*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable agriculture and land management*
Dear Subscribers,
Please see a self-explanatory message from James Ellison, Advisor to TECAS
(Training & Extension for Conservation Agriculture in the Savannahs) in
Ghana regarding an information video that has been made by GIZ, as part of
the EU’s “Productive Investments for Agriculture in Savannahs” Programme in
Ghana, to help introduce Conservation Agriculture to farmers in the
savannahs of northern Ghana and to show how CA has been put to practice for
maize production by some early adopters.
Thank you James for sharing.
*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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From: Ellison, James GIZ GH <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 11:28
Subject: Video: CA in the savannahs of northern Ghana
To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Dear Amir,
I hope this finds you well. Our programme would like to share a video from
Ghana with the CA-COP.
As part of the EU’s “Productive Investments for Agriculture in Savannahs”
Programme in Ghana, GIZ has produced an informational video to help
introduce Conservation Agriculture to farmers in the savannahs of northern
Ghana and to show how CA has been put to practice for maize production by
some early adopters. Viewers should note that conventional land preparation
in northern Ghana is mechanized (disc plough) in many areas and that
efforts are being made to increase supply and demand for ripping (since
several years) and direct planting (starting this year) tractor services.
We hope you enjoy the rainy and dry season aerial footage captured
throughout the 2018 season.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEeqQIKxXaU
Cheers,
James
*James Ellison*
*Advisor to TECAS (Training & Extension for Conservation Agriculture in the
Savannahs), a social enterprise*
*Market Oriented Agriculture Programme (MOAP)*
*Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH*
*Regional Department of Agriculture*
*Wa, Upper West Region, Ghana*
*M: +233 55 675 7466 / **+233 50 688 6279*
*E: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> *
*I: **www.giz.de <http://www.giz.de/>*
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