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

*for sustainable agriculture and land management*
Dear Subscribers,

Please see a self-explanatory message from Sandra Corsi from the Plant
Production and Protect Division, FAO, Rome, regarding online seminars
(webinars) to present learnings of different countries in which
Conservation Agriculture is practiced.

*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: Corsi, Sandra (AGPM) <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 at 14:53
Subject: Webinar | 19 July 2019 12:00-13:00 Rome time | join online
To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear Amir,


In collaboration with the FAO Technical Network on Sustainable Crop
Production and Agroecology, we are organizing a series of online seminars
(webinars) to present learnings of different countries in which
Conservation Agriculture is practiced.

The first one is called “*Implementing the Save and Grow Approach in Zambia
- Systems for Sustainable Crop Production Intensification*”. It will be
held on *Friday, 19* July 2019 from *12:00 to 13:00* (*Rome Time* – CEST)
and is accessible online at this link
<https://fao.adobeconnect.com/_a1026619000/r929xdc9nkvl/>. Please find
below a brief description of the webinar.

We believe that it will be of interest for the Global CA-CoP members and we
would like to invite all those interested to join online
<https://fao.adobeconnect.com/_a1026619000/r929xdc9nkvl/> and participate
actively in the discussion.



Thanks for your kind support,


Sandra




*Webinar: *Producing climate-smart food is possible for any farmer,
including smallholder and resource poor ones.

Conservation Agriculture, that helps increase the productivity of land and
water, also helps mitigate the impacts of climate change as well as its
causes.

Linking sustainable production to markets is a way to create traction for
agronomic practices conducive to a viable management of the farm and a
climate-smart stewardship of the environment.

This webinar presents an overview of the activities and the learning of two
ongoing German-funded projects implemented in Zambia: *Implementing the
Save and Grow approach* and *Climate-Smart Crop and mechanization systems
Scaling-up*.




*Speaker: *Sebastian Scott, Grassroots Trust

Sebastian Scott works as agriculture advisor to Grassroots Trust, a small
Zambian NGO focusing on improving natural resource management. He has been
carrying out independent research into sustainable agriculture for the past
22 years. He set up his own research farm in Kafue, where he experiments
with rainfed field and horticulture crops and livestock. The main focus of
his research is to develop sustainable and profitable food production
systems for small and medium farms in the region. In general this goal is
achieved by utilising available resources as efficiently as possible to
avoid the need for expensive external inputs.











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*Sandra Corsi*

Conservation Agriculture Officer



Coordinator

*Implementing the Save and Grow Approach*
<http://www.fao.org/sustainable-agricultural-mechanization/strategies/save-and-grow/en/>
*Climate-Smart Crop and mecahinsation systems Scaling-up*

Plant Production and Protection Division
<http://www.fao.org/agriculture/plant-production-and-protection/en/>
Rural and Urban Crop Systems Team

Room C790, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome
Tel: (+39)0657056163 - Skype: sandra.costanza.corsi

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