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Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>
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*CA-CoP** **CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
**for sustainable production intensification*

*
*

*
Alert No. 31 (19 September 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?<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-31-13-09/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<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-31-13-09/KARI-SSSEA-ASSS-REGISTRATION%20FORM-080213.pdf>for
registration,



*2.      **Conservation Agriculture Equipment Manufacturers and Inputs
Suppliers Workshop; Diamond Jubilee Hall; Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania; 28-29
November 2013. ***

* *

*“Enhancing Farmers’ access to Conservation Agriculture Equipment Services”
*



The workshop intends to bring together stakeholders from within the Eastern
and Southern Africa countries (Angola, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, South
Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya
and Uganda) to establish the CA equipment supply chain players, the
services they provide, challenges faced and opportunities to unlock them to
foster growth in the sector through formation of a CoP. Specific emphasis
will be on the CA equipment manufacturers based in the sub-regions.

* *

*The workshop objectives include: *(i) To facilitate formation and
networking of a CoP for CA equipment manufacturers, suppliers and service
providers comprising CA equipment manufacturers, repair workshops,
importers, hire service providers, and financial institutions from East and
Southern Africa; (ii) To guide manufacturers on compliance to the
standards, principles and guidelines of clients (with reference to those of
FAO) for prequalifying to quality assurance by peers and international
tenders; (iii) To develop a practical roadmap for expanding the
development, manufacturing, supply, spare and repair servicing of CA
equipment and (iv) To Participate and create business opportunities through
the Tanzania Trade Fair.

*
For more information*, contact: [log in to unmask]

* *

*3.      **Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture (ACCA-1), 18-21
March 2014, Lusaka Zambia. *Registration now open



Purpose of the *First African Congress for Conservation Agriculture (1st
ACCA) *is to bring together key CA stakeholders, including farmers and
their organizations, from the continent to interact and co-own a permanent
CA knowledge and information sharing platform that takes into account the
needs of farmers and for increased benefits from CA technologies.

*
Themes: *

i. Growing more with less – the future of sustainable intensification

ii. Weather proofing agriculture - the adaption of farming practices to
address climate variability

iii. Increasing Conservation Agriculture adoption - how innovative
technology and approaches can drive greater adoption of conservation
systems around the world

*
Register at: *

*http://act-africa.org/events.php?com=68&com2=67&item=109#.Ud0UPaxp0xF*<http://act-africa.org/events.php?com=68&com2=67&item=109#.Ud0UPaxp0xF>
* *



*For more information: *Contact: *[log in to unmask]* <[log in to unmask]>
**



*4.      **Green Carbon Conference,** 1-3 April 2014, Brussels, Belgium*



The Conference is jointly organized by the European Conservation
Agriculture Federation (ECAF), and the French Institute for Sustainable
Agriculture (IAD) and promoted by the Life + AGRICARBON project.



Please find *attached<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-31-13-09/GCC_first-announcement.pdf>
* the Conference announcement where you can find the relevant information
regarding this event. The Conference website with further details is: *
www.greencarbon-ca.eu* <http://www.greencarbon-ca.eu/>



*5.      **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. Learn more at www.ctic.org/WCCA


The 6th WCCA announces registration is now open at:

https://www.ctic.org/registration/22/step/0/



Concurrent session tracks will explore the following areas of conservation
agriculture:



Track 1:     Growing with less – the future of sustainable intensification

Track 2:     Weatherproofing agriculture – the adaptation of farming
practices to address climate variability

Track 3:     Increasing conservation adoption – how innovative technology
and approaches can drive greater adoption of conservation systems around
the world.



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]

* *

*6.      **Feeding The Soil or Feeding The Cow.** *A documentary video
about Conservation Agriculture in Africa. Where and how can it work?
Produced by Greendocs (www.greendocs.nl). Made by Melchert Meijer zu
Schlochtern and Simone de Hek. Commissioned by The African Conservation
Tillage Network (ACT).**

http://act-africa.org/videos.php?com=60&vid=12**

* *

*7.      **Sustainable soil management is more than what and how crops are
grown.<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-31-13-09/Ch%2014%20Principles%20of%20SSMA.pdf>
** *By Amir Kassam, Gottlieb Basch, Theodor Friedrich, Francis Shaxson, Tom
Goddard, Telmo J. C. Amado, Bill Crabtree, Li Hongwen, Ivo Mello, Michele
Pisante, and Saidi Mkomwa. In: Lal, R. and Stewart, B. A. Principles of
Sustainable Soil Management in Agroecosystems. 2013. CRC Press, Taylor &
Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.**

* *

*8.      **Weed control in conservation agriculture systems of Zimbabwe:
Identifying economical best
strategies.<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-31-13-09/weed%20control%20strategies%20under%20CA%20in%20Zimbabwe.pdf>
* By Tarirai Muoni, Leonard Rusinamhodzi, Christian Thierfelder. Crop
Protection 53 (2013): 23-28 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2013.06.002
).**

* *

*9.      **Profitability and opportunity of Conservation Agriculture in
acid savannah grasslands of
Laos.<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-31-13-09/2013-Pascal,%20Laos-14735903.2013.806419.pdf>
** *By Pascal Lienhard, Khamkéo Panyasiri, Sengphanh Sayphoummie, Bounma
Leudphanane, Guillaume Lestrelin, Lucien Séguy & Florent Tivet.
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2013. DOI:
10.1080/14735903.2013.806419 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2013.806419
)

