*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable production intensification *
* Alert No. 32 (13 December 2013) *
*1. **Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture (ACCA-1), 18-21
March 2014, Lusaka Zambia. *Registration now open
Purpose of the *First African Congress for Conservation Agriculture (1st
ACCA) *is to bring together key CA stakeholders, including farmers and
their organizations, from the continent to interact and co-own a permanent
CA knowledge and information sharing platform that takes into account the
needs of farmers and for increased benefits from CA technologies.
* Themes: *
i. Growing more with less – the future of sustainable intensification
ii. Weather proofing agriculture - the adaption of farming practices to
address climate variability
iii. Increasing Conservation Agriculture adoption - how innovative
technology and approaches can drive greater adoption of conservation
systems around the world
* Register at: *
*http://act-africa.org/events.php?com=68&com2=67&item=109#.Ud0UPaxp0xF*<http://act-africa.org/events.php?com=68&com2=67&item=109#.Ud0UPaxp0xF>
*For more information: *Contact: *[log in to unmask]* <[log in to unmask]>
*2. **Green Carbon Conference,** 1-3 April 2014, Brussels, Belgium*
The Conference is jointly organized by the European Conservation
Agriculture Federation (ECAF), and the French Institute for Sustainable
Agriculture (IAD) and promoted by the Life + AGRICARBON project.
The Conference website with further details is:
*www.greencarbon-ca.eu*<http://www.greencarbon-ca.eu/>
*3. **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. Learn more at www.ctic.org/WCCA
The 6th WCCA announces registration is now open at:
https://www.ctic.org/registration/22/step/0/
Concurrent session tracks will explore the following areas of conservation
agriculture:
Track 1: Growing with less – the future of sustainable intensification
Track 2: Weatherproofing agriculture – the adaptation of farming
practices to address climate variability
Track 3: Increasing conservation adoption – how innovative technology
and approaches can drive greater adoption of conservation systems around
the world.
Direct your inquiries to:
Karen A. Scanlon
Conservation Technology Information Center
3495 Kent Avenue, Suite J100
West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA
Tel: 765-494-2238
Fax: 765-463-4106
Email: [log in to unmask]
*4. **Regional Conference on Conservation Agriculture for Smallholders
in Asia and Africa, Bangladesh, 7-11 December 2014.*
Please visit: http://www.scac2014.org/
Contact:
Dr. Md. Enamul Haque ([log in to unmask])
Dr Richard W Bell ([log in to unmask])
*5. **Soil carbon stratification affected by long-term tillage and
cropping systems in southern
Brazil.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2032/Ferreira,%20Amado,%20Nicoloso,%20S%E1%20et%20al.,%20%20Soil%20%20Tillage%20Research,%202013.pdf>
By Ademir de Oliveira Ferreira, Telmo Jorge Carneiro Amado, Rodrigo da
Silveira Nicoloso, Joa˜o Carlos de Moraes Sa´, Jackson Ernani Fiorin,
Daˆmaris Sulzbach Santos Hansel, Dorothy Menefee. 2013. Soil & Tillage
Research 133 (2013) 65–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2013.05.011
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<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2032/Figueiredo,%20Resck,%20Carneiro,%20Ramos%20e%20S%E1,%20Soil%20Research,%202013.pdf>*
*6. Stratification ratio of organic matter pools influencedby
management systems in a weathered Oxisol from a tropical agro-ecoregion in
Brazil.
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2032/Figueiredo,%20Resck,%20Carneiro,%20Ramos%20e%20S%E1,%20Soil%20Research,%202013.pdf>*
BY
C. C. Figueiredo, D. V. S. Resck, M. A. C. Carneiro, M. L. G. Ramos, and J.
C. M. Sá. 2013. Soil Research, *51*, 133–141.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SR12186
*7. **Soil-Specific Inventories of Landscape Carbon and Nitrogen
Stocks under No-Till and Native Vegetation to Estimate Carbon Offset in a
Subtropical Ecosystem.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2032/S%E1,%20Santos,%20Lal%20et%20al.,%20SSSAJ,%202013.pdf>
By Joào Carlos de Moraes Sá, Josiane Burkner dos Santos, Rattan Lal, Anibal
de Moraes, Florent Tivet, Marcia Freire Machado Sá, Clever Briedis, Ademir
de Oliveira Ferreira, Guilherme Eurich Anderson Farias, Theodor Friedrich.
