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

*for sustainable production intensification*


Dear Subscribers,


Please see herebelow a self-explanatory message from John Morrison on
appropriate-scale mechanization for CA-cropping for smallholders.



*Amir Kassam *

*Moderator*

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URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca
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From: John Morrison <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 6:11 PM
Subject: CA-Seeder for Smallholders
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21 February 2015

Dear Kassam A,  Delegate,  2014 WCC A Congress, Winnipeg, Canada

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Greetings from Tennessee, USA.  As a fellow attendee of the 2014 *World
Congress on Conservation Agriculture* in Winnipeg, Canada, you may have
seen *our poster and* *looping-video on a new CA-crop seeder*
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuvryNzWkHs>;  this machine is the one-row
“*CA-Seeder 1000*” that attaches to a small 2-wheel tractor (2WT).

We are working on appropriate-scale mechanization for CA-cropping by
smallholders (<2 ha).  For smallholders, CA basically embraces long-term
farming/cropping technologies proven to substantially increase yields and
thus improve the lives of families and communities.  CA-cropping may be
accomplished with manual tools, but for those who are ready to move into
mechanized or partially-mechanized cropping, we are attempting to provide
appropriate-mechanization items.  This merges the use of 2WTs with
mechanization implements as steps away from manual labor.  Our first
contribution is the small “*CA-Seeder 1000*” machine.



Currently, there are few available cropping implements that are sized for
smallholder-CA, readily attach to 2WTs, and may be successfully used in
non-plowed, residue-covered fields for CA-cropping.  There is some interest
and opportunity for using animal-draft mechanization, but our main targets
are regions and individual farms where 2WTs are now available or
farmer-owned.  Our thrust is to provide durable implements which can be
successfully used for many years under CA field conditions by individual
farmers and by for-hire contractors.



Because the delegation at the WCCA Congress was so diverse and represented
so many different regions, I am contacting you to share our efforts to aid
smallholder farmers with mechanized CA-cropping.  Our goal as
not-for-profit manufacturing (by SMTI) and distribution (by WHT) effort is
the same that I heard expressed at the WCCA Congress: to increase global
food security, starting with individual farm families.  We welcome contact
with people who have similar goals.

The challenge that we face is to link the non-profit distribution services
of WHT with regional importers/distributors/agricultural-suppliers which
will provide economical CA seeders, parts, and service to local farmers.
Any assistance that you can offer us to identify such supply links will be
greatly appreciated and your efforts will aid smallholder farmers in
successfully moving to CA-cropping.  Feel free to pass this note on to
anyone that you think might be interested in contacting us.

Thank you,                          John

John E. Morrison Jr,
PhD
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Adjunct Professor, U of
Tenn.
+423-743-0363

John Morrison
Consultant                                                           109
Laurel Lane, Unicoi, TN 37692 USA



Seeder information:  www.MorrisonSeeders.com   and   www.WHTFound.org

Seeder Contact:  [log in to unmask]

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