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Date: Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 3:42 PM
Subject: International conservation agriculture event coming to Winnipeg
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International conservation agriculture event coming to Winnipeg

      WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The 6th World Congress on Conservation
Agriculture (WCCA) announces
registration<https://www.ctic.org/registration/22/step/0/>is now open.

 The event will be held June 22-26, 2014, at the Winnipeg Convention Center
in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Growers, researchers, policy makers and others
interested in conservation agriculture are encouraged to attend the WCCA to
network with peers from around the world, discuss policy affecting adoption
of conservation practices and review the application of the latest research
in the field.

 “The 2014 Congress will be the first time the WCCA has been hosted in
North America,” notes Karen Scanlon, executive director of the Conservation
Technology Information Center (CTIC), a member of the Conservation
Agriculture Systems Alliance and one of the Congress organizers. “It’s the
perfect opportunity for growers and others to connect with peers from
around the world to learn about new, innovative and practical applications
of conservation research and technologies for the farm.”

 With an anticipated audience of more than 600 people, the Congress program
will maximize networking and interaction among presenters and attendees.
The focus will be on dialogue, information exchange and exploration of new
ideas. Concurrent session tracks will explore the following areas of
conservation agriculture:

   Track 1:
 Growing more with less – the future of sustainable intensification  Track
2: Weatherproofing agriculture - the adaption of farming practices to
address climate variability  Track 3: Increasing conservation adoption -
how innovative technology and approaches can drive greater adoption of
conservation systems around the world

“The program for the 6th WCCA is designed to promote interaction among
attendees so that producers and scientists can learn from each other,” says
Jerry Hatfield, director of USDA’s National Laboratory for Agriculture and
the Environment and chair of the WCCA Program Committee. “We want the
Congress to create a lasting impact on agriculture production around the
world.

 Opportunities for producers to share their successes and learn about new
innovations in conservation makes this event stand out, says Don McCabe,
producer and president of the Soil Conservation Council of Canada, a
national, non-governmental organization, formed in 1987 to provide a
non-partisan public forum at the national level for soil conservation. "I
invite producers from everywhere to join us in Winnipeg to discover and
discuss productive conservation systems that the backbone of agriculture
sustainability.”

 Keynote speakers currently committed include David Montgomery, author or
“Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations,” and Dwayne Beck, manager of Dakota
Lakes Research Farm. Additional keynote speakers are being booked for the
event.

 Register <https://www.ctic.org/registration/22/step/0/> today to join the
World Congress on Conservation Agriculture.

 The Conservation Agriculture Systems Alliance, a North American network of
conservation-focused agricultural organizations, will host the 6th WCCA.
The hosts welcome conservation advocates from around the world to join this
international event, to learn how North America producers are achieving
conservation goals while using intensive crop production systems.

 For more information on the WCCA, visit www.ctic.org/WCCA.





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