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Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>
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Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 7 Apr 2020 17:27:52 +0000
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*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*

*for sustainable agriculture and land management*

Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelo a self explanatory message from Dr. Asadi from Iran
regarding the CA-based permanent raised bed system in Fars Province,
southern Iran.

Thank you Dr. Asadi for sharing.

*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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From: M. E Asadi <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 at 01:39
Subject: Very informative clip regarding permanent raised bed system in Iran
To: [log in to unmask]

Dear Colleagues,

Warm greetings. Please enclosed find a short video clip from wheat
permanent raised bed system from a farmer that one of our colleagues Mr.
Dastfall  have coordinated in Fars Province south part of Iran. This clip
was taken on April 5 2020. Wheat has been sown after cotton harvesting on
November 2019 without soil or bed disturbance and no any plant in furrows
only 4 rows of plants on beds.

Still we are monitoring field and farmers says this is the best for them in
terms of reduction of fuel and preparation of land due to low pass. Finally
I want to conclude that in my view no need to go far for hi-tech technology
however just enough to pay more attention to our very good farmers and to
do something for them to empower them and showing them how science outputs
can give them many benefits.

Best wishes

Asadi

M. E. Asadi, Ph.D
Independent consultant, Gorgan, Iran.
Water Engineering and Management, Conservation Agriculture System
E-mail:[log in to unmask]
Cell phone: +98 911 175 2719

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