*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable production intensification and land management *
* Alert No. 48 (12 March 2017) *
*1. **No-till and conservation agriculture in the United States: An
example from the David Brandt farm, Carroll, Ohio. By R. Islam and R.
Reeder, International Soil and Water Conservation Research, Vol. 2(1):
97-107. (2014).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/David%20Brandt%20farm%20-%20Islam%20and%20Reeder.pdf>
*2. **Fifteen years of no till increase soil organic matter, microbial
biomass and arthropod diversity in cover crop-based arable cropping
systems. By Tek Sapkota, Mazzoncini, B`arberi, Antichi, Silvestri. Agron.
Sustain. Dev. 32:853-863 (2012)*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/Fifteen%20years%20of%20no%20till%20increase%20soil%20organic%20matter,%20microbial%20biomass,%20and%20arthropod%20diversity,%202012.pdf>
*.*
*3. **Cross-Site Soil Microbial Communities under Tillage Regimes:
Fungistasis and Microbial Biomarkers. By T. Sipila et al. Appl. Environ.
Microbiol. 78(23):819 (2012).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/Tillage%20impacts%20on%20bacteria%20&%20fungi%20Finland%20Sipil+%F1%20et%20al.%20%20AEM%20Alakukku%202012.pdf>
*4. **Food security in a changing climate. By Rattan Lal. Ecohydrology &
Hydrobiology 13: 8–21 (2013).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/Food%20security%20in%20a%20changing%20climate%5b13%5d%5b2%5d%5b2%5d%5b2%5d.pdf>
*5. **Meta-analysis approach to assess effect of tillage on microbial
biomass and enzyme activities. By Stacy Zuber and Maria Villamil. Soil
Biology & Biochemistry 97: 176-187 (2016).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/Tillage%20effects%20on%20microbial%20biomass%20&%20enzyme%20activity%20meta%20analysis%20Zuber%20and%20Villamil%202016.pdf>
*6. **Planting date and yield benefits from conservation agriculture
practices across Southern Africa. By Isaiah Nyagumbo et al. Agricultural
Systems 150: 21-33 (2017).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/Nyagumb%20%20et%20al%20planting%20date%20and%20yield%20southern%20Africa%20Agric%20Syst%202017.pdf>
*7. **Inaugural No-till show and Conference: A Vision for the Future. By
Brian Sims (2016).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/Brian%20Sims%20No-till%20show%20draft%201.pdf>
*8. **Agricultural Mechanization: A key input for sub-Saharan African
smallholders. By Brian Sims et al. Integrated Crop Management Vol. 23
(2016).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/Mechanization%20in%20Africa%20Sims%20et%20al.pdf>
*9. **The potential for companion cropping on UK arable farms. By Andrew
Howard. A Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust Report (2016).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/Andrew-Howard-report-2015.pdf>
*10. * *Up-dating Conservation Agriculture Database in AquaStat,
FAO. *
The CA land area database is updated periodically based on the feedback
received from our regular sources of information. These include: official
government sources, no-till associations, NGOs, national and international
research institutes, and informed individuals. The information is posted in
AquaStat. The latest figures (update 2013) can be seen at the FAO
CA-Website at (http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/6c.html).
*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
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URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca
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