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"This edifying book is a compendium of much of what we have learnt across the world
about CA...It will serve as an immensely valuable source of reference - and inspiration - for all those who are committed to putting the world's food systems on a truly sustainable footing. It is with great pleasure, therefore, that I can recommend
this book to you", says Qu Dongyu, Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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Two important NEW books on Conservation Agriculture, edited by
Professor Amir Kassam, University of Reading, UK, have been published by award winning Cambridge-based publisher, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited.
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Conservation Agriculture (CA) is a farming system that promotes continuous minimum soil disturbance, maintenance of
a permanent soil cover and diversification of plant species. (FAO, 2020).
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Advances
in Conservation Agriculture Volume 1: Systems and Science summarises research on key components for successful Conservation Agriculture (CA).
Chapters review the latest research on ways of optimising no-till techniques to minimise soil disturbance in relation to seeding, weeding and other operations. Chapters also review ways to improve soil health in CA, including mulch cover, cover crops, rotations
and intercropping.
Advances in Conservation Agriculture Volume 2: Practice and Benefits reviews
ways of optimising Conservation Agricultural (CA) practices and their benefits.
Chapters summarise research on optimising soil management, crop nutrition and irrigation, as well as weed, insect pest and disease management. The book also reviews ways of optimising the environmental and social benefits of adopting CA practices.
Jules Petty, Professor of Environment and Society, University of Essex, says about the book:
"This is an important, timely and authoritative collection on the values of Conservation Agriculture worldwide. Great advances have been made in recent years over a range of approaches and systems to improve both the productivity of agricultural systems
and their positive contributions to ecosystem services and natural capital."
Francis delves deeper into the two volumes in this short video.
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Professor Amir Kassam is
Visiting Professor at the University of Reading (UK) and Moderator of the FAO-hosted Global Platform for Conservation Agriculture Community of Practice (Global CA-CoP). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (UK) and has received an OBE from the British
Government for services to tropical agriculture and to rural development.
Prof. Kassam is Chair of the International Conservation Agriculture Advisory Panel for Africa (ICAAP-Africa), Member of the European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF) and Vice-Chair of the Conservation Agriculture Association for the UK (CA-UK).
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