*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable production intensification *
* Alert No. 44 (4 March 2016) *
*1. **Proline content as a stress indicator to quantify
conservation* *agriculture
effect in wheat crop**. By Brijesh Kumar et al. **Res. on Crops 16 (3):
422-431 (2015) (doi:10.5958/2348-7542.2015.00058.3).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2044/Prolin%20content%20ROC%20%20422-431%5B1%5D.pdf>
*2. **Sustainable intensification opportunities under current and
future cereal system in North-West India. By P.C. Sharma et al. ICAR
Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Haryana, India (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2044/CSISA%20Bulletin%20Final.pdf>
*3. **Conservation agriculture in an irrigated cotton–wheat system of
the* *western Indo-Gangetic Plains: Crop and water productivity and
economic profitability. By T.K Das et al. Field Crops Research 158: 24-33
(2014).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2044/Cotton-Wheat%20CA_FCR%202014.pdf>
*4. **Integration of conservation agriculture with best
management* *practices
for improving system performance of the rice–wheat rotation* *in the
Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains of India. By Ranjan Laik et al. Agriculture,
Ecosystems and Environment 195: 68-82 (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2044/200.%20Liak%20et%20al%20AEA%202014%20on-line.pdf>
*5. **Fire-free fallow management by mechanized chopping of biomass for
sustainable agriculture in Eastern Amazon: Effects of soil compactness,
porosity, and water retention and availability. By **José Miguel Reichert
et al. Land Degradation and Development (2015) (doi: 10.1002/ldr.2395).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2044/C_2015_Reichert%20et%20al.,%202015-FIRE-FREE%20FALLOW%20MANAGEMENT%20BY%20MECHANIZED%20CHOPPING%20OF%20BIOMASS%20FOR%20SUSTAINABLE%20AGRICULTURE%20IN%20EASTERN%20AMAZON-1.pdf>
*6. **Are Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems productive and
profitable options for smallholder farmers in different agro-ecoregions of
Zimbabwe? By W. Mupangwa et al. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
(2016) (doi:10.1017/S1742170516000041).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2044/Mupangwa%20et%20al.2016.Are%20CA%20systems%20more%20productive%20and%20profitable.pdf>
*7. **Evaluating manual conservation agriculture systems in southern
Africa. By Christian Thierfelder et al. Agriculture, Ecosystems and
Environment 222: 112–124 (2016).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2044/Thierfelder%20et%20al.%202016.%20Evaluating%20manual%20CA%20systems.%20AEE.pdf>
*8. **Mechanized land preparation in eastern* *Amazon in fire-free
forest-based fallow* *systems as alternatives to slash-and-burn* *practices:
Hydraulic and mechanical soil* *properties. By Jose Miguel Reichert et al.
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2014) (doi:
10.1016/j.agee.2014.03.046).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2044/2014_Reichert%20et%20al.,%202014%20-%20Mechanized%20land%20preparation.pdf>
*9. **Fragmentation, fiber separation, decomposition, and nutrient
release* *of secondary-forest biomass, mechanically chopped-and-mulched,
and* *cassava production in the Amazon. By José Miguel Reichert et al.
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 204: 8-16 (2015*).
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2044/C_2015_Reichert%20et%20al.,%202015%20-%20Fragmentation,%20fiber%20separation,%20and%20release%20of%20secondary-forest%20biomass.pdf>
*10. * *Fire-free fallow management by mechanized chopping of
biomass for sustainable agriculture in eastern Amazon: Effects on soil
compactness, porosity and water retention and availability. By José Miguel
Reichert et al. Land Degradation and Development (2015) (doi:
10.1002/ldr.2395).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2044/AgroEnviron2016_First-Announcement.pdf>
*11. * *Agronomic improvements can make future cereal systems in
South Asia far more productive and result in a lower environmental
footprint. By Jagdish Kumar Ladha et al. Global Change Biology (2015) (doi:
10.1111/gcb.13143).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2044/Global_Change_Biology%5B1%5D%5B1%5D.pdf>
*12. * *Does conservation agriculture deliver climate change
mitigation through soil carbon sequestration in** tropical agro-ecosystems?
By David S. Powlson et al. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 220:
164–174 (2016).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2044/Powlson%20et%20al%20AGEE%20CA%20&%20SOC%202016.pdf>
*13. **Versatile Strip Seed Drill: A 2-Wheel Tractor-Based
Option for Smallholders to Implement Conservation Agriculture in Asia and
Africa. By Md. Enamul Haque et al. Environments 3:1-13 (2016)
(doi:10.3390/environments3010001).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2044/Enamul%20Strip%20Drill%20environments-03-00001.pdf>
*14. * *Save and Grow in Practice: Maize, Rice and Wheat – A
Guide to Sustainable Production. FAO, Rome (2016).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2044/Save%20&%20Grow%20in%20Practice.pdf>
*15. * *Conservation Agriculture in Irrigated Areas of
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. By Aziz Nurbekov et al. ICARDA
Working Paper 26 (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2044/Aziz%20Nurbekov%20CA%20in%20Uz%20Ky%20Az.pdf>
*16. * *Fighting Microbes with Microbes Doctors turn to good
microbes to fight disease. Will the same strategy work with crops? By Amy
Coombs. The Scientist January 2013.*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2044/Fighting%20Microbes%20with%20Microbes%20_%20The%20Scientist%20Magazine-%AB.pdf>
*17. * *Zero tillage – The voice of farmers. R.K.Malik et al.
Directorate of Extension CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar,
India.*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2044/Zero%20Tillage%20-%20The%20Voice%20of%20Famrers.pdf>
*18. * *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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