*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable agriculture and land management* Dear Subscribers, Please see herebelow an announcement and an invitation to the meeting by GIFA (Global Forum for Innovation in Agriculture) on 20-21 June at Utrecht, The Netherlands. GODAN (the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition) and GCAN (the Global Conservation Agriculture Network) will host a special luncheon meeting on 20 June from at GFIA Europe focused on innovation and inclusion. Presentations will cover Conservation Agriculture. Thank you Gerard Rass for sharing. *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 production management practices* (more at: www.fao.org/ag/ca). ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gérard Rass <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 1:09 AM Subject: GFIA Invitation To: [log in to unmask] Dear Amir, I hope you are well in all aspects. In urgency, I would like to propose you to support with CA-COP newsletter the following event, in which we have been lucky to be invited by GFIA and GODAN to talk about CA in Netherlands next week. I hope you will see this as an opportunity, and can contribute to spread the invitation below. Thanks for your attention. My best regards. Gerard Gérard Rass APAD General Secretary 7 rue Surcouf F-35170 Bruz France *Tél: 33 6 45 29 16 51 <33%206%2045%2029%2016%2051> * [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Web site : http://www.gfiaeurope.com/conference *Special Lunch hosted by GODAN, APAD, GCAN* 1:30 – 3:00pm, 20 June Spaces are limited at the lunch. Register with GODAN to be sure to get a seat. *andre.laperriere@godan* *All farmers can innovate for sustainable food production and climate* GODAN (the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition) and GCAN (the Global Conservation Agriculture Network) will host a special lunch at GFIA Europe focused on innovation and inclusion. Hear from a line-up of expert speakers on agriculture systems and innovations that bring today’s science and methods to all farmers around the world. *Speakers include:* Andre Laperriere Executive Director, Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) Gérard Rass General Secretary, APAD (Association for the Promotion of Conservation Agriculture – GCAN (Global Conservation Agriculture Network) Aziz Zine El Abidine Farmer in Meknes – AMAC (Moroccan Association of Conservation Agriculture) Ben Schapp Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN)/ Wagenigen University *About GODAN:* • GODAN supports the proactive sharing of open data to make information about agriculture and nutrition available, accessible and usable to deal with the urgent challenge of ensuring world food security. • It is a rapidly growing group, currently with over 500 partners from high-level government, donors, international and not-for-profit organizations and businesses that have committed to a joint Statement of Purpose. • The GODAN initiative was a by-product of the 2012 G-8 Summit, where leaders agreed to “share relevant agricultural data available from G-8 countries with African partners and convene an international conference on Open Data for Agriculture, to develop options for the establishment of a global platform to make reliable agricultural and related information available to African farmers, researchers and policymakers, taking into account existing agricultural data systems.” • GODAN was formally announced at the Open Government Partnership Conference in October 2013. • Any organization that supports open access to agriculture and nutrition data can join GODAN. • GODAN partners support the shared principles based on GODAN’s Statement of Purpose o Agricultural and nutritional data to be available, accessible, usable and unrestricted o Partners aim to build high level policy and private sector support for open data o Encourage collaboration and cooperation across existing agriculture, nutrition and open data activities and stakeholders to solve long-standing global problems o GODAN partners commit to: o Host regular conversations with our peer multilateral and local organisations to identify and share best practices and determine how to more effectively share data and provide useable analysis for local application o Recruit new partners to GODAN • GODAN is supported by a small secretariat hosted by CABI in Wallingford, UK. • GODAN’s Steering Committee partners include: the US Government, the UK’s DFID, the Netherlands Government, the Open Data Institute, FAO, CTA, CABI, CGIAR and GFAR. • GODAN’s working groups focus on well-defined thematic areas: soil, rice, capacity building and data infrastructures, data rights and interoperability challenges. *About GCAN :* . GCAN is the global network of farmers associations practicing, developing, and disseminating Conservation Agriculture, of scientists and experts. . APAD is the French Association of Conservation Agriculture . AMAC is the Moroccan association of Conservation Agriculture . GCAN and its members associations have the objective of supporting improvement of efficiency and performance of local farmers communities. This includes all necessary levels : recognition from local authorities, adaptation of policies, operational aspects, technical improvement, access to knowledge, technologies. Networking between groups (farmers to farmers) is a mainstream for sharing knowledge and progresses. Trainings by specialists and e-learning are other key tools. . GCAN has published a Manifesto calling decision makers to promote Conservation Agriculture as the mainstream for agriculture to mitigate climate change and ensure sustainable food security, and to adopt efficient global policies, including Carbon finance mechanisms. All organizations able and willing to support farmers capacitation are needed and welcome to support GCAN associations, in a bilateral or multilateral partnership. *GODAN and GCAN* share a similar vision and the objectives to strengthen farmers local communities, to enable them to better provide sustainable production of food and nutrition for mankind, while maintaining and improving the resources of the planet. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);