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Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 22:04:02 +0500
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*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*

*for sustainable production intensification and land management*

Dear Subscribers,

CABI has announced the following book:* Conservation Agriculture for
Africa: Building Resilient Farming Systems in a Changing Climate* edited by
Amir Kassam, Saidi Mkomwa and Theodor Friedrich, with a Foreword by Howard
Buffett.

The book is expected to be launched in November 2016.

More details are available at the following link:

http://www.cabi.org/bookshop/book/9781780645681

Tillage agriculture has led to widespread soil and ecosystem degradation
globally. This is especially so in Africa where traditional and modern
tillage-based agricultural practices have become unsustainable due to
severe disturbance and exploitation of natural resources with negative
impacts on the environment and rural livelihoods. In addition, agriculture
in Africa today faces major challenges including increased costs of
production and energy, the effects of climate change, and the lack of an
effective paradigm for sustainable intensification, especially for small
and medium size holdings. Africa is facing a serious challenge in food
security and as a continent has not advanced towards eradicating hunger. In
addition, the population in Africa is still growing much faster than in
most other continents. This pressure has led to the emergence of no-till
Conservation Agriculture as a serious alternative sustainable agriculture
paradigm. In Africa, over the past ten years, Conservation Agriculture
techniques and methods have spread to many countries as more development,
education and research effort is directed towards its extension and uptake.

This book is aimed at agricultural researchers and scientists,
educationalists and trainers, agricultural service providers and
institutional leaders and policy makers working in the fields of
sustainable agriculture and international development, and also at
agroecologists, conservation scientists, and those working on ecosystem
services.

The book:

 ·       Focuses on research and development initiatives in Africa aimed at
building resilient farming systems based on Conservation Agriculture
principles and practices

 ·       Summarises the status of Conservation Agriculture in Africa today
and prospects for  its future development in Africa as a basis for
sustainable agriculture intensification

 ·       Describes case studies involving the performance of Conservation
Agriculture in Africa.

*Amir Kassam *

*Moderator*

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