CA-CoP CONSERVATION
AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
for sustainable production
intensification
Alert No. 45 (18 April 2016)
1.
The transformation of agriculture in Brazil
through development and adoption of Zero Tillage Conservation Agriculture. By P.
L. de Freitas and J. N. Landers. International Soil and Water Conservation
Research, Vol. 2(1): 35-46 (2014)
2.
Conservation Agriculture: A Weapon in the
Fight against Forest Destruction. By B. Sim. Background Paper for State of the
Apes: Industrial Agriculture and Ape Conservation. Arcus Foundation. Cambridge
University Press (2015)
3.
An overview of Conservation Agriculture in
the dry Mediterranean
environments with a special focus on Syria and Lebanon.
By I. Bashour et al. AIMS Agriculture and Food, 1(1): 67-84 (2016).
4.
Evidence of limited carbon sequestration in
soils under no-tillage systems in the Cerrado of Brazil. By M. Corbeels et al. Scientific
Reports| 6:21450 | DOI: 10.1038/srep21450 (2016)
5.
Performance and sensitivity of the DSSAT crop
growth model in simulating maize yield under conservation agriculture. By M.
Corbeels et al. Europ.J.Agronomy76: 41–53 (2016)
6.
A history of tillage in California’s Central
Valley. By J. Mitchell et al. Soil & Tillage Research 157: 52-64 (2016)
7.
Climate Change and Agriculture: Adaptation
Strategies and Mitigation Opportunities for Food Security in South Asia and
Latin America. By. M.L.Jat et al. Advances in Agronomy (2016)
8.
Long term effect of conservation
Agriculture in maize rotations on total organic carbon, physical and biological
properties of a sandy loam soil in north-west Indo-Gangetic Plains. By
C.M.Parihar et al. Soil & Tillage Research (2016)
9.
Economics of Land Degradation and
Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development. By Ephraim Nkonya
et al (Eds). IFPRI & ZEF. Springer Open (2016)
10.
Soil Health in Field and Forage Crop
production. By S. Duiker et al. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service,
Penn State University Extension, Capital Resource Conservation &
Development, and Clinton County Conservation District (2016)
11.
Towards Climate Resilience in Agriculture
for Southeast Asia: An overview for decision-makers. By J. Gonsalves et al. (Eds). Hanoi, Vietnam: International
Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change,
Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). 450 pp (2015)
12. 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
Moderator
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