*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable agriculture and land management* Dear Subscribers, Please see herebelow a communication regarding "Impacts of COVID-19 