".
The whole report can be found on the link :
First World Congress on Conservation Agriculture Proceedings
<http://www.act-africa.org/lib.php?com=5&com2=20&res_id=60>
Best personal regards
Dr. John N. Landers - OBE
SMDB 9 <https://maps.google.com/?q=SMDB+9&entry=gmail&source=g>, Lote 5
Fração D - Lago Sul
71680-090 Brasília - DF
Fones: (61) 3366-5307 / (61) 99818-5035
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