2013. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 77:2094–2110. DOI:10.2136/sssaj2013.01.0007
*8. **Long-term tillage systems impacts on soil C dynamics, soil
resilience and agronomic productivity of a Brazilian
Oxisol.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2032/S%E1,%20Tivet,%20Lal,%20et%20al.,%20Long-term%20tillage%20systems%20impacts%20on%20Soil%20C%20dynamics,%20STR%20136,%2038-50,%202014.pdf>By
Joa˜o
Carlos de Moraes Sa´, Florent Tivet, Rattan Lal, Clever Briedis, Daiani
Cruz Hartman, Juliane Zuffo dos Santos, Josiane Burkner dos Santos. 2013. Soil
& Tillage Research 136 (2014) 38–50.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2013.09.010
*9. **Assessing humification and organic C compounds by laser-induced
fluorescence and FTIR spectroscopies under conventional and no-till
management in Brazilian
Oxisols.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2032/Tivet,%20S%E1,%20Lal%20et%20al.,%20Assessing%20humification%20and%20organic%20C....GEODERMA,%202013.pdf>
By
Florent Tivet, João Carlos de Moraes Sá, Rattan Lal, Débora Marcondes
Bastos Pereira Milori, Clever Briedis, Philippe Letourmy, Luís Antonio
Pinheiro, Paulo Rogério Borszowskei, Daiani da Cruz Hartman. 2013. Geoderma
207-208: 71–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.05.001
*10. **Soil organic carbon fraction losses upon continuous plow-based
tillage and its restoration by diverse biomass-C inputs under no-till in
sub-tropical and tropical regions of
Brazil.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2032/Tivet,%20S%E1,%20Lal%20et%20al.,%20SOC%20fractions%20losses%20upon%20...%20Geoderma,%202013.pdf>
Florent Tivet, João Carlos de Moraes Sá, Rattan Lal, Paulo Rogério
Borszowskei, Clever Briedis, Josiane Bürkner dos Santos, Márcia Freire
Machado Sá, Daiani da Cruz Hartman, Guilherme Eurich, Anderson Farias,
Serge Bouzinac, Lucien Séguy. 2013. Geoderma 209–210 (2013) 214–225.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.06.008
*11. **Carbon depletion by plowing and its restoration by no-till cropping
systems in oxisols of subtropical and tropical agro-ecoregions in
Brazil.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2032/S%E1,%20Tivet,%20Lal,%20et%20al.,%20-%20Land%20Degradation%20and%20Development,%202013.pdf>
By
João Carlos de Moraes Sá, Lucien Séguy, Florent Tivet, Rattan Lal, Serge
Bouzinac, Paulo Rogério Borszowskei, Clever Briedis, Josiane Burkner dos
Santos, Daiani da Cruz Hartman, Clayton Giani Bertoloni6, Jadir Rosa,
Theodor Friedrich. 2013. Land Degrad. Develop. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2218
*12. **Climate-smart landscapes: opportunities and challenges for
integrating adaptation and mitigation in tropical
agriculture.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2032/Harvey%20et%20al.%202013%20Climate-smart%20landscapes-%20opportunities%20and%20challenges%20for%20integrating%20adaptation%20and%20mitigation%20in%20tropical%20agriculture%20(4).pdf>
By
Celia A. Harvey, Mario Chaco´ n, Camila I. Donatti, Eva Garen, Lee Hannah,
Angela Andrade, Lucio Bede, Douglas Brown, Alicia Calle, Julian Chara´,
Christopher Clement, Elizabeth Gray, Minh Ha Hoang, Peter Minang, AnaMar´ıa
Rodr´ıguez, Christina Seeberg-Elverfeldt, Bambi Semroc, Seth Shames, Sean
Smukler, Eduardo Somarriba, Emmanuel Torquebiau, Jacob van Etten & Eva
Wollenberg. 2013. Conservation Letters *00:* 1–14. doi: 10.1111/conl.12066
*13. **Intensification of Conservation Agriculture systems for increased
livestock feed and maize production in
Zimbabwe.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2032/Mupangwa%20and%20Thierfelder.2013.%20Intensification%20of%20CA%20for%20increased%20livestock%20feed.pdf>
By
W. Mupangwa & C. Thierfelder. 2013. International Journal of Agricultural
Sustainability. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2013.859836
*14. **Aggregate C depletion by plowing and its restoration by diverse
biomass-C inputs under no-till in sub-tropical and tropical regions of
Brazil.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2032/Tivet,%20S%E1,%20Lal%20et%20al.,Aggregate%20C%20depletion%20and%20its%20restoration...%20Soil%20&%20Tillage%20Research,%202013.pdf>
By
Florent Tivet, Joa˜o Carlos de Moraes Sa´, Rattan Lal, Clever Briedis,
Paulo Roge´ rio Borszowskei, Josiane Bu¨rkner dos Santos, Anderson Farias,
Guilherme Eurich, Daiani da Cruz Hartman, Mario Nadolny Junior, Serge
Bouzinac, Lucien Se´guy. 2013. Soil & Tillage Research 126: 203–218.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2012.09.004
*15. **Conservation Agriculture in African mixed crop-livestock systems:
Expanding the niche.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2032/Baudron%20et%20al.%20Agriculture%20Ecosystems%20&%20Environment%202013.pdf>
By
Frédéric Baudron, Moti Jaleta, Oriama Okitoi, Asheber Tegegn. Agriculture.
