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
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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)

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)

 

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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