*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable production intensification and land management * *Alert No. 50 (5 June 2017) * *1. **Soil carbon 4 per mille. By Budiman Minasny et al. Geoderma 292: 59–86 (2017).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2050/4%20per%201000%20Das%20et%20al.%202016.%20JAS.%20Cambridge.pdf> *2. **Cost-benefit analysis of Conservation Agriculture implementation in Syrdarya province of Uzbekistan. By Azizbek Daujanov1*, Rolf Groeneveld et al. **Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development 48: 48-52 (2016).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2050/%5B%5D%20Cost-Benefit%20Analysis%20of%20Conservation%20Agriculture%20Implementation%20in%20Syrdarya%20Province%20of%20Uzbekistan.pdf> *3. **The role of abiotic factors modulating the plant-microbe-soil interactions: toward sustainable agriculture. A review. By **Gustavo Santoyo et al. ** Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 15 (1). ** e03R01, 15 pages (2017).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2050/Abiotic%20factors%20regulating%20plant-microbe-soil%20interactions.pdf> *4. **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).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2050/Brazil%20Freitas%20Landers.pdf> *5. **No-till and conservat**ion agriculture in the United States: An example from the David Brandt farm, Carroll, Ohio. **International Soil and Water Conservation Research, Vol. 2 (1): 97-107 (2014).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2050/CA%20in%20USA%20Isam%20and%20Reeder-main.pdf> *6. **How climate-smart is conservation agriculture (CA)? – its potential to deliver on adaptation, mitigation and productivity on smallholder farms in southern Africa. By Thierfelder et al. Food Sec, published online (2017)* . <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2050/Thierfelder%20et%20al.%202017.%20How%20climate-smart%20is%20conservation%20agriculture.pdf> *7. **Efficient C sequestration and benefits of medicinal vetiver cropping in tropical regions. By Munnu Singh et al. Agron. Sustain. Dev. Published on line (2013).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2050/vetiverPDF.pdf> *8. **Proceedings of the **2nd Conference on Conservation Agriculture for Smallholders (CASH-II). By Richard Bell and Enamul Haque (eds). Bangladesh Agriculture Universtiy, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2050/CASH%20-%20II%20Proceeding%202017%20%5BFINAL%5D.pdf> *9. **Field Pennycress Production and Weed Control in a Double Crop System with Soybean in Minnesota. By Gregg Johnson et al. Agronomy Journal 107 (2): 532-540 (2015.* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2050/Cover%20crops%20%26%20weed%20control%20Pennycress%20Double-cropping%20with%20PC_G-Johnson%20et%20al%202015.pdf> *10. **A framework for evaluating ecosystem services provided by cover* *crops in agroecosystems. By Meagan Schipanski et al. Agricultural Systems 125: 12–22 (2014).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2050/Cover%20crops%20ecosystem%20services%20provided%20by%20cover%20crops%20framework%202014-1.pdf> *11. **Cover Crops as a Means of Ecological Weed Management in Agroecosystems. By Fikre Lemessa and Mulatu Wakjira. **J. Crop Sci. Biotech. 18 (2): 133-145 (2015).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2050/Cover%20crops%20for%20weed%20control%20in%20CA%20review%20Fikre%201%20Korean%202015%20pdf.pdf> *12. **Weed growth and crop yield responses to tillage and* *mulching under different crop rotation sequences in* *semi-arid conditions. By N. Mashingaidze et al. British Society of Soil Science, Soil Use and Management, pages 1-17 (doi: 10.1111/sum.12338 ) (2017).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2050/Mashingaidze%20et%20al.%202017%20SUM.pdf> *13. **Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response* *to warming. By T.W.Crowther et al. Letter, Nature 540: 104-109 (2016).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2050/Quantifying%20global%20soil%20carbon%20losses%20in%20response%20to%20warming.%20Nature%202016.pdf> *14. **Earthworms are more important than pandas (if you want to save the planet). By Sarah Johnson. The Conversation. 29 March 2017.* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2050/Earthworms%20are%20more%20important%20than%20pandas%20%28if%20you%20want%20to%20save%20the%20planet.pdf> *15. **The Future of Food and Agriculture: Trends and Challenges. FAO, Rome (2017).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2050/Future%20of%20food%20and%20agric-trends%20and%20challenges.pdf> *16. **Environmental Sustainability: A Case of Policy* *Implementation Failure? By Michael Howes et al. **Sustainability 9, 165-182 (2017).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/friedrich/Alert%2050/sustainability-case%20of%20policy09-00165.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. 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