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

*for sustainable agriculture and land management*

Dear Subscribers,

Please see attached a publication by WWF on CA in South Africa entitled *`*.

Thank you John Landers for sharing.

The global CA cropland area of 180 M ha corresponds to 12.5% of the total
global cropland, and not 7% as this document states.

*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 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: www.fao.org/ag/ca).

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From: John Landers <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 at 21:07
Subject: WWF S.Africa publication on CA
To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>


Dear Amir,

I think this WWF publication merits a worldwide distribution.

Can you circulate this little jewel?

Cheers,

John

Dr. John N. Landers - OBE
SMDB 9, Lote 5 Fração D - Lago Sul
71680-090    Brasília - DF
Fones: (61) 3366-5307 / (61) 99818-5035

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