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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
6. Recent Highlights on Healthy Soils Work around the World prepared by Breakthrough Strategies and Solutions (2017).
http://www.
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.
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).
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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).
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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).
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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.
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.
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).
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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).
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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).
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16.
Proceedings of the 7th
World Congress on Conservation Agriculture. 1-4 August 2017, Aapresid, Rosario,
Argentina. http://www.
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.
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.
Amir Kassam
Moderator
URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca
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