Global CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

for sustainable agriculture and land management


Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow a self-explanatory message regarding a podcast on Cover Crops Around the Globe from Sarah Hill of Cover Crop Strategies.

Apologies 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: Sarah Hill, Cover Crop Strategies <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 at 22:00
Subject: [Podcast] Cover Crops Around the Globe
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Hello Amir,

The next episode of the Cover Crop Strategies Podcast, brought to you by Cover Crop Innovators, is now available. Listen to the full episode now >>

Farmers around the world face different challenges, but North American growers can learn a lot from how farmers in other countries solve problems.

In this episode, "Cover Crops Around the Globe," Pennsylvania cover crop expert Steve Groff shares insights on how growers use cover crops to retain moisture in the soil in Australia, managing soil erosion in Tasmania, observations on soil types and structure in France, and more.

Thanks for listening,

Sarah Hill
Associate Editor, Cover Crop Strategies
16655 W. Wisconsin Ave, Brookfield, WI 53005
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