CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
for sustainable production intensification
At the
climate conference - COP 21, APAD
(Association pour la Promotion d'une Agriculture Durable -- No-Till Sustainable
Agriculture, France) hosted a side meeting on 5 December on behalf of the
Global Conservation Agriculture Network (G-Can) on the role of Conservation
Agriculture in addressing climate change issues (see APAD meeting programme
attached).
A Manifesto (“Farming Forward for Climate Change”) supported by national and
regional organizations of farmers practicing Conservation Agriculture was
launched at the meeting. The Manifesto is attached for your information.
APAD also organized a visit to a Conservation Agriculture farm near Paris to learn more about this no-till production systems from the farmer.
The latest tweets from APAD at COP 21 can be accessed at: APAD (@apad_contact) | Twitter
The other event relevant to Conservation Agriculture stakeholders was the 4 per 1000 initiative proposed by the French Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll which calls for carbon to be put back into the soil through appropriate land use practices. The initiative calls for an average increase in soil carbon by 0.04% per annum. Clearly, Conservation Agriculture can make a major contribution to this objective.
Carbon
farming gets a nod at Paris climate conference.
In hashing out a binding agreement in Paris at the 2015 U.N. Climate Change
Conference for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, world leaders, for the first
time have made the capture of carbon in soil a formal part of the global
response to the climate crisis. (USA public radio article) Read More
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It appears 2016 will bring more opportunities for CA and soil carbon.
COP21 agreement is available at:
http://www.cop21.gouv.fr/en/more-details-about-the-agreement/
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2015/cop21/eng/l09r01.pdf
Amir Kassam
Moderator
URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca
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