*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable agriculture, land use and ecosystem management *
*Alert No. 65 (6 February 2021)*
*1. **Foraging behaviour, digestion and growth performance of sheep
grazing on dried vetch pasture cropped under Conservation Agriculture. By
Abidi et al. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr, 00:1–8. 2020.*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/avfe3b8rnldb4b2/Abidi%20et%20al-Foraging%20behaviour%20under%20CA.pdf?dl=0>
*2. **Evaluation of the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural
Mechanization (CSAM). By Ganesh P. Rauniyar. ESCAP. 2020.*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/derefa0x4njklqc/CSAM-Evaluation-Report-January-2020.pdf?dl=0>
*3. **The long-term impact of vehicular traffic on winter and spring
methane flux under no-till farming in Central Ohio. By Yadav et al.
Atmospheric Pollution Research, 11: 2030-35. 2020.*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/xwhbftfrdszmrrh/DrYadav%20Long-term%20impact%20of%20vehicular%20traffic.pdf?dl=0>
*4. **Legume diversification and weed management in African cereal-based
systems. By Silberg et al. Agricultural Systsms, 174:83-94. 2019.*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/i2dg05h6m957oae/Legume_diversification_and_weed_manageme-1.pdf?dl=0>
*5. **Scaling agricultural mechanization services in smallholder farming
systems: Case studies from sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin
America. By Van Loon et al. Agricultural Systems, 180:1-13. 2020.*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/orimnxmtrp7jdud/Mechanization%20services%20in%20smallholder%20farming.pdf?dl=0>
*6. **The State of Food and Agriculture: Overcoming Water Challenges in
Agriculture. FAO. 2020.*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/l7oix4hgp40stzk/SOFA%202020.pdf?dl=0>
*7. **State of Knowledge of Soil Biodiversity: Status, Challenges and
Potentialities. FAO. 2020.*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/tmlm5j0q3sxze2l/State%20of%20Knowledge%20of%20Soil%20Biodiversity%202020.pdf?dl=0>
*8. **Global food system emissions could preclude achieving the 1.5° and
2°C climate change targets. Clark et al. Science 370, 705–708. 2020.*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/54o2xz7uc0ysjas/Global%20food%20system%20emissions%20Clark.pdf?dl=0>
*9. **Agricultural diversification promotes multiple ecosystem services
without compromising yield. Tamburini et al. Sci. Adv., 6:1-8. 2020.*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/oulv0eqi1w5eigt/Tamburini%20Agricultural%20diversity.pdf?dl=0>
*10. * *Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review. H.M. Treasury,
London. 2021.*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/1oea8yyfzr46fwf/Dasgupta_Review_-_Full_Report.pdf?dl=0>
*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
*Global CA-CoP*
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture
*Conservation Agriculture is an ecological approach to regenerative
sustainable agriculture and ecosystem 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).* *These
practices are complemented with other good agricultural production and land
management practices to generate and sustain optimum performance.*
*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 Agriculture systems operate regeneratively
at multiple levels to optimally harness a range of productivity, economic,
environmental and social benefits as well as address local and global
concerns related to food and water security, climate change, land
degradation, biodiversity and smallholder agricultural development.*
*Conservation
Tillage, Reduced Tillage, Low tillage and Minimum Tillage are not
Conservation Agriculture, and nor is No-Till on its own* (more at:
http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture).
The latest (2015/16) CA area information available from: *Global spread of
Conservation Agriculture. By A. Kassam et al. International Journal of
Environmental Studies. Published Online (2018).
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/zfpkexyerbcs9n5/Global%20spread%20of%20C%20paper%20Corrected%20GENV_A_1494927_O.pdf?dl=0>*
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