*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*



*for sustainable production intensification *




* Alert No. 42 (19 November 2015) *

*1.     **Soil carbon restoration: can biology do the job? By Jack
Kitterage. Northeast Organic Farming Association/Massachusetts Chapter,
Inc. (August 2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/2015_White_Paper_web-2.pdf>



*2.     **A set of eight articles by Howard Buffett. (1) You can listen to
the academics, or you can listen to the farmers. (2) Africa’s no-till
revolution. (3) No-till African style. (4) We are treating soil like dirt:
It’s a fatal mistake. (5) One farmer’s story of Conservation Agriculture.
(6) What does a $100 billion asset manager say farmers should invest in?
Soil. (7) Losing the farm. (8) Assessing Africa’s real potential for
agriculture (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/Buffett-Oct%202015%20DesMoinesReg_Advt%201-8_Draft%2011_10.02.15.pdf>



*3.     **Carbon sequestration in soil. By Rattan Lal et al. Environmental
Sustainability 15:79–86 (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/Lal%20Carbon%20sequestration.pdf>



*4.     **Soil carbon stocks in conservation agriculture systems of
Southern Africa. By Stephanie Cheesman et al. Soil & Tillage Research 156:
99–109 (2016).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/Cheesman.%202015.Soil%20carbon%20stocks%20in%20CA%20of%20southern%20Africa.pdf>



*5.     **Short-term conservation agriculture and biomass-C input impacts
on* *soil C dynamics in a savanna ecosystem in Cambodia**. By **Lyda Hok et
al. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 214:54–67 (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/Juca%20Cambodia.pdf>



*6.     **Minimum tillage unpuddled transplanting: An alternative crop
establishment strategy for rice in conservation agriculture cropping
systems. By Md. Enamul Haque et al.  Field Crops Research 185:31–39 (2016).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/Enamul-main.pdf>



*7.     **Overview of the worldwide spread of Conservation Agriculture. By
A, Kassam et al. Facts Reports 8 (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/factsreports-3966-vol-8-overview-of-the-worldwide-spread-of-conservation-agriculture.pdf>



*8.     **Nitrogen management for zero till wheat with surface retention
ofrice residues in north-west India. By Yadvinder-Singh et al. Field Crops
Research 183-191 (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/Field%20Crop%20Research_N%20management-Proof.pdf>



*9.     **Beyond conservation agriculture. By K. Giller et al. Frontiers in
Plant Science 6:2-14 (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/Giller%20et%20al%20Beyond%20CA.pdf>



*10.            **Conservation tillage is not Conservation Agriculture. By
D. Reicosky. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 70 (5):101A-108A
(2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/J.Soil%20Water%20Conservation-2015-Reicosky-103A-8A.pdf>



*11.            **Management influence on maize–wheat system* *performance,
water productivity and soil biology. By H.S. Jat et al. Soil Use and
Management. British Society of Soil Science (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/Jat%20et%20al-%20Soil%20Use%20and%20Management.pdf>



*12.            * *Cover cropping and the “4 per thousand” proposal. By
Rattan Lal.  Journal of Soil and Water Conservation: 70 (6): 141 (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/Lal%20cover%20crop%20and%204%20per%20thousadn-DocDoc3%20Nov2015pdf.pdf>



*13.            * *Climate change adaptation, greenhouse gas mitigation and
economic* *profitability of conservation agriculture: Some examples
fromcereal systems of Indo-Gangetic Plains. By* *Tek B Sapkota et al.
Journal of Integrative Agriculture 14(8): 1524–1533 (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/Sapkota-Journal%20of%20Integrative%20Agriculture-%20CLimate%20Chage%20%282015%29.pdf>



*14.            * *Soil – A precious natural resource. **Published by*
*National
Research Programme* *“Sustainable Use of Soil as a Resource” (NRP 68),
Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Swiss Federal Office for
Agriculture (FOAG), and Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/Soil%20A%20Precious%20Natural%20Resource%20Swiss%20Aug2015.pdf>

*15.            * *Soil food web properties explain ecosystem services* *across
European land use systems**. By **Franciska T. de Vries et al. PNAS 110
(35): 14296-14301 (2013).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/Soil%20food%20web%20properties%20explain%20ecosystem%20services%20across%20European%20land%20use%20systems.%20PNAS%202013.full-1.pdf>



*16.            * *Conservation agriculture and* *drought-tolerant
germplasm: Reaping the*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/Thierfelder%20et%20al.%202015.CA%20and%20drought-tolerant%20maize.pdf>

*benefits of climate-smart agriculture technologies in central Mozambique.
By Chritian Thierfelder et al. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems,
Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-15 (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/Thierfelder%20et%20al.%202015.CA%20and%20drought-tolerant%20maize.pdf>



*17.            * *Development and evaluation of the Turbo Happy Seeder for
sowing wheat into heavy rice residues in NW India. By H.S. Sidhu et al.
Field Crops Research (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2042/Turbo%20Happy%20Seeder_FCR.pdf>



*18.            * *Up-dating Conservation Agriculture Database in AquaStat,
FAO.  *

The CA land area database is updated periodically based on the feedback
received from our regular sources of information. These include: official
government sources, no-till associations, NGOs, national and international
research institutes, and informed individuals. The information is posted in
AquaStat. The latest figures (update 2013) can be seen at the FAO
CA-Website at (http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/6c.html).



*Amir Kassam *

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