*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable agriculture and land managemen*
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Please see herebelow the latest issue of News from SARE Outreach, with a
free download of *Cover Crop Ecosystem Services*.
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*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
*Global CA-CoP*
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*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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Free Fact Sheets Identify Broad Benefits of Cover Crops
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Free Fact Sheets Identify Broad Benefits of Cover Crops
Along with cutting costs and increasing crop productivity, cover crops
provide various ecosystem services that benefit the environment both on and
off the farm. For instance, adding cover crops to a rotation can
significantly increase the portion of the year when living roots are
present for soil organisms to feed on, which can have a significant impact
on carbon sequestration. They also support wildlife and beneficial insects,
and protect water quality by playing an important role in nutrient
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fact sheets explore the many ways cover crops can maintain soil and benefit
the farm ecosystem, including:
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