*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable production intensification* Dear Subscribers, Please see herebelow two more contributions from Roberto Peiretti from AAPRESID in Argentina prompted by the response of CA farms to drought in the US. Argentina is a country that has gone through similar drought situations, and today more than 80% of its arable area is under no-till farming systems. *Amir Kassam * *Moderator* Plant Production and Protection Division Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome Italy e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca * * *Save and Grow* *Sustainable Crop Production Intensification* ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ing. Agr. Roberto A. Peiretti <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:30 PM Subject: Re: Drought in the US To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]> Dear Amir: So nice to meet with you during the AAPRESID meting last week. Hope we can make a strong movement around the world coordinating actions to push hard the CA (No Till System) adoption. Related to the benefits on water use efficiency derived from No Till systems, I am attaching two documents for you to distribute them widely, if you consider appropriate: 1.) A report I had written after participating on a Electronic Forum organized by FAO some years ago; No Till Improves Soil Functioning and Water Economy (paper)<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-message/R%20Peiretti%202005-FAO%20Water%20Res%20Soils-%20V3%20Fin.pdf> 2.) A brief PowerPoint related to the issue summarizing some of our experiences and finding. No Till’s role at increasing Productivity, Profit and Sustainability (power point)<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-message/Roberto%20Peiretti%20Water%20Mnagment-Soil%20Health-Wheat%20under%20No%20Till.pdf> Hope these documents are of use. Please feel free to circulate them on the CA-CoP if you feel they are appropriate. Kind regards from Ms. of Sc. Roberto A. Peiretti International CA (No Till Systems) Prospective Manager of AAPRESID Rosario, ARGENTINA ------------- To *subscribe* to the CA-CoP-L list, send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] leaving the subject line blank and placing only the one-line message: ‘*SUBSCRIBE CA-CoP-L Name Surname*’ in the message part without any further text such as an address, etc. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);