*CA-CoP** **CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
**for sustainable production intensification*
* Alert No. 29 (30 April 2013)
** ***
*1. **Transforming Rural Livelihoods in Africa: How can land and water
management contribute to enhanced food security and address climate change
adaptation and mitigation?*<file:///Z:/CA-CoP-L-28-13-03/KARI-SSSEA-ASSS-SECOND%20CALL%20FOR%20PAPERS-080213.pdf>
* Nakuru, Kenya 20-25 October 2013*
The Soil Science Society of East Africa (SSSEA) in collaboration with
African Soil Science Society (ASSS) invite participation at a conference
intended to critically analyze Land and Water Management (LWM)
technologies, innovative products and services; and strategies benefiting
small-scale agriculture in Africa. This will be the 6th ASSS Conference. A
particular focus of this joint conference deals with the contribution of
LWM in the Agricultural Production Value Chains, addressing threats and
opportunities associated with climate change, and scaling up of proven
technologies for transformational impact on the livelihoods of African
small-scale farmers. In addition, land use planning and policy will be
addressed during this conference. In line with the Comprehensive Africa
Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP’s) goal of eliminating hunger and
reducing poverty through agriculture, the conference touches on the pillars
relating to sustainable land management; market access; increasing food
supply and reducing hunger
* **Theme*
*Transforming Rural Livelihoods in Africa: How can land and water
management contribute to enhanced food security and address climate change
adaptation and mitigation?*
For further information: Barrack Okoba ([log in to unmask])
Please see the attached<file:///Z:/CA-CoP-L-28-13-03/KARI-SSSEA-ASSS-REGISTRATION%20FORM-080213.pdf>
* *for registration,* *
*2. **Conference on Conservation Agriculture for Smallholders in Asia
and Africa,*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-26-12-11/CA%20Bangladesh%20Meet.pdf>
* Bangladesh, 8-13 December 2013*
Themes for the conference are – i) Machinery: Design and development of
CA-based crop establishment and herbicide spraying machinery, implements,
tools for smallholders,; ii) Weed management: Suitable weed management
options (chemical, mechanical, crop rotation and biological); iii) Soil,
water and agronomy; iv) Commercialization: adoption and continuous
improvement of CA-based technologies; and v) Policy and institutional
framework for the adoption of CA.
For further information and expression of interests: Richard Bell (
[log in to unmask]) or Enamul Haque ([log in to unmask])
*3. **Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture (ACCA),** 18-21
March 2014. ***
ACT, the pan-African network of conservation agriculture (CA) stakeholders,
is pioneering the coming together of practitioners in the continent through
the Africa Conservation Agriculture Congress (ACCA) – this time with a
difference! It will bring together and broker, together with partners,
private sector investors (including small and medium farmers) with
individual farmers, farmer’s organizations and cooperatives. Policy makers,
scientists and the media will participate, however in advisory role
capacity to facilitate reaching service provision along the whole value
chain revolving around CA. ACCA is aiming at expanding the focus in
promotion of conservation agriculture initiatives in Africa. The congress
will encourage CA practitioners and researchers to address new research
questions that will move the CA agenda beyond crop productivity and the
catchment level to the wider global agricultural systems.
* Venue: **Lusaka, Zambia*
*Dates: **18 – 21st March 2014*
*
Organizers: ACT, FAO, CIMMYT and AU-NEPAD in partnership with COMESA,
NORAD, CIRAD and the EU.
*
For more information, contact: *[log in to unmask]***
* **4. **6th World Congress of Conservation Agriculture to be held
June 22-26, 2014, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada*
The 6th World Congress of Conservation Agriculture will be held June 22-26,
2014, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. See the
flyer<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-26-12-11/6th%20World%20Congress%20of%20Conservation%20Agriculture%20(2).pdf>and
learn more at
www.ctic.org/WCCA
Direct your inquiries to:
Karen A. Scanlon
Conservation Technology Information Center
3495 Kent Avenue, Suite J100
West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA
Tel: 765-494-2238
Fax: 765-463-4106
Email: [log in to unmask]
*5. **No-Till” Farming Is a Growing
Practice.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-29-13-04/No-till%20USA-eib70.pdf>By
John Horowitz, Robert Ebel, Kohei Ueda. Economic
Information Bulletin Number 70. November 2010. Economic Research Service.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
*6. **Sustainable intensification in African
agriculture.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-29-13-04/Pretty%20SI%20in%20Africa.pdf>
* *By Jules Pretty, Camilla Toulmin and Stella Williams. International
Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 9(1): 5-24. 2011) (
http://dx.doi.org/10.3763/ijas.2010.0583)
*7. **Ecosystem Services in Biologically Diversified versus Conventional
Farming Systems: Benefits, Externalities, and
Trade-Offs.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-29-13-04/ecosyst%20services%20in%20bio%20divers%20vs%20conventionl%20farming%20systems.pdf>
* *By Claire Kremen and Albie Miles. *Ecology and Society* *17*(4): 40.
