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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

Amir Kassam

Moderator

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