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

*for sustainable agriculture and land management*

Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow the latest issue of the SWCS Conservation NewsBriefs
(21 Novemebr 2019).

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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*Conservation NewsBriefs is a weekly compilation of news stories of
interest to SWCS members and stakeholders. The opinions expressed herein
are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect official policy of
the Soil and Water Conservation Society unless otherwise stated. The
products mentioned herein are not endorsed by the Soil and Water
Conservation Society unless so stated.*
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Gone with the wind: How to lose a lifetime of soil health
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Web
Agriculture's past sometimes is separated from its present by the barest
degree, and the glaring story of soil loss in North Dakota, highlighted by
the efforts of researcher Dave Franzen, is a signpost account of cost and
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The principles of soil health are to limit soil disturbance, increase soil
microbial diversity, grow living roots year-round, keep the soil covered
and reduce compaction. "You're going to do that by utilizing earthworms,"
said Frand Gibbs, former U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources
Conservation Service soil scientis and founder of Wetland and Soil
Consulting Services in Rawson, Ohio. "Earthworms will come to you again.
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The
Week
Organic agriculture is often thought of as green and good for nature.
Conventional agriculture, in contrast, is cast as big and bad. And, yes,
conventional agriculture may appear more environmentally harmful at first
glance. But scientists bent on finding ways to produce more food globally
with as little environmental impact as possible are finding that organic
farming is not as green as it seems. In a simple contest of local
environmental benefits, organic wins hands down. But that doesn't hold true
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4 ways conservation pays for dairy farmers, even in a weak agricultural
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Dairy is in the fourth year of an economic downturn in which many farmers
have struggled to break even. Dairy farmers in Pennsylvania and across the
U.S. are highly motivated to increase their resilience to unfavorable
economic and environmental conditions, including highly variable milk and
feed prices, unpredictable farm policies and extreme weather — most notably
increased heavy rain events and flooding. Most of these factors are out of
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Beyond the green revolution
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Institute for Applied Systems Analysis via ScienceDaily
There has been a substantial increase in food production over the last 50
years, but it has been accompanied by a narrowing in the diversity of
cultivated crops. New research shows that diversifying crop production can
make food supply more nutritious, reduce resource demand and greenhouse gas
emissions, and enhance climate resilience without reducing calorie
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Doctor's orders: Support land and water conservation
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Hill
Humans are a part of nature. We can't be healthy if the world around us
isn't healthy enough to sustain, nourish and protect us. And without a
healthy population, we can't achieve our full potential for generating
strong economies, driving innovation and securing a safe future. Nature is
at the heart of it all. Supporting nature and supporting ourselves is one
and the same task, and it is a critical task. Right now, Congress has a
chance to make big gains in supporting nature by enacting a solution that
already has broad bipartisan support: Fully fund the Land and Water
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Purdue
University
The popularity of cover crops has reemerged in recent years with farmers
looking to a variety of grasses, brassicas and legumes to improve soil
health. Cover crops can also improve water holding capacity, reduce erosion
and weed pressure, reduce nitrogen leaching, increase soil organic matter,
and potentially decrease nitrogen fertilizer application rates over the
long term. Still, only about 10% of Indiana farmers use cover crops,
although that's double the national average. One reason is that there are
few long-term studies of the benefits of cover crops, both for
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A call for climate-focused agriculture policy
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The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) released a policy
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Implementing no-till and cover crops in Texas cotton systems
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Healthy soil leads to productive and sustainable agriculture. Farmers who
work with, not against, the soil can improve the resiliency of their land.
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