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

*for sustainable agriculture and land management*

Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow a self-explanatory message from Don Reicosky regarding
two books on Soil Health which he has published with Burleigh Dodds Science
Publishing, Cambridge, UK.

Thank you Don for sharing.

Apologies for any cross-posting.

*Amir Kassam *

*Moderator*

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*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
production systems and rice-based systems* (more at: www.fao.org/ag/ca).

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Don Reicosky <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 1:40 AM
Subject: Two new soil health books
To: Don Reicosky <[log in to unmask]>

To All,

Introduction

There has been growing concern that both intensive agriculture in the
developed world and rapid expansion of crop cultivation in developing
countries is damaging the health of the soils which are the foundation of
farming. At the same time, we are discovering much more about how complex
soils are as living biological systems. These issues are addressed in the
two volumes of Managing soil health for sustainable agriculture:

-         Volume 1: Fundamentals

-         Volume 2: Monitoring and management

Volume 2 discusses key methods for monitoring soil health and provides a
comprehensive review of techniques to manage soil health, from no-till and
conservation tillage techniques to the use of rotations, intercropping and
cover crops. The volume also contains detailed case studies of ways of
supporting smallholders in maintaining soil health in regions such as
Africa, Asia and South America.



Book citations are given below:

*Reicosky, D. (ed.). 2018. Managing soil health for sustainable
agriculture.  Volume 1: Fundamentals, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing,
Cambridge, UK 352 pp.* (ISBN: 978 1 78676 188 0; www.bdspublishing.com)

*Reicosky, D. (ed.). 2018. Managing soil health for sustainable agriculture
Volume 2: Monitoring and management, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing,
Cambridge, UK  464 pp.* (ISBN: 978 1 78676 192 7; www.bdspublishing.com)



See the attached flyer for more detailed information and chapter listings
on two recently published books on soil health by Burleigh Dodds Science
Publishing as part of the  BURLEIGH DODDS SERIES IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE.

-- 
Don Reicosky
Morris, MN USA 56267
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Cell Phone 320-287-2314

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