*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable agriculture and land management* Dear Subscribers, Please see herebelow information about 2 events organized by APAD (Association for a sustainable agriculture), the french association of CA, in September (in France). *Amir Kassam * *Moderator* e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca *Conservation Agriculture is an ecosystem approach to sustainable agriculture and land management based on the practical application of locally adapted three interlinked principles of: (i) Continuous no or minimum mechanical soil disturbance (no-till seeding/planting and weeding, and minimum soil disturbance with all other farm operations including harvesting); (ii) permanent maintenance of soil much cover (crop biomass, stubble and cover crops); and (iii) diversification of cropping system (environmentally, environmentally and socially adapted rotations and/or sequences and/or associations involving annuals and perennials, including legumes and cover crops), along with other complementary good agricultural production and land management practices. Conservation Agriculture systems are present in all continents, involving rainfed and irrigated systems including annual cropland systems, perennial systems, orchards and plantation systems, agroforestry systems, crop-livestock systems, organic systems and rice-based systems* (more at: www.fao.org/ag/ca). ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 11:24 AM Subject: For publication on the Global CA-CoP To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]> Dear Amir, Please find below information about 2 events organized by APAD (Association for a sustainable agriculture), the french association of CA, in September (in France) for communication to the *Global CA-CoP *mailing list. *1-The SOIL Heritage Days, from 14 to 16 September (All France)* Open days throughout France during the *European Heritage Days*, to talk about the importance of considering soils as a heritage to be preserved. More than *20 CA farms* will be open to the public, in most French regions. The link to open farms is available here: http://www.apad.asso.fr/index. php?option=com_content&view=article&id=306 *2- Conservation Agriculture : What opportunities for territories? How to support its development? Ministry of Agriculture, 21st of Septembre (Paris)* A full day dedicated to *Conservation Agriculture organized by APAD at the Ministry of Agriculture* on September 21st (complete program : www.apad.asso.fr). Registration (free) compulsory before September 12th. French only, no translation. This day will allow all to understand the *CA benefits for farmers, society and territories* and to identify the l*evers to be mobilized collectively to support its development.* Sophie Sophie Gardette APAD 7 rue Surcouf F-35170 Bruz France Tél: +33 6 66 36 88 41 [log in to unmask] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);