*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable agriculture and land management* Dear Subscribers, Please see attached the ACT News Alert for July-August 2020 on Conservation Agriculture. Apologies for any cross-posting. *Amir Kassam * *Moderator* *Global CA-CoP* e-mail: [log in to unmask] 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: Saidi Mkomwa <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 11:19 Subject: ACT News Alert July-August 2020 To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]> Cc: <[log in to unmask]> Dear Amir, Kindly share with the CA CoP, the ACT news alert for July-August 2020. With warmest regards Saidi Mkomwa Executive Secretary *African* *Conservation** Tillage* *Network* *Conservation Agriculture for Improved Livelihoods and a Better Environment* KALRO Kabete Compound, Waiyaki Way P.O. Box 10375-00100, Nairobi, Kenya Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.act-africa.org/ <https://clicktime.symantec.com/354AwoM7LZ2Kru29JQiaSKJ7Vc?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.act-africa.org%2F> Tel: 254 20 8076064 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);