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Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow an announcement from FAO regarding the GLINKA World
Soil Prize being awarded to Aapresid as Soil Conservation Champion.

Aapresid is the No-Till Association of Argentina.

The President of Aapresid in his speech said that “This recognition is to
the Argentine farmers whose agriculture is 91% based on No Till”.

Congratulations to Aapresid for this achievement and recognition.

*Amir Kassam *

*Moderator*

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*Aapresid is distinguished as Soil Conservation Champion by FAO*

This award is to acknowledge institutions’ trajectory and achievements in
its role as “soil guardians”.

The GLINKA World Soil Prize is granted by the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations- FAO whose slogan is “The care of the
planet begins with the ground”. The President of the Argentine No till
Farmers Association (Aapresid), Mr. Pedro Vigneau, participated in the
World Soil Day ceremony held on December 5th in Rome.

“This recognition is to the Argentine farmers whose agriculture is 91%
based on No Till”, said the President of Aapresid in his speech.

“This positions the No Till system agriculture as a referent in soil
conservation, so this sustainability diploma turns us into natural
resources protectors who provide more opportunities for interaction,
dialogue and joint work”, said Santiago Nocelli Pac, Manager of Aapresid
Prospective Program, and added:

“They do not reward us only for producing more, but for producing and
conserving”.

Aapresid was born thirty years ago due to the interest of a group of
farmers who worried about the soil erosion. They decided to build
collaborative solutions by adopting the technology of conservation
agriculture (No till or Zero Tillage) adapting their local machinery for
that purpose, sharing experiences and researching with a strong spirit of
disruption and innovation to carry out its mission of sustainability.

The Glinka World Soil Prize aims to maintain the momentum generated by the
International Year of Soils in 2015. The name of the award is derived from
Konstantin Glinka (1867-1927) who was a prominent Russian soil scientist.
He was credited for contributing to understand the principles of the
geographic distribution of the soil resources and for his extensive
exploration activities, mapping and evaluation of vast areas of Siberia,
the Far East and Central Asia, as well as for his important studies in
mineralogy, chemistry and paleopedology.

“This distinction will contribute in a timely manner to sensitize policy
makers, scientists and the general public about possible solutions to
local, national, regional and global soil degradation issues, encouraging
all stakeholders involved to contribute more actively to the preservation
of the environment, food security and poverty alleviation, as specified in
the revised World Soil Charter”, expressed Mr. Nocelli Pac.

“The Glinka World Soil Prize entails a great responsibility and it also
brings about the discussion of the FAO endorsement to the global dialogue”,
added the agronomist.

María Beatriz “Pilu” Giraudo, former President of Aapresid, underlined:
“This award implies more commitment to monitoring and continuous
improvement, and involves the use of technologies that allow ecology and
production to go on ahead together”.

According to the latest report from the world soil state, the overwhelming
conclusion is that most of the world’s soil resources are in fair, poor or
very poor conditions. The most important threats are erosion, carbon loss
and nutrients imbalance. Conservation Agriculture (CA) is based on the “No
Till” precept, something that Aapresid has been preaching for many years
and listed as a priority practice for mitigating those damaging impacts.

“We redouble our mission, our energy and mainly our Aapresid’s spirit to
strengthen it inside the institution and to radiate it to others worldwide.
We share this award proud of being farmers who promote a model that allows
us to recover, maintain and even improve the soils”, concluded Mrs. Giraudo.

Mr. Alejandro Petek, member of the Aapreisd directive board, remarked: “As
part of the American Confederation of Farmers Organizations for a
Sustainable Agriculture (CAAPAS) and also belonging to the Global
Conservation Agriculture Network (GCAN), we share the pride and joy of this
prize with all the other farmers and institutions who aim to create a
better world through the promotion of conservation agriculture with zero
tillage, not only for this generation but also for the future ones. We
thank FAO for this recognition. This boosts our efforts to implement
production systems to improve the quality of the environment and of food,
fiber and energy production”.
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