Global CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

for sustainable agriculture and land management


Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow a self-explanatory message from Professor Forbes Walker of University of Tennessee Extension regarding the online availability of 60 plus presentations on no-till production made during their no-till field days since 1981.

Forbes says adoption of no-till in Tennessee is more than 85%.

Thank you Forbes 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.

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Walker, Forbes R <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 at 03:14
Subject: Re: Global CA-CoP Alert No. 63 (22 July 2020)
To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: Brown, Blake <[log in to unmask]>

Amir:

The University of Tennessee held it’s no-till field day virtually today  due to the COVID 19. This event has been held since 1981. In the past it has had over 10,000 attendees. In Tennessee we have over 85% adoption of no-till. We know no-till!

This year all the 60 plus presentations are available online:

https://milannotill.tennessee.edu/research-tours/

This may be of interest to the listserv members

Thanks

Forbes

Forbes Walker
Professor and Environmental Soil Specialist
University of Tennessee Extension 


   




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