Global CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
for sustainable agriculture and land managementAmir 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.
Dear Colleagues,
Attached is a recent article on the importance of regenerative agriculture to carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation, which would be of interest to you.
Best wishes,
Maggie
Thank you for your patience in these unusual times. We wish you and your loved ones the best of health.
Maggie Willis
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Program Coordinator
Carbon Management and Sequestration Center
The Ohio State University
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