Global CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
for sustainable agriculture and land management
Amir Kassam
Moderator
Global CA-CoP
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URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca
Conservation Agriculture is an ecosystem approach to regenerative sustainable agriculture and land management based on the practical application of context-specific and 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 (economically, 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, pasture and rangeland systems, organic production systems and rice-based systems. Conservation Tillage and Minimum Tillage are not Conservation Agriculture, and nor is No-Till on its own (more at: www.fao.org/ag/ca).
Dear colleagues,please find attached the report,REGENERATION OF SOILS AND ECOSYSTEMS:
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PREVENT CLIMATE CHANGE.
BASIS FOR A NECESSARY CLIMATE AND AGRICULTURAL POLICYin the English full and nutshell versions, which provides solid and straightforward arguments for the 4/1000 Initiative. I include also its “CV” with some comments by illustrious readers.For the versions in Spanish, German and Italian please go to:
Hope you find it useful and worth sharing it. We will be happy to receive any comments.
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