2012. (http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-05035-170440)
*8. **Making Farming
Sustainable*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-29-13-04/Frederic%20EU%20farmers%20NT%20and%20cover%20crop13_1_FW_GB_4c%202013.pdf>
*. *By Dierk Jensen, Jean-Claude Hiron, Adrien Leroy, Jens Madsen, César
Marcos. *The Furrow* 1: 15-18. 2013.
*9. **A forward look: water governance for agriculture and food in ACP
countries.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-29-13-04/KnowledgeforDevelopmentNewsletter-March2013.pdf>
* *By Norman Uphoff. 2013. CTA Knowledge for Development. March 2013
Newsletter.*
*
http://knowledge.cta.int/en/content/view/full/17690?utm_source=K4DNewsletterEN&utmmedium=Link&utm_campaign=K4D_EN_March2013
*10. **Nourishing the World Sustainably: Scaling Up Agroecology.**
*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-29-13-04/2012_10_ScalingUpAgroecology_WEB_.pdf>
* *By Miguel Altieri et al. 2012. Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance. Geneva,
Switzerland. 47 pp.
*11. **Farm mechanization & conservation agriculture for
sustainable<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-29-13-04/e-Informa1836.pdf>
**intensification project
launched<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-29-13-04/e-Informa1836.pdf>
*. CIMMYT *Informa* No. 1836, 22 March to 5 April 2103.
*12. **Conservation Agriculture in Central Asia: A bumpy road to food
security?*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-29-13-04/e-Informa1839-CA%20in%20Central%20Asia.pdf>CIMMYT
*Informa* 1839, 19-26 April 2013
*13. **Water-saving techniques salvage wheat in drought-stricken Kazakhstan
*<http://www.cimmyt.org/en/what-we-do/wheat-research/item/water-saving-techniques-salvage-wheat-in-drought-stricken-kazakhstan>
* *on Thursday, 21 March 2013. Posted in *Wheat
research*<http://www.cimmyt.org/en/what-we-do/wheat-research>
, *Asia <http://www.cimmyt.org/en/where-we-work/asia>*
*14. **Two Wheel Tractor Newsletter **March**
2013*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-29-13-04/TWO%20WHEEL%20TRACTOR%20NEWSLETTER%20%20MARCH%202013%20(1).pdf>
* and **April 2013*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-29-13-04/TWO%20WHEEL%20TRACTOR%20NEWSLETTER%20APRIL%202013.pdf>
*.* Produced by R. Jeff Esdaile, Agricultural. Consultant, Tamworth, New
South Wales, Australia ([log in to unmask]).
*15. **Up-dated Conservation Agriculture Data Base in AquaStat, FAO *
The CA land area data base has been updated based on the feedback received
from our regular sources of information and has been posted in AquaStat.
The latest figures can be seen at the FAO CA-Website at (
http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/6c.html).
However, updating of the data base is an ongoing process, and anyone who
would like to provide information on the land area under CA systems at the
national level is most welcome to do anytime. Ideally, we would appreciate
receiving the CA area information at the sub-national level, together with
any relevant historical information on adoption, cropping pattern, farm
size, agro-ecology, constraints, etc.
For the recording of area under CA, please adhere to the quantification of
the CA definition on the FAO-CA website: http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/6c.html
*1. Minimum Soil Disturbance: Minimum soil disturbance refers **to low
disturbance no-tillage and direct seeding. The disturbed area must be less
than 15 cm wide or less than 25% of the cropped area (whichever is lower).
There should be no periodic tillage that disturbs a greater area than the
aforementioned limits. Strip tillage is allowed if the disturbed area is
less than the set limits.*
* 2. Organic soil cover: Three categories are distinguished: 30-60%,
>60-90% and >90% ground cover, measured immediately after the direct
seeding operation. Area with less than 30% cover is not considered as CA.*
* 3. Crop rotation/association: Rotations/associations should involve at
least 3 different crops. However, repetitive wheat or maize cropping is not
an exclusion factor for the purpose of this data collection, but
rotation/association is recorded where practiced.*
*We would further like* to stress that the database counts actual land area
under annual crops with CA (permanent no-till). Area under perennial crops
will be recorded separately. No-till area by crop will not be recorded to
avoid double recording of the same land area.* ***
*Amir Kassam
**Moderator*
Plant Production and Protection Division
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome
Italy
Tel: +39-06-5705-6375
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca
*Save and Grow
*
*Sustainable Crop Production Intensification*
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