*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*



*for sustainable agriculture and land management *



*Alert No. 55 (5 July 2018) *

*1.     **Plantas de Cobertura: Manual Tecnico. By Ademir Calegari, Projeto
Solovivo. IAPAR, Brazil (2016).*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/technical/1_1_7.pdf>



*2.     **Potential for Conservation Agriculture in the Dry Marginal Zone
of Central Syria: A Preliminary Assessment. By **Baqir Lalani et al.
Sustainability 10:1-19 (2018).*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/2_1_7.pdf>



*3.     **The 4 per 1000 goal and soil carbon storage under agroforestry
and Conservation Agriculture systems in sub-Saharan Africa. By Marc
Corbeels et al. (2018)*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/3_1_7.pdf>
*.*



*4.     **Census Parcels Cropping System Classification from Multitemporal
Remote Imagery: A Proposed Universal Methodology. By Luis García-Torres et
al. PLoS ONE 10(2) (2014).*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/4_1_7.pdf>



*5.     **Effect of tillage and crop (cereal versus legume) *1 *on
greenhouse gas emissions and Global Warming Potential in a non-irrigated
Mediterranean field. By **Guillermo Guardia et al. Agriculture Ecosystems &
Environment (2016).*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/5_1_7.pdf>



*6.     **Driving factors of soil carbon accumulation in Oxisols in
long-termno-till systems of South Brazil. By Ademir de Oliveira Ferreira et
al. Science of the Total Environment 622–623 (2018) 735–742 (2018).*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/6_1_7.pdf>



*7.     **Climate risk management and rural poverty reduction. By James
Hansen et al. Agricultural Systems (2018)*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/7_1_7.pdf>
*.*



*8.     **Agricultural Policies and Investment Priorities for Managing
Natural Resources, Climate Change and Air Pollution; Policy brief. By Raj
Paroda et al. TAAS, CIMMYT, ICAR, CCAFS, WB (2018).*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/brochure/8_1_7.pdf>





*9.      * *Phenotyping Conservation Agriculture Management Effects on
Ground and Aerial Remote Sensing Assessments of Maize Hybrids Performancein
Zimbabwe. By Adrian Gracia‐Romero et al.  **Remote Sens. 10** (349): 1-21
(2018).*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/9_1_7.pdf>



*10.                        ** Changes in soil organic carbon during 22
years of pastures, cropping or integrated crop/livestock systems in the
Brazilian Cerrado. By **Selenobaldo A. C. de Sant-Anna et al. **Nutr Cycl
Agroecosyst.  108:101–120 (2017).*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/10_1_7.pdf>



*11.                        * *Soil health – What should the doctor order?
By M. Wood and A. M. Litterick. Soil Use and Management, 33, 339–345.
(2017).*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/11_1_7.pdf>



*12.                        ** Should Soil Testing Services Measure Soil
Biological Activity? By Alan J. Franzluebbers. Agric. Environ. Lett. 1
(2016).*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/brochure/12_1_7.pdf>



*13.                        * *Feeding the Nation and the World —
Sustainably: The soil health roadmap to productive, sustainable farming in
the 21st century and beyond. NRCS, USDA (2011).*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/book/13_1_7.pdf>



*14.                        * *On-farm soil health evaluations: Challenges
and opportunities. By Douglas L. Karlen et al. Journal of Soil and Water
Conservation.72(2):26-31 (2017)**.*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/technical/14_1_7.pdf>



*15.                        * *Complementary practices supporting
conservation agriculture in southern Africa. A review. By Christian
Thierfelder et al.** Agronomy for Sustainable Development 38:16 (2018)*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/15_1_7.pdf>
*.*



*16.                        ** Zero-tillage as a pathway for sustainable
wheat intensification in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains: does it work in
farmers’ fields? By Alwin Keil et al. Food Sec. 7:983–1001 (2015).*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/16_1_7.pdf>



*17.                        * *Farm-level Economic Analysis - Is
Conservation Agriculture Helping the Poor? By Baqir Lalani et al.**
Ecological Economics 141: 144–153 (2017).*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/17_1_7.pdf>



*18.                        ** Does Zero Tillage Improve the Livelihoods of
Smallholder Cropping Farmers? By Tamer El-Shater et al. Journal of
Agricultural Economics, 67 (1): 154–172 (2016).*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/18_1_7.pdf>



*19.                        * *Minimal soil disturbance and increased
residue retention increase soil carbon in rice-based cropping systems on
the Eastern Gangetic Plain. By Md. Khairul Alam et al. Soil and Tillage
Research 183: 28-41 (2018).*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/19_1_7.pdf>



*20.                        * *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).*
<http://www.conservationagriculturedatabase.eu/database/assets/paper/20_1_7.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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