Ecosystems and Environment. 2013.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2013.08.020
*16. **Effect of Conservation Agriculture on maize yield in the semi-arid
areas of Zimbabwe.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2032/2013,%20Nyamangara,%20Nyengerai,%20Masvaya,%20Tirivavi,%20Mashingaidze,%20Mupangwa,%20Dimes,%20Hove,%20Twomlow,%20ICRISAT%20Meta%20analysis%20paper%20(1).pdf>
By
J. Nyamangara, K. Nyengerai, E. N. Masvya, R. Tirivavi, N. Mashingaidze, W.
Mupangwe, J. Dimes, L. Hove *and *S. Twomlow. 2013. *Expl Agric.*: page 1
of 19. doi:10.1017/S0014479713000562
*17. **Smallholders’ Minimum Tillage Planter Adoption in Bangladesh: A
successful case of private sector involvement for technology
commercialization**.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2032/MEHaque_FullPaper_for_CIGR%202013%20Bari%20Italy%20pdf%20version-1.doc>By
Md.
Enamul Haque, Rahman SN, Bell RW. Proceedings paper: 1st CIGR
Inter-regional Conference on Land and Water Challenges - "Water,
Environment and Agriculture: Challenges for sustainable development", Bari,
Italy, 2013
*18. **Designing intensive crop sequences for Conservation Agriculture
using mechanized planters on two wheel
tractors.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2032/FSD2013%20Conference%20China%20proceedings%20Unpuddled%20Rice%20Profitability%20Haque%20et%20al%20paper-1.doc>
By
Md. Enamul Haque, Richard Bell, Wendy Vance, Nur Nobi Mia. 2013.
4thInternational Symposium for Farming Systems Design. 19-22 August
2013,
Lanzouh, China.
*19. **The Emissions Gap Report
2013.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2032/EmissionsGapReport%202013_high-res.pdf>United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi.
*20. **Food Security and Agriculture Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in
Practice.*<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2032/DDR-FAO%20REOSA%20Newsletter.pdf>
Newsletter
for DRR, Agriculture and Food Security Partners. Volume 2, Issue 3. From
March to October 2013. FAO Sub-Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Office for Southern Africa (FAO REOSA).
*21. **Up-dating Conservation Agriculture Data Base in AquaStat, FAO *
The CA land area data base is updated periodically based on the feedback
received from our regular sources of information and is posted in AquaStat.
The latest figures can be seen at the FAO CA-Website at (
http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/6c.html).
*We are updating the CA land area data base displayed in AquaStat (*
*www.fao.org/ag/ca* <http://www.fao.org/ag/ca>*), and are contacting our
regular sources of information in the next few weeks. However, anyone else
who would like to provide information on the land area under CA systems at
the national level would be most welcome.*
*Ideally, we would appreciate receiving from you the CA area information at
the sub-national level (by state, province or region), together with any
relevant historical information on adoption (such as when was CA
introduced; duration under CA – x ha under 3 yrs, y ha between 3 and 6 yrs,
z ha more than 6 yrs), cropping pattern, farm size, agro-ecology,
constraints, etc. *
*For the recording purpose please adhere to the reference quantification of
the CA definition on the FAO-CA website
(**http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/6c.html*<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 for seeding
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. Area under strip tillage can
be included only if the disturbed area is less than the above set limits.*
*2. Maintenance of organic soil cover: Three categories are distinguished:
30-60%, >60-90% and >90% ground cover, measured immediately after the
direct seeding/planting operation. For this data base, area with less than
30% cover is not considered as being under CA.*
*3. Crop rotation/association: Rotation/association should involve at least
3 different crops. However, repetitive wheat or maize or rice cropping that
meets requirements 1 and 2 above 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). No-till area by crop will
not be recorded to avoid double recording of the same land area.*
*Area under perennial crop systems including orchards and permanent
pastures will be recorded separately. If there is CA land area under
perennial crop systems in the country, please include the information as
separate categories at the sub-national level (by state, province or
region), together with any relevant historical information on adoption
(such as when was CA introduced; duration under CA – x ha under 3 yrs, y ha
between 3 to 6 yrs, z ha more than 6 yrs), cropping pattern, farm size,
agro-ecology, constraints, etc.*
*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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