*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* for sustainable production intensification Dear Subscribers, Please see herebelow a call for papers for the World Congress on Conservation Agriculture. *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* ------------------------------ PLEASE FORWARD!**** *From:* CTIC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *Sent:* Thursday, August 22, 2013 1:01 PM *To:* Karen Scanlon *Subject:* World Congress on Conservation Agriculture Call for Papers ** ** *[image: http://www.ctic.org/CIATours]* World Congress on Conservation Agriculture Call for Papers**** The 6th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture<http://www.ctic.org/wcca>(WCCA) will increase awareness, create excitement and educate farmers in innovative conservation and sustainability efforts. With an exploding population and growing demand for food, fuel and fiber, agriculture is an essential industry. Yet many challenges, such as weather and decreasing land availability, face agriculture. **** **** Conservation Agriculture can provide the answer. The WCCA will provide producers, researchers, policy makers and other agricultural stakeholders from around the world the chance to share conservation successes and challenges. **** **** The Congress will take place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 22-26, 2014, and provides the opportunity to give oral and poster presentations. The deadline for proposals for presentations has been extended to Oct. 1, 2013. Proposals are to be submitted here <http://www.ctic.org/WCCA/abstracts/>following the guidelines for submission<http://www.ctic.org/media/wcca/WCCA%20Abstract%20submission%20guidelines.pdf>. All submissions will be reviewed and the corresponding author notified after review by the program committee by Nov. 15, 2013. The program for the 6th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture will be available by Jan. 15, 2014.**** **** For more information, visit www.ctic.org/WCCA or contact Karen Scanlon at [log in to unmask] or 765-494-2238.**** **** # # #**** **** Conservation Technology Information Center**** 3495 Kent Ave., Suite J100**** West Lafayette, Indiana 47906**** **** 765-494-9555**** **** www.ctic.org**** **** **** ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);