Dears Amir and Tim!
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
e-mail: [log in to unmask]URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca
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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: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,TimCIMMYT–Bangladesh |House 9 | Road 2/2 | Chairmanbari, Banani | Dhaka | 1213 | Bangladesh_____________________________________________________________________________________
International Wheat and Maize Improvement Center (CIMMYT)Timothy J. Krupnik, PhD | Cropping Systems Agronomist_____________________________________________________________________________________Watch the short video "Save More, Grow More, Earn More" about CIMMYT's work to sustainablyintensify cereal-based farming systems in Bangladesh by clicking here.CIMMYT is an international scientific research, research, education and training organization. Oneof fifteen international agricultural research centers that form the Consultative Group on InternationalAgricultural Research (CGIAR), our mission is to sustainably increase the productivity of maize andwheat farming systems to ensure global food security and reduce poverty.---------------
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