*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable production intensification and land management * * Alert No. 48 (12 March 2017) * *1. **No-till and conservation agriculture in the United States: An example from the David Brandt farm, Carroll, Ohio. By R. Islam and R. Reeder, International Soil and Water Conservation Research, Vol. 2(1): 97-107. (2014).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/David%20Brandt%20farm%20-%20Islam%20and%20Reeder.pdf> *2. **Fifteen years of no till increase soil organic matter, microbial biomass and arthropod diversity in cover crop-based arable cropping systems. By Tek Sapkota, Mazzoncini, B`arberi, Antichi, Silvestri. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 32:853-863 (2012)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/Fifteen%20years%20of%20no%20till%20increase%20soil%20organic%20matter,%20microbial%20biomass,%20and%20arthropod%20diversity,%202012.pdf> *.* *3. **Cross-Site Soil Microbial Communities under Tillage Regimes: Fungistasis and Microbial Biomarkers. By T. Sipila et al. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78(23):819 (2012).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/Tillage%20impacts%20on%20bacteria%20&%20fungi%20Finland%20Sipil+%F1%20et%20al.%20%20AEM%20Alakukku%202012.pdf> *4. **Food security in a changing climate. By Rattan Lal. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 13: 8–21 (2013).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/Food%20security%20in%20a%20changing%20climate%5b13%5d%5b2%5d%5b2%5d%5b2%5d.pdf> *5. **Meta-analysis approach to assess effect of tillage on microbial biomass and enzyme activities. By Stacy Zuber and Maria Villamil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 97: 176-187 (2016).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/Tillage%20effects%20on%20microbial%20biomass%20&%20enzyme%20activity%20meta%20analysis%20Zuber%20and%20Villamil%202016.pdf> *6. **Planting date and yield benefits from conservation agriculture practices across Southern Africa. By Isaiah Nyagumbo et al. Agricultural Systems 150: 21-33 (2017).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/Nyagumb%20%20et%20al%20planting%20date%20and%20yield%20southern%20Africa%20Agric%20Syst%202017.pdf> *7. **Inaugural No-till show and Conference: A Vision for the Future. By Brian Sims (2016).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/Brian%20Sims%20No-till%20show%20draft%201.pdf> *8. **Agricultural Mechanization: A key input for sub-Saharan African smallholders. By Brian Sims et al. Integrated Crop Management Vol. 23 (2016).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/Mechanization%20in%20Africa%20Sims%20et%20al.pdf> *9. **The potential for companion cropping on UK arable farms. By Andrew Howard. A Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust Report (2016).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert%2048/Andrew-Howard-report-2015.pdf> *10. * *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* e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca --------- To subscribe to the CA-CoP-L list, send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] leaving the subject line blank and placing only the one-line message: ‘*SUBSCRIBE CA-CoP-L Name Surname*’ in the message part without any further text such as an address, etc. To unsubscribe from the CA-CoP-L list, send an e-mail message to [log in to unmask] leaving the subject line blank and placing only the one-line message: '*SIGNOFF CA-CoP-L*' in the message part without any further text such as a name, address, etc. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);