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Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>
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Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 29 May 2015 18:51:45 +0100
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*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*

*for sustainable production intensification*

Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow Rattan Lal's message to me and his latest paper,
*Sequestering
carbon and increasing productivity by conservation agriculture* in which he
discusses the multiple benefits of CA. Note however, he has expanded his
concept of CA to four principles.

You will recall that CA-CoP is a global platform hosted by FAO and which
subscribes to CA with three linked principles (see attached slide from FAO
for the definition of CA and its three principles).

Scientists often want to add complexity to systems - note the complex
computer models we have today.  Our challenge though is to strive for
simplicity and isolate the key, unique characteristics that define a
system. The three CA principles achieve that as seen from CA's field
performance world-wide.

We recognize there is are management overlays on CA that also apply to
other production systems such as appropriate pest control and nutrient
management (the latter as suggested by Lal).  These management overlays are
implicit and present or required of all agricultural cropping systems, not
just CA. Stewardship or proper management is key to success in applying the
CA principles.

As Professor Lal states, “Soil stewardship and care must be embedded in
every fruit and vegetable eaten, in each grain ground into the bread
consumed, in every cup of water used, in every breath of air inhaled, and
in every scenic landscape cherished. It is precisely in this context that
CA is an important innovation and a mission for the 21st century.”

*Amir Kassam*

*Moderator*

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URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lal, Rattan <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sat, May 23, 2015 at 3:22 PM
Subject: New article: Sequestering carbon and increasing productivity by
conservation agriculture
To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>

  Dear Amir,

I have just published an article in the May/June issue of the Journal of
Soil and Water Conservation.Title of the article is “ Sequestering Carbon
and Increasing Productivity by Conservation Agriculture”.Link to the
article is given below:

>     http://www.jswconline.org/content/70/3/55A.full.pdf+html
>

 Please share this information with the group.

 Best regards

 Rattan Lal

>
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