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

*for sustainable production intensification*



Dear Subscribers,


Please see herebelow a message from Tim Krupnik of CIMMYT in Bangaldesh
regarding a video on CA called "Save More, Grow More, Earn More"


You will recall that FAO launched a book called "Save and Grow" as a new
paradigm of agriculture which has CA-based farming systems as a basis for
Sustainable Production Intensification. The book can be seen
at:http://www.fao.org/ag/save-and-grow/



*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


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: TIM KRUPNIK <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:19 AM
Subject: Item for CA-CoP?
To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>

Dear Dr. Kassam,

Greetings from Bangladesh!

Would you mind posting to our colleagues in the CA-CoP that CIMMYT
Bangladesh has released a video on CA and appropriate-scale machinery in
Bangladesh and South Asia? The video is called "Save More, Grow More, Earn
More", and is available on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqeU1ZRov3Y&list=UUc_U8b1lLAaujXzx1kH2FCw&index=1&feature=plcp

Details of the video are below:

*How do farmers grow more, while saving time, water and money?

Prices for irrigation, fertilizer, fuel and labor are rising. Fresh
water supplies are decreasing, and many farmers find it increasingly
difficult to plant their crop on time to assure good yields and return on
their investments. This video shows how farmers in Bangladesh are
innovating to overcome these problems by using small-scale and
appropriate machinery, and crop management practices that reduce tillage to
save time, soil moisture, and money.

Inspiring case studies are presented from two distinct environments in
Bangladesh. In the coastal region, soil salinity and insufficient
irrigation are important constraints that keep farmers from growing a dry
season crop. But by using simple machinery that reduces tillage to allow
earlier planting, and keeping crop residues on the soil surface to conserve
soil moisture and reduce salinity, a group of women in southern Bangladesh
show how to forgo the fallow and grow a profitable maize crop. In
central Bangladesh, where the cost of irrigation and farm labor is
skyrocketing, farmers and local service providers team up to demonstrate
the benefits of planting wheat, maize and legumes on raised beds to
reduce labor and irrigation requirements. The crop management principles
both groups of farmers use can be applied anywhere -- it is possible to
grow more, while saving time, water and money!*


Thanks and best wishes,

Tim




Timothy J. Krupnik, PhD | Cropping Systems Agronomist
International Wheat and Maize Improvement Center
(CIMMYT)<http://www.cimmyt.org/>
Global Conservation Agriculture
Program<http://www.cimmyt.org/en/programs-and-units/conservation-agriculture-program>
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*Watch the short video "Save More, Grow More, Earn More" about CIMMYT's
work to sustainably *
*intensify cereal-based farming systems in Bangladesh by clicking
here<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqeU1ZRov3Y&list=UUc_U8b1lLAaujXzx1kH2FCw&index=1&feature=plcp>
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CIMMYT <http://www.cimmyt.org/> is an international scientific research,
research, education and training organization. One
of fifteen international agricultural research centers that form the
Consultative
Group on International <http://www.cgiar.org/>
Agricultural Research (CGIAR) <http://www.cgiar.org/>, our mission is to
sustainably increase the productivity of maize and
wheat farming systems to ensure global food security and reduce poverty.
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