Global CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
for sustainable agriculture and land management
Amir Kassam
Moderator
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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 production systems and rice-based systems (more at: www.fao.org/ag/ca).
Dear Amir,
I attach herein, the Second Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture update, that we have 25 Days remaining to the event dates, 9-12 October 2018.
Kindly share with the Global CA Community.
With regards
Saidi Mkomwa
Executive Secretary
African Conservation Tillage Network
Conservation Agriculture for Improved Livelihoods and a Better Environment
KALRO Kabete Compound, Waiyaki Way
P.O. Box 10375-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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Web: http://www.act-africa.org/
Tel: 254 20 8076064;
Cell: 254 712 252549

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Subject: 25 Days Remaining To The Second Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture
Preparations for the Second Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture (2ACCA) are in full gear under the able leadership of the International Steering Committee. Six hundred participants -farmers, policy makers, researchers,investors and industry players - from Africa and across the globe are expected at the event. This is an opportunity for YOU too to be heard and to contribute to making climate smart agriculture real in Africa.The Second Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture will be held on 9th - 12th October 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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