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

*for sustainable production intensification

*

*Alert No. 25 (19 September 2012)

***

*1.      **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. See the
flyer<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-25-12-09/6th%20World%20Congress%20of%20Conservation%20Agriculture%20(2).pdf>and
learn more at
www.ctic.org/WCCA

Direct your inquiries to:

Karen A. Scanlon

Conservation Technology Information Center

3495 Kent Avenue, Suite J100

West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA

T: 765-494-2238

F: 765-463-4106

E: [log in to unmask]



*2.      **International Conference to mark 20 years of work on CA in
China*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-25-12-09/CA-China%2020th%20Year-%20announcement.pdf>
*, 19-21 November 2012 at Beijing*



2012 is the 20th year of work on Conservation Agriculture in the People’s
Republic of China. Conservation Tillage Research Centre, Ministry of
Agriculture (CTRC), China Agricultural University (CAU), the Shanxi
Agricultural Mechanization Bureau (SAMB), the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) and the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering
(CSAE) will organize an international conference from 19-21 November 2012
at Beijing, China, to mark 20 years of work on CA in China. The
announcement for the Conference and Call for Papers is attached and more
details can be found at: http://www.cn-ct.net/donet/english/En_index.aspx(or
http://www.cn-ct.net/)

 **

*3.      **Third International Agronomy Congress on “Agriculture
Diversification, Climate Change Management and Livelihoods” at New Delhi
during November 26–30, 2012***



The Indian Society of Agronomy in collaboration with Indian Council of
Agricultural Research (ICAR), National Academy of Agricultural Sciences
(NAAS), Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), American Society of
Agronomy (ASA) and Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS),
New Delhi shall be organizing the Third International Agronomy Congress on “
*Agriculture Diversification, Climate Change Management and Livelihoods*”,
at New Delhi during November 26–30, 2012. The first & Second circular of
the Congress are available on Indian Society of Agronomy (ISA) website:
www.isa-india.in. (Copy of the second circular is attached for ready
reference).  The theme of the Congress will be addressed through 10
symposia, of which one pertains to *“Best management practices with
conservation agriculture”

*

*4.      **Third International Conference on Conservation Agriculture in
South East Asia, Hanoi, 10-15 December 2012.  *



CIRAD<http://www.cirad.fr/en/who-are-we/cirad-worldwide/continental-southeast-asia/in-a-nutshell>
 and NOMAFSI <http://www.nomafsi.com.vn/> as part of the Conservation
Agriculture Network for Southeast Asia (CANSEA <http://cansea.org.vn/>) and
the University of Queensland <http://www.uq.edu.au/> are delighted to
invite scientists, development and extension workers, policy-makers, and
graduate / post-graduate students to attend and contribute to the 3rd
International Conference on Conservation Agriculture in Southeast Asia
which will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam on 10th-15th December 2012. Conference
title is: "*Conservation Agriculture and Sustainable Upland Livelihood
: Innovations for, with and by Farmers to Adapt to Local and Global Changes"
*. Attached is the Call for Papers, with more information is available at
www.conservation-agriculture2012.org

* *

*5.      **T**he next Australian Controlled Traffic Farming Association
(ACTFA) conference will be in Toowoomba, Queensland on 25-27 February
2013.  ***



To express your interest and to be kept informed *please click
*<https://eir.eventsinteractive.com/ei/getdemo.ei?id=9810008000135&s=_EWS114AHC>
*here*<https://eir.eventsinteractive.com/ei/getdemo.ei?id=9810008000135&s=_EWS114AHC>
*  *and complete the brief Expression of Interest form.

*Contact*: Sally  Brown (Email
sally.brown@sallybcc<[log in to unmask]>
.com.au <[log in to unmask]>)

On behalf of the ACTFA 2013 Organising Committee* *
www.conferenceconnections.com.au
* ***

*6.      **Conference on Conservation Agriculture for Smallholders in Asia
and Africa*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-25-12-09/CA%20Bangladesh%20Meet.pdf>
*, Bangladesh, 8-13 December 2013*



Themes for the conference are – i) Machinery: Design and development of
CA-based crop establishment and herbicide spraying machinery, implements,
tools for smallholders,; ii) Weed management: Suitable weed management
options (chemical, mechanical, crop rotation and biological); iii) Soil,
water and agronomy; iv) Commercialisation: adoption and continuous
improvement of CA-based technologies; and v) Policy and institutional
framework for the adoption of CA.


