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 All,
CA and Climate Change has been a hot topic in our research Agenda and having LT trials to proof how the systems respond under drought conditions
has been a major benefit of our work – smart Investment in medium to LT trials will pay off over time.
The current study is a collaboration with the University of Leeds.
The attached paper published in Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment is entitled: Conservation agriculture enhances resistance of maize to climate stress in a Malawian medium-term trial by Peter R. Steward,⁎, Christian Thierfelder, Andrew J. Dougill, Ivy Ligowe.
I hope you will find this useful in your future work…
All the best,
Chrstian
Dr. Christian Thierfelder | Senior Cropping Systems Agronomist
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) - Southern Africa Regional Office
P.O. Box MP 163, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
email: [log in to unmask] skype: chthierfelder cel: +263 772815230
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