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*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*

*for sustainable agriculture and land management*

Dear Subscribers,`

Please herebelow an announcement from the Conservation Technology
Information Centre (CTIC) regarding
their new conservation information website.

CTIC has been a strategic partner in the US and have been instrumental in
creating CASA (Conservation Agriculture Systems Alliance across North
America) and also organizing the 6th World Congress on Conservation
Agriculture which was held in Winnipeg, Canada in 2014.

We hope that CTIC will continue to be an active part of the Global CA
community.

Apologies for any cross-posting.

*Amir Kassam *

*Moderator*

*Global CA-CoP*

e-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca



*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 much 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 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 and Minimum Tillage
are not Conservation Agriculture, and nor is No-Till on its own* (more at:
www.fao.org/ag/ca).

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From: Conservation Technology Information Center <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 7:11 PM
Subject: CTIC Launches New Conservation Information Website
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View in browser <https://ctic.org/site/newsletter/?id=11>

*CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION CENTER (CTIC) LAUNCHES NEW *
*CONSERVATION INFORMATION WEBSITE*

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana (December 12, 2018)—The Conservation Technology
Information Center (CTIC), a clearinghouse of information on conservation
farming practices, has launched its brand-new website at www.ctic.org
<https://ctic.org/admin/newsletters/links/read?token=5RBF5HKUWB&rec=9451>.
The easy-to-search, simple-to-navigate site contains thousands of documents
and links to information on conservation farming systems. Among the
highlights are:


   - A searchable database from the Operational Tillage Information System
   (OpTIS)
   <https://ctic.org/admin/newsletters/links/read?token=6QJDUCUJTU&rec=9451>,
   which uses satellite imagery to provide detailed data on tillage practices
   and cover crops at the county or watershed (HUC-8) scale;
   - Cover crop insight, including details of the economic and
   environmental benefits of cover crops
   <https://ctic.org/admin/newsletters/links/read?token=M9YK8EO4CZ&rec=9451>
   and the results of five annual farmer surveys
   <https://ctic.org/admin/newsletters/links/read?token=73NLXRN8QE&rec=9451>
   on cover crop use;
   - Tips on organizing watershed groups
   <https://ctic.org/admin/newsletters/links/read?token=V4CVP5ZOFX&rec=9451>
   and multi-stakeholder conservation efforts, including tips, analysis of
   knowledge transfer, and ideas for creating effective demonstration plots;
   - Real-world perspective on conservation farming practices and systems
   that help farmers build profitability and protect the quality of their
   soil, water and the air we breathe.


CTIC's interim executive director, Dave Gustafson, points out that creating
a new www.ctic.org site is central to the Center's mission.

"For more than 30 years, CTIC has gathered and shared the latest
information on practices that can help farmers build their soils, reduce
their costs, and farm in ways that are more economically sustainable and
environmentally beneficial," Gustafson says. "Information is at the heart
of our Inform, Connect, Champion credo. We've brought together the leading
experts from farms, universities, government agencies, agribusiness and the
non-profit world and created a one-stop shop for the insight that they have
all brought to the table."

Gustafson adds that the internet offers a perfect tool for CTIC's
information-sharing efforts.

"Back in the early '90s, before the world wide web and browsers, we were
trying to craft systems that would use dial-in messaging capabilities of
the time to allow people to find the information they were looking for on
no-till and crop residue management," he notes. "At the time, it was
cutting edge, though now it seems so primitive. Today, we can use the web
to deliver documents, videos, data—anything people could want to know about
conservation systems. It's the perfect time for us to create a new site and
put people in touch with our treasure trove of information."

#     #     #

The Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) is a national
public-private partnership that includes farmers, policy makers,
regulators, academic researchers, agribusiness leaders, conservation group
personnel, farm media and others. CTIC's mission is to champion, promote
and provide information on technologies and sustainable agricultural
systems that conserve and enhance soil, water, air and wildlife resources
and are productive and profitable. CTIC is supported in part by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service, and other public entities.


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