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



*for sustainable production intensification and land management *





*Alert No. 49 (5 May 2017) *

*1.   **Least limiting water range for two conservation agriculture
cropping systems in India. By Amit Kumar Mishra et al. Soil & Tillage
Research 150: 43–56 (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2049/Amit.%20STR%202015.pdf>



*2.   **Temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition as
affected by long-term fertilization under a soybean based cropping system
in a sub-tropical Alfisol. By Avijit Ghosh et al. Agriculture, Ecosystems
and Environment 233: 202–213 (2016).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2049/Avi.%20ranjan.%202016.%20AGEE.pdf>



*3.   **Conservation agriculture effects on soil organic carbon
accumulation and crop productivity under a rice–wheat cropping system in
the western Indo-Gangetic Plains. By. Ranjan Bhattacharyya et al. Europ. J.
Agronomy 70: 11-21 (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2049/Bhattacharyya%20EUJAgron%202015.pdf>



*4.   **Back to the Prairie: Carbon-wise practices feed the soil. By Susan
Winsor.  The Progressive Farmer, Special Issue. Mid-February 2016.*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2049/Bryan%20Jorgensen%20PF_Back%20To%20the%20Pairie_3%20pages%20with%20permission%20Dec2016-1.pdf>



*5.   **Impacts of conservation agriculture on total soil organic carbon
retention potential under an irrigated agro-ecosystem of the western
Indo-Gangetic Plains. By T.K. Das et al. Europ. J. Agronomy 51: 34– 42
(2013).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2049/Das%20et%20al.%202013.%20EuJAgron.pdf>



*6.   **Conservation agriculture in an irrigated cotton–wheat system
of the* *western
Indo-Gangetic Plains: Crop and water productivity and* *economic
profitability**. By **T.K. Das. Field Crops Research 158: 24–33 (2014).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2049/Das%20et%20al.%202014.%20fCR.pdf>



*7.   **Effects of conservation agriculture on crop productivity and*
*water-use
efficiency under an irrigated pigeonpea–wheat cropping* *system in the
western Indo-Gangetic Plains. By T.K.Das et al. Journal of Agricultural
Science, Page 1 to 16 (2016).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2049/Das%20et%20al.%202016.%20JAS.%20Cambridge.pdf>



*8.   **Conservation tillage is not conservation agriculture. By Don
Reicosky. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. Sept/Oct 2015 - Vol. 70,
N0. 5.*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2049/Don%20Reicosky-CT_is_not_CA.pdf>



*9.   **Conservation agriculture impact for soil conservation in
maize–wheat cropping system in the Indian sub-Himalayas. By B. N. Ghosh et
al. International Soil and Water Conservation Research 3: 112–118 (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2049/Ghosh%20et%20al.%202015.pdf>



*10.       **Impact of conservation practices on soil aggregation and the
carbon management index after seven years of maize–wheat cropping system in
the Indian Himalayas. By B.N.Ghosh et al. Agriculture, Ecosystems and
Environment 216 (2016) 247–257*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2049/Ghosh%20et%20al.%202016.AGEE.pdf>



*11.       **Light grazing of crop residues by sheep in a
Mediterranean-type environment has little impact on following no-tillage
crops. By Cara J. Allan et al. Europ. J. Agronomy 77: 70–80 (2016).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2049/Grazing%20stubble%20in%20summer%20residue%20sheep%20Allan%20et%20al%202016.pdf>



*12.       **Low-carbon agriculture in South America to mitigate global
climate change and* *advance food security. By João Carlos de Moraes Sá et
al. Environment International (2016).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2049/Juca%20Sa%20C%20seq.pdf>



*13.       **Relay intercropping and mineral fertilizer effects on
biomass* *production,
maize productivity and weed dynamics in contrasting* *soils under
conservation agriculture. By B. Mhlanga et al. Journal of Agricultural
Science, Page 1 to 12 (2016).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2049/Mhlanga%20et%20al.%202016_Relay%20intercropping%20and%20mineral%20fertilizer%20effects%20on%20biomass%20production%20maize%20productivity%20and%20weed%20dynamics.pdf>



*14.       **Energy auditing of a maize-wheat-green gram cropping
system* *under
conventional and conservation agriculture in irrigated* *north-western
Indo-Gangetic Plains. By A.A. Saad et al. Energy 116: 293-305 (2016). *
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2049/saad_et_al._Energy_2016.pdf>



*15.       **Soil Degradation in India: Challenges and Potential Solutions**.
By **Ranjan Bhattacharyya. **Sustainability** 7: 3528-3570 (2015).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2049/sustainability-07-03528.pdf>



*16.       **Soil Conservation Issues in India**. By **Ranjan Bhattacharyya
et al. **Sustainability, 8: 565-602 (2016).*
<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2049/sustainability-08-00565%20%281%29.pdf>



*17.       **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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