Global CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

for sustainable agriculture and land management


Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow the link to an interview with Prof. Rattan Lal on sustainable management of soil.

Aologies for any cross-posting.

Amir Kassam

Moderator

Global CA-CoP

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URL: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture

 

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 mulch 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/or 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, Reduced Tillage and Minimum Tillage are not Conservation Agriculture, and nor is No-Till on its own (more at: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture).

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From: Lal, Rattan <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 at 11:24
Subject: An interview on sustainable management of soil
To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>


Dear Amir,

 

 I am pleased to share with you the link below based on a recent interview with me. Please distribute it among  members of the  CA-CoP .


https://www.columbusunderground.com/low-hanging-fruit-dr-rattan-lal-on-how-soil-farming-can-help-save-the-climate-jb1

 

 

Best regards

 

 

Rattan Lal 

Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science

Director, Carbon Management and Sequestration Center

Past President, International Union of Soil Sciences

Adjunct Professor, University of Iceland 

The Ohio State University 

Columbus, OH 43210, USA 

Phone: 614-292-9069 

Fax:      614-292-7432 

 

 

 




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