Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow a message from Dr. M.L.Jat from CIMMYT India regarding the attached document entitled:

Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification in Eastern India. Policy Brief, 8 p. Indian Council of Agricultural Research and National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi, by  Mishra, J.S., Bhatt, B.P., Arunachalam, A. and Jat, M.L. (2020).

Thank you Dr. Jat for sharing.

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.


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From: JAT, Mangi Lal (CIMMYT-India) <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 at 11:53
Subject: Policy Brief on Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification in Eastern India
To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>


Dear Dr Amir:

 

Trust all well.

 

Wish you ‘World Environment Day-2020’ and since the theme of this years world environment day is ‘Time for Nature’ and in that respect CA is critical to play the role and accordingly am pleased to share that on this important day, attached policy brief on ‘Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification in Eastern India’ have been brought out based on rigorous stakeholder consultations and learnings under various multi-institute projects and programs over years in Eastern India. Inputs from key discussants (listed on last page of the documents) contributed to this and is published by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and National Academy of Agricultural Science (NASS).

 

 

Citation: Mishra, J.S., Bhatt, B.P., Arunachalam, A. and Jat, M.L. (2020). Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification in Eastern India. Policy Brief, 8 p. Indian Council of Agricultural Research and National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi.

 

Request you to please share among the CA-CoP readership

 

Best regards, ML

 

 

ML Jat, PhD; FNAAS; FISA | Principal Scientist/Systems Agronomist

 

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