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Dear Subscribers,

Pleae see herebelow a link shared by Professor David Montgomery regarding an article in the Scientific American on 16 July 2018 entitled:

To Feed the World Sustainably, Repair the Soil

Thank you David for sharing.

Amir Kassam

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Conservation Agriculture is an ecosystem approach to sustainable agriculture and land management based on the practical application of 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 (socio-economically and environmentally adapted rotations and/or sequences and/or associations involving annuals and perennials, including legumes and cover crops), along with other complementary good agricultural production management practices (more at: www.fao.org/ag/ca).


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From: David Montgomery <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 11:49 PM
Subject: New post on soil restoration
To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>, "Lal, Rattan" <[log in to unmask]>, Timothy LaSalle <[log in to unmask]>


Thought you all might be interested in reading or sharing with others this new Scientific American post.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/to-feed-the-world-sustainably-repair-the-soil/

Best,
Dave


David R. Montgomery
Professor of Geomorphology
Department of Earth & Space Sciences
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-1310

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