Global CA-CoP
CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
for sustainable agriculture
and land management
Alert No. 54 (24 May 2018)
1. Can productivity and profitability be enhanced
in intensively managed cereal systems while reducing the environmental
footprint of production? Assessing sustainable intensification options in the
breadbasket of India. By Kumar, V. et al. Agriculture, Ecosystems and
Environment 252: 132–147 (1918)
2. Conservation agriculture effects on crop and
water productivity, profitability and soil organic carbon accumulation under a
maize-wheat cropping system in the North-western Indo-Gangetic Plains. By Das,
T.K. et al. Field Crops Research 215: 222–231 (2018)
3. Breeding wheat for yield maximization under conservation
agriculture, By Yadav, R. et al. Indian
J. Genet. 77(2): 185-198 (2017)
4.
Controlled traffic farming effects on soil emissions of nitrous oxide and
methane. By Tullberg, J. et al. Soil & Tillage Research 176:18-25 (2018)
5. Why we need a National Living Soil Repository. By Manter, D.K. et
al. PNAS December 26, vol. 114 (52) : 13587–13590
(2017)
6. Soil quality under long-term cropping by no-tillage compared to
conventional cultivation and permanent pasture in the Manawatu. By Ross, C. et
al. In: The proceedings of the workshop: Dairy farm soil management. pp
119-126. (eds. Currie, L.D. and Loganathan, P.). Massey University, Palmerston
North, New Zealand, 13-14 February, 2002
7. Scaling Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification in
South Asia – A Regional Policy Dialogue. 8-9 September 2017, Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Proceedings and
Recommendations. TAAS, ACIAR, AA, CIMMYT
8. Scaling Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification in
South Asia. Policy Brief. 8-9 September 2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh. TAAS, ACIAR,
AA, CIMMYT
9. Enzymes and C pools as indicators of C build
up in short-term Conservation Agriculture in a savanna ecosystem in Cambodia.
By Lyda Hok et al. Soil & Tillage Research 177: 125–133 (2018)
10. The UWA Institute of Agriculture Annual Research Report
2016. Sustaining productive agriculture for a growing world.
11. Taking stock: progress in natural capital accounting.
Science for Environment Policy, European Commission, In-depth Report 16. (2017)
12. Conservation Agriculture in mixed crop–livestock systems:
Scoping crop residue trade-offs in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. By Diego
Valbuena et al. Field Crops Research
132:175–184 (2012)
13. Managing Mediterranean soil resources under global change:
expected trends and mitigation strategies. By Philippe Lagacherie et al.
Article in Regional Environmental Change. November 2017 (DOI:
10.1007/s10113-017-1239-9)
14. Mechanized minimum soil disturbance establishment and yield of
diverse crops in paddy fields using a two-wheel tranctor-mounted planter
suitable for smallholder cropping. By R.W. Bell et al. Expl Agric. 1-19 (2017) (doi:10.1017/S0014479717000370)
15. The Evergreen Revolution: Six ways to
empower India’s no-burn agricultural future. Wicked EconFest (2017)
16. Regional
analysis of the nationally determined contributions of eastern Africa. Gaps and
opportunities in the agricultural sector. FAO, Rome (2017)
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
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca
Conservation
Agriculture is based on the practical application of three interlinked
principles of: (i) Continuous no or minimum mechanical soil disturbance
(no-till seeding/planting and no-till weeding); (ii) permanent
maintenance of soil much cover (crop biomass, stubble and cover crops); and
(iii) diversification of cropping system (rotations and/or sequences and/or
associations involving annuals and perennials including legumes),along with
other complementary good agricultural practices (more at: www.fao.org/ag/ca)
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