*Global CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE for
sustainable agricultural production and land management Alert No. 53 (15
February 2018) 1. Climate Smart Agriculture Sourcebook. Summary Second
Edition. FAO, Rome (2017).
http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/book/1.pdf
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/book/1.pdf>
2. Innovative Viable Solution to Rice Residue Burning in Rice-Wheat
Cropping System through Concurrent Use of Super Straw Management
System-fitted Combines and Turbo Happy Seeder. Policy Brief No. 2. National
Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi, India (2017).
http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/technical/2.pdf
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/technical/2.pdf>
3. Soil carbon debt of 12,000 years of human land use. By Jonathan
Sanderman et al. PNAS 114 (36): 9575-9580 (2017).
http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/3.pdf
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/3.pdf>
4. Networking our science to characterize the state, vulnerabilities,
and management opportunities of soil organic matter. By Jennifer W. Harden
et al. Global Change Biology 1-17 (2017).
http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/4.pdf
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/4.pdf>
5. The ecology of soil carbon pools, vulnerabilities, and biotic and
abiotic control. By Robert Jackson et al. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst.
48:419-445 (2017).
http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/5.pdf
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/5.pdf>*
* 6. Recent Highlights on Healthy Soils Work around the World prepared
by Breakthrough Strategies and Solutions (2017).
http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/technical/6.pdf
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/technical/6.pdf>
7. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture without
compromising food security? By Stefan Frank et al. Environ. Res. Lett. 12:
1-14 (2017).
http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/7.pdf
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/7.pdf>*
* 8. An Innovative Versatile Multi-crop Planter for Crop Establishment
Using Two-wheel Tractors. By Md Enamul Haque et al. Agricultural
Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America 48 (3): 34-39 (2017).
http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/8.pdf
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/8.pdf>
9. Adoption impacts of Conservation Agriculture technology at farm
level in Bangladesh. By M. A. Monayem Mia et al. BARI, Bangladesh, ACIAR,
Australia and Murdoch University, Australia (2017).
http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/technical/9.pdf
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/technical/9.pdf>
10. Weed control under conservation agriculture in dryland
smallholder farming systems of southern Africa. A review. By Nicole Lee and
Christian Thierfelder. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 37 (48): 4-25 (2017).
http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/10.pdf
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/10.pdf>
11. The adaptive capacity of maize-based conservation agriculture
systems to climate stress in tropical and subtropical environments: A
meta-regression of yields. By Peter Steward et al. Agriculture, Ecosystems
and Environment 251: 194-202 (2018).
http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/11.pdf
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/11.pdf>
12. Can conservation tillage mitigate climate change impacts in
Mediterranean cereal systems? A soil organic carbon assessment using long
term experiments. By Ileana Iocola et al. European Journal of Agronomy 90@
96-107 (2017).
http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/12.pdf
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/12.pdf>
13. Conservation Agriculture and Soil Carbon Sequestration. By Ch.
Srinivasarao et al. In: Conservation Agriculture. Chapter 19. PP 479-523.
M. Farooq and K.H.M. Siddique (eds). Springer International, Switzerland
(2015).
http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/book/13.pdf
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/book/13.pdf>
14. Conservation Agriculture and its impact on soil quality and
maize yield: A South African perspective. By Nkanyiso J. Sithole et al.
Soil & Tillage Research 162: 55–67 (2016).
http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/14.pdf
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/14.pdf>
15. Conventional tillage decreases the abundance and biomass of
earthworms and alters their community structure in a global meta-analysis,
By Marıa Jesus I. Briones and Olaf Schmidt. Global Change Biology
23:4396–4419 (2017).
http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/15.pdf
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/15.pdf>
16. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Conservation
Agriculture. 1-4 August 2017, Aapresid, Rosario, Argentina.
http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/book/16.pdf
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/book/16.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 2013/14) can be seen at the FAO
CA-Website at: http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/6c.html
<http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/6c.html> An interim update for 2015/16 can be
found on pages 16-19 of the Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on
Conservation Agriculture at:
https://proceedingswcca.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/7th-wcca_proceedings_final.pdf
<https://proceedingswcca.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/7th-wcca_proceedings_final.pdf>
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