* *

*10.  **Soil organic carbon fraction losses upon continuous plow-based
tillage and its restoration by diverse biomass-C inputs under no-till in
sub-tropical and tropical regions of
Brazil.<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-31-13-09/2013-Article%20Florent-GEODER11368.pdf>
* By Florent Tivet, João Carlos de Moraes Sá, Rattan Lal, Paulo Rogério
Borszowskei, Clever Briedis, Josiane Bürkner dos Santos, Márcia Freire
Machado Sá, Daiani da Cruz Hartman, Guilherme Eurich, Anderson Farias,
Serge Bouzinac, Lucien Séguy. Geoderma 209–210 (2013) 214–225.**

(http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.06.008)



*11.  **Commercialization of Smallholders, Special Issue, Agriculture for
Development, Vol. 19, Summer 2013. Tropical Agriculture Association (TAA),
UK.<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-31-13-09/Ag4Dev19,_Web_version.pdf>
*

* *

*12.  **Restoring the soil: A Guide for Using Green Manure/Cover Crops to
improve the food security of smallholder
farmers.<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-31-13-09/Restoring%20the%20Soil.pdf>
** *By Roland Bunch. Canadia Foodgrains Bank. Winnipeg, Canada.**

*  *

*13.  **Sustainable Intensification: A New Paradigm for African
Agriculture. The Montpellier Panel, 2013.
London.<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-31-13-09/Montpellier%20Panel%20Report%202013%20-%20Sustainable%20Intensification%20-%20A%20New%20Paradigm%20for%20African%20Agriculture.pdf>
*

* *

*14.  **Partners in Research for Development: The Dryland Agriculture
Revolution.<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-31-13-09/ACIAR_Partners_Dryland_Farming_Winter_2013.pdf>
** *Partners Newsletter, Winter 2013. Australian Centre for International
Agricultural Research (ACIAR).**

* *

*15.  **Advance Course on Conservation Agriculture: Gateway for Productive
and Sustainable Cropping
Systems.<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-31-13-09/Advance%20Course%20on%20CA-Asia_CIMMYT.pdf>
** *Borlaug Institute for South Asia, Punjab Agricultural University and
CIMMYT.**

* *

*16.  **SANREM (Sustainable Agriculture and Natural resource Management)
Newsletter August
2013.<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-31-13-09/SANREM%20newsletter_aug%20(1).pdf>
*

* *

*17.  * *ACT Conservation Agriculture News Alert for August
2013<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-31-13-09/August%202013%20ACT%20News%20alert.pdf>
** *produced by African Conservation Tillage (ACT) Network. Contact Saidi
Mkomwa ([log in to unmask]), Executive Secretary, ACT. **

* *

*18.  **Two Wheel Tractor Newsletter July
2013<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-31-13-09/TWO%20WHEEL%20TRACTOR%20NEWSLETTER%20%20JULY%202013.pdf>
** *produced by R. Jeff Esdaile, Agricultural. Consultant, Tamworth, New
South Wales, Australia ([log in to unmask]).



*19.  **Up-dating Conservation Agriculture Data Base in AquaStat, FAO  *

 The CA land area data base is updated periodically based on the feedback
received from our regular sources of information and is posted in AquaStat.
The latest figures can be seen at the FAO CA-Website at (
http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/6c.html).



*We are updating the CA land area data base displayed in AquaStat (**
www.fao.org/ag/ca* <http://www.fao.org/ag/ca>*), and are contacting our
regular sources of information in the next few weeks. However, anyone else
who would like to provide information on the land area under CA systems at
the national level would be most welcome.*

* *

*Ideally, we would appreciate receiving from you the CA area information at
the sub-national level (by state, province or region), together with any
relevant historical information on adoption (such as when was CA
introduced; duration under CA – x ha under 3 yrs, y ha between 3 and 6 yrs,
z ha more than 6 yrs), cropping pattern, farm size, agro-ecology,
constraints, etc.   *

* *

*For the recording purpose please adhere to the reference quantification of
the CA definition on the FAO-CA website
(**http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/6c.html*<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 for seeding
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. Area under strip tillage can
be included only if the disturbed area is less than the above set limits.*

* *

*2. Maintenance of organic soil cover: Three categories are distinguished:
30-60%, >60-90% and >90% ground cover, measured immediately after the
direct seeding/planting operation. For this data base, area with less than
30% cover is not considered as being under CA.*

* *

*3. Crop rotation/association: Rotation/association should involve at least
3 different crops. However, repetitive wheat or maize or rice cropping that
meets requirements 1 and 2 above 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). No-till area by crop will
not be recorded to avoid double recording of the same land area.*

*Area under perennial crop systems including orchards and permanent
pastures will be recorded separately. If there is CA land area under
perennial crop systems in the country, please include the information as
separate categories at the sub-national level (by state, province or
region), together with any relevant historical information on adoption
(such as when was CA introduced; duration under CA – x ha under 3 yrs, y ha
between 3 to 6 yrs, z ha more than 6 yrs), cropping pattern, farm size,
agro-ecology, constraints, etc.*

* *

*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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