*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable production intensification and land management * * Alert No. 46 (13 June 2016) * *1. **Conservation Agriculture activities at COP21. By Don Reicosky et al. Ag4Dev No. 27: 47-49 ( Spring 2016)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2046/Ag4Dev%2027%20Spring%20Article%208%20CA%20at%20COP%2021.pdf> *2. **Soil carbon sequestration potential of US croplands and grasslands: Implementing the 4per Thousand Initiative. By Adam Chambers et al. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 71(3): 68A-74A (May/June 2016)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2046/Soil%20Carbon%20Sequestration%204per1000%20in%20US%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20and%20Water%20Conservation-2016-Chambers-68A-74A.pdf> *3. **Food security as a function of Sustainable Intensification of Crop Production. By Theodor Friedrich and Amir Kassam. AIMS Agriculture and Food, 1(2): 227-238 (2016)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2046/AIMS-Food-Security2016.pdf> *4. **Smallholder farmers' motivations for using Conservation Agriculture and the roles of yield, labour and soil fertility in decision making. By Baqir Lalani et al. Agricultural Systems 146: 80-90 (2016)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2046/Baqir%20et%20al%20AGSY_2114%20Revised.pdf> *5. **Promotion of soil conservation and Conservtaion Agriculture through farmer association. By Doug McKell and Roberto Peiretti. 13th International Soil Conservation Organisation Conference: Conserving Soil and Water for Society: Sharing Solution. – Brisbane, July 2004* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2046/CA%20Farmer%20Associations%20CAAPAS%20Mckell%20&%20Peiretti%202004.pdf> *6. **Improving China’s food and environmental security with Conservation Agriculture. By Hongwen Li et al. International Journal of Agriculture Sustainability (2016)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2046/China%20food%20and%20env%20security%20w%20CA_Li2016.pdf> *7. **Farmer Field School Guidance Document: Planning for Quality Programmes. FAO (2016)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2046/FAO%20FFS%20Guidance%20Document%20a-i5296e.pdf> *8. **Conservation Agriculture: System thinking for sustainable farming. By Jeffry Mitchell et al. California Agriculture 70 (2): 53-56 (2016)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2046/Mitchell%20et%20al%20cav7002p53-160947ConservationAgriculture2016CalAg.pdf> *9. **Guideline for implementing Conservation Agriculture in Malawi. Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Malawi (April 2016)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2046/NCATF%20Guidelines%20on%20CA%20in%20Malawi%20April%202016.pdf> *10. **Conservation Agriculture for combating land degradation in Central Asia: a synthesis. By A. Nurbekov et al. AIMS Agriculture and Food, 1(2):144-156 (2016)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2046/Nurbekov%20et%20al%20agrfood-01-00144.pdf> *11. **Practice of Conservation Agriculture in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. FAO, Ankara, Turkey (2016)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2046/Practice%20CA%20Az-Ka-Uz.pdf> *12. **Conservation tillage is not Conservation Agriculture. By Don Reicosky. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 70 (5): 103A-108A (Sept/Oct 2015)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2046/Journal%20of%20Soil%20and%20Water%20Conservation-2015-Reicosky-103A-8A.pdf> *13. **Soil metagenomics reveals differences under conventional and no-tillage with crop rotation or succession. By Renata Carolini Souza et al. Applied Soil Ecology 72: 49–61 (2013)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2046/Souza%20et%20al%20Soil%20metagenomics%20Applied%20soil%20ecology.pdf> *14. **Will we allow soil carbon to feed our needs? By Alan Franzlubbers. Carbon Management 1(2): 237–251 (2010)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2046/Alan%20F-%20Will%20we%20allow%20soil%20carbon%20to%20feed%20our%20needs%B4%C7%D1.pdf> *15. * *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. 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