*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable agriculture and land management*
Dear Subscribers,
The European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF) and Swiss No-Till
(SNT) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and
the African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT) are organizing the 8th World
Comngress (8WCCA) to be held in Bern, Switzerland from 29 June to 2 July
2020.
At CoP25, the Global Conservation Agriculture Community of Practice (Global
CA-CoP) will be officially represented by ECAF Secretariat led by Mr. Julio
Roman ([log in to unmask]). This arrangement also applies in the 4 per 1000
programme, including in its poster session, and the the 4 per 1000 sessions
on the 11 December. ECAF, ACT and Global CA-CoP organizations are members
of 4 per1000 initiative.
At COP 25, Mr. Julio Roman will present a poster and a flyer (attached)
announcing the details of the 8th World Congress on Conservation
Agriculture (8WCCA). Registration and Abstract submission details are now
available on the 8WCCA website. www.8wcca.org
World Congress Theme -- *The Future of Farming: Profitable and Sustainable
Farming with Conservation Agriculture*
*Sub-themes* 1: Successful experiences and learnings from Conservation
Agriculture worldwide. 2: Farm and ecosystem level benefits of CA systems
to society and environment. 3: Mainstreaming of CA with national policy and
institutional support and for global governance to support national and
international needs and commitments. 4: Promoting CA-based knowledge and
innovation systems and information sharing and communication.
*Programme --* Monday, 29th June: Sessions: Opening, Farmer, Private
sector, Public Sector and Civil Society Session. Tuesday, 30th June &
Wednesday, 1st July: Scientifics sessions. Thursday, 2nd July: Field Day –
Visit to a CA farm.
Registration and Abstract submission details are now available on the 8WCCA
website. www.8wcca.org
Contact: [log in to unmask]
*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
*Global CA-CoP*
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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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