CA-CoP CONSERVATION
AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
for sustainable production
intensification
Alert No. 38 (11 February 2015)
1.
Proceedings of the Conference on Conservation
Agriculture for Smallholders in Asia and Africa. Edited by W.H. Vance, R. W.
Bell and M.E. Haque. 7-11 December 2014. Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Published as
an ebook (2014).
2.
Mechanization of smallholder Conservation Agriculture
in Zambia: Lessons learnt and future directions. By Brian Sims, James Breen and
Sina Luchen. Landwards (UK) 69(4) 24-35..
3.
Effects of straw mulch on growth and yield of durum
wheat during transition to Conservation Agriculture in Mediterranean
environment. By Fabio Stagnari, Angelica Galieni, Stefano Speca et al. Field
Crops Research 167: 51-63 (2014).
4.
Productivity limits and potentials of the principles
of Conservation Agriculture. By Cameron Pittelkow, Xinqiang Liang, Bruce
Linquist et al. Nature Letter 517: 365-368, 22 October 2014.
5.
Response to Productivity limits and potentials of the
principles of Conservation Agriculture. By Hwat-Bing So, Don Reicosky, Rolf
Derpsch et al. Comments Letter to Nature, posted, 1 January 2015.
(http://www.nature.com/nature/report/index.html?comment=64947&doi=10.1038/nature13809)
6.
Response to Productivity limits and potentials of the
principles of Conservation Agriculture. By Theodor Friedrich, Michele Pisante,
Wolfgang Sturny et al. Comments Letter to
Nature, posted 2 February 2015. (http://www.nature.com/nature/report/index.html?comment=65029&doi=10.1038/nature13809)
7.
Societal value of soil carbon. By Rattan Lal. Journal
of Soil and Water Conservation 69(6): 186A-192A (2014).
8.
Abandonment of Conservation Agriculture by smallholder
farmers in Zimbabwe. By Tarasayi Pedzisa, Lovemore Rugube, Alex Winter et al.
Jounal of Sustainable Development 8(1): 69-82.
9.
Sustainable intensification and the African
smallholder farmer. By B. Vanlauwe, D. Coyne, J. Gockowski et al. Current
Opinion in Environmental Sustainbility 8:15-20. (2014).
10.
Crop rotations and residue management in Conservation
Agriculture. By Leonard Rusinamhodzi. Chapter 2, pp. 21-37. In: Conservation
Agriculture. Edited by M.Farooq and K.H.M.Siddique. Springer.
11.
Conservation Agriculture in South Asia. By Hafiz-ur-Raheman,
Ahmad Nawaz, Abdul Wakeel et al. Chapter 11, pp.249-283. In: Conservation
Agriculture. Edited by M.Farooq and K.H.M.Siddique. Springer.
12.
Conservation Agriculture in Europe. By G. Basch, T.
Friedrich, A. Kassam and E. Gozalez-Sanchez. Chapter 15, pp. 357-388. In:
Conservation Agriculture. Edited by M.Farooq and K.H.M.Siddique. Springer.
13.
Soil carbon, multiple benefits. By Eleanor Milne,
Steven Banwart, Elke Noellemeyer et al. Experimental Development 13: 33-38
(2015).
14.
Perhaps we all should pay more for our food. By Andrew
MacMillan and Peter Beeden. Ag4Dev. 23:10-14.
15.
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
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