*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable agriculture and land management*
Dear Subscribers,
Please see the 2nd announcement on the 8the World Congress on Conservation
Agriculture at:
http://8wcca.org/2nd-announcement/
*2nd Announcement *
*Programme *
We would kindly like to bring to your attention the outline of the 8WCCA
programme. The first day of the Congress consists of various opening
speeches in the plenary followed by a keynote speech on Benefits of CA to
farmers, society and environment. This will be followed in the plenary by a
farmers session, a private sector session and a public sector and civil
society session. In the evening there will be an official Congress
Reception.
The second day comprises two parallel sessions addressing the two
sub-themes: I) Successful experiences and learnings from Conservation
Agriculture worldwide; and II) Farm and ecosystem level benefits of CA
systems to society and environment. In the evening the attendees will be
given the opportunity to visit the farm of the honorary president of SWISS
NO-TILL and enjoy a delicious Swiss dinner.
The third day of the Congress comprises two parallel sessions on subthemes:
III) Mainstreaming of CA with national policy and institutional support and
for global governance to support national and international needs and
commitments; and IV) Promoting CA-based knowledge and innovation systems
and information sharing and communication The day will end with a Congress
closing session. In the evening Congress participants can choose to visit
the long-term field trial «Oberacker».
On the second and third day, Congress participants, institutions and
companies will have an opportunity to hold additional stakeholder sessions
on a need and demand basis. Requests for additional sessions should be
submitted to the organizers in advance so that required facilities can be
organized.
The Congress will end with a Field Day on the fourth day which will take
place on a CA farm close to the city of Bern.
Morer at:
http://8wcca.org/2nd-announcement/
*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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