CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
for sustainable production
intensification
Alert No. 37 (22 December 2014)
1. Why do we need to standardize no-tillage research? By Rofl Derpsch et al. Soil & Tillage Research 137: 16-22 (2014) (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167198713001992)
2. Earthworm richness in land-use systems in Santa Catarina, Brazil. By Marie Bartz et al. Applied Soil Ecology 83: 59-70 (2014) (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092913931400078X)
3. Comparative advantages of Conservation Agriculture based rice-wheat rotation systems under water and salt dynamics typical for the irrigated arid drylands in Central Asia. By K.P. Devkota et al. European Journal of Agronomy 62: 98-109 (2015) (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S116103011400121X)
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1161030113000105)
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378429013001408)
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167198713001372)
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378429013001378)
8. The spread of Conservation Agriculture: Policy and institutional support for adoption and uptake. By A.H. Kassam et al. Field Action Science Reports Vol. 7 (2014) (http://factsreports.revues.org/3720)
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1537511014002001)
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S153751101300175X)
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378429011004138)
12. Sustainable intensification in agricultural systems. By Jules Pretty and Zareen Bharucha. Annals of Botany (2014) (doi:10.1093/aob/mcu205, available at: www.aob.oxfordjournals.org)
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261219414003627)
14. Long term effects of cover crops on crop yields, soil organic carbon stocks and sequestration. By Kenneth Olson et al. Open Journal of Soil Science 4: 284-292 (2014) (http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojss.2014.48030)
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2014.10.016)
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167198714002281)
21.
Up-dating Conservation Agriculture Data Base
in AquaStat, FAO
The CA land area data base is updated periodically based on the feedback received from our regular sources of information and is posted in AquaStat. The latest figures can be seen at the FAO CA-Website at (http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/6c.html).
Amir Kassam
Moderator
URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca
Sustainable Crop Production Intensification
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