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

*for sustainable production intensification and land management*

Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow the link to an article in the BBC News entitled *Farmers
are abandoning traditional ploughing *by David Gregory-Kumar,
<http://www.bbc.com/news/correspondents/davidgregorykumar> Science,
Environment & Rural Affairs Correspondent

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38332276

The article was published on 16 December 2016.

The CA area in the UK in 2016 is estimated to be about 400,000 hectares of
arable cropland, equivalent to some 10% of total arable land in the UK. In
2011, the CA area in the UK was estimated to be about 150,000 hectares.
Thus, there has been an increase in the CA area by some 167% since 2011.

One major reason for this substantial increase has been the availability of
good quality no-till drills and an increase in awareness by farmers of the
real opportunity and  possibility of sustainable production intensification
with the CA approach.

The increase in awareness is being brought about through organizations such
as Groundswell (www.groundswellag.com) and Conservation Agriculture
Association for the UK (CA-UK) (www.conservation-agriculture.co.uk), as
well as through more and more CA farmers themselves championing the need to
move away from the intensive tillage-based production systems which have
become sub-optimal in their performance in terms of productivity, economics
and environmental sustainability and services.

The CA area across Europe has also been increasing in recent years mainly
due to the advocacy and field work of the European CA Federation (ECAF) and
their National level farmer associations in 15 countries across Europe (
www.ecaf.org).

*Amir Kassam *

*Moderator*

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