*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

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*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
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