*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable agriculture and land management* Dear Subscribers, Please see herebelow the link to the report 'Nature-based solutions for water -- The UN world water development report 2018'. Thank you Dr Reicosky for sharing the document. *Amir Kassam * *Moderator* e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Don Reicosky <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 7:24 PM Subject: Article for consideration for CA-CoP To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]> Amir, Check the link below for more details regarding the report 'Nature-based solutions for water -- The UN world water development report 2018'. The executive summary explicitly calls out the importance of conservation agriculture for increased water management and water use efficiency. See the paragraph below. Regards. Don http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0026/002614/261424e.pdf Suggested citation: WWAP (United Nations World Water Assessment Programme)/UN-Water. 2018. The United Nations World Water Development Report 2018: Nature-Based Solutions for Water. Paris, UNESCO Agriculture will need to meet projected increases in food demand by improving its resource use efficiency while simultaneously reducing its external footprint, and water is central to this need. *A cornerstone of recognized* *solutions is the ‘sustainable ecological intensification’ of* *food production, which enhances ecosystem services in* *agricultural landscapes, for example through improved soil* *and vegetation management. ‘Conservation agriculture’,* *which incorporates practices aimed at minimizing soil* *disturbance, maintaining soil cover and regularizing crop* *rotation, is a flagship example approach to sustainable* *production intensification. Agricultural systems that* *rehabilitate or conserve ecosystem services can be as* *productive as intensive, high-input systems, but with* *significantly reduced externalities. Although NBS offer* *significant gains in irrigation, the main opportunities to* *increase productivity are in rainfed systems that account* *for the bulk of current production and family farming (and* *hence provide the greatest livelihood and poverty reduction* *benefits).* The theoretical gains that could be achievable at a global scale exceed the projected increases in global demand for water, thereby potentially reducing conflicts among competing uses. -- Don Reicosky Morris, MN USA 56267 e-mail: [log in to unmask] Cell Phone 320-287-2314 <(320)%20287-2314> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);