For further information and expression of interests: Richard Bell (
[log in to unmask]) or Enamul Haque ([log in to unmask])



*7.      **WBI-TerrAfrica New learning video on CA - How did Zambia scale
it up?*

* *

The Climate Change Unit of the World Bank Institute and TerrAfrica have
produced a learning video on CA, available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWTnH1cHWWw

Comments are welcome and should be sent to:

Ms. Mei Xie, Ph.D.
Climate Change Unit
World Bank Institute (WBI-CC)
World Bank, Washington DC
Tel. 202-458-8851

* ***

*8.      **Conservation agriculture systems for Malawian smallholder
farmers: long-term effects on crop productivity, profitability and soil
quality*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-25-12-09/Malawi%20CA.pdf>
*.** *By Amos Robert Ngwira, Christian Thierfelder and Dayton M. Lambert.
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems / *FirstView *Article / August 2012,
pp 1-14. DOI: 10.1017/S1742170512000257.**

* *

*9.      **Reaping the benefits of no-tillage
farming*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-25-12-09/Buffet__2012.pdf>
*.** *By Howard Buffet. Nature, Vol. 484, page 455,  26 APRIL 2012



*10.  **Methane emission from soil under long-term no-till cropping
systems*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-25-12-09/Methane_emissions_and_no-till.pdf>
*.* By Cimélio Bayer, Juliana Gomes, Frederico Costa Beber Vieira, Josiléia
Accordi Zanatta, Marisa de Cássia Piccolo and Jeferson Dieckow. Soil &
Tillage Research 124 (2012) 1–7.



*11.  **Impact of tillage on runoff in long term no-till wheat
systems*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-25-12-09/tillage_and_runoff.pdf>
. By P.B. DeLaune and J.W. Sij. Soil & Tillage Research 124 (2012) 32–35.



*12.  **Crop yield and weed growth under conservation agriculture in
semi-arid<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-25-12-09/Yields_in_CA-weed.pdf>
*

*Zimbabwe<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-25-12-09/Yields_in_CA-weed.pdf>
**.* By Nester Mashingaidze, Casper Madakadze, Stephen Twomlow, Justice
Nyamangara and Lewis Hove. Soil & Tillage Research 124 (2012) 102–110.

* *

*13.  **Conservation Agriculture in the Semi-Arid Tropics: Prospects and
Problems.** By R.A. *Jat, S.P. Wani and K.L. Sahrawat. * Advances in
Agronomy** * 117. *DOI*:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-394278-4.00004-0

* *

*14.  **No-till farming and the environment: Do no-till systems require
more chemicals*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-25-12-09/No-till_and_inputs.pdf>
*? *By Theodor Friedrich and Amir Kassam. Outlooks on Pest Management,
August 2012. pp. 153-157. DOI: 10.1564/23aug02**

* *

*15.  **An ecologically sustainable approach to agricultural production
intensification: Global perspectives and developments*. By Amir Kassam and
Theodor Friedrich. Field Action Science Reports, Special Issue 6 | 2012
Reconciling Poverty Eradication and Protection of the Environment.
http://factsreports.revues.org/1382**

* *

*16.  **Harnessing on-farm and landscape ecosystem services from
agriculture in Brazil and
Canada*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-25-12-09/PosterVienneLight.pdf>
*. *By Amir Kassam,  Ivo Mello, Tom Goddard,  Theodor Friedrich, Herbert
Bartz and Francois Laurent. A poster presented at the International
Symposium on Managing Soils for Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation
and Mitigation held at IAEA, Vienna, Austria 23-27 July 2012.

* *

*17.  **A** video of the hand operated direct seeder known as the Li Seeder
is now on YouTube and available at this web address*:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k92gQSFm31U**

* *

*18.  **Two Wheel Tractor Newsletter September
2012*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-25-12-09/TWO%20WHEEL%20TRACTOR%20NEWSLETTER%20%20September%202012.pdf>
*.** *Produced by R. Jeff Esdaile, Agricultural. Consultant, Tamworth, New
South Wales, Australia.



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

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

However, updating of the data base is an ongoing process, and anyone who
would like to provide information on the land area under CA systems at the
national level is most welcome to do anytime. Ideally, we would appreciate
receiving the CA area information at the sub-national level, together with
any relevant historical information on adoption, cropping pattern, farm
size, agro-ecology, constraints, etc.


For the recording of area under CA, please adhere to the quantification of
the CA definition on the FAO-CA website: 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 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. Strip tillage is allowed if the disturbed area is
less than the set limits.*

*2. Organic soil cover: Three categories are distinguished: 30-60%, >60-90%
and >90% ground cover, measured immediately after the direct seeding
operation. Area with less than 30% cover is not considered as CA. *

*3. Crop rotation/association: Rotations/associations should involve at
least 3 different crops. However, repetitive wheat or maize cropping 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). Area under perennial crops
will be recorded separately. No-till area by crop will not be recorded to
avoid double recording of the same land area.* ***

*
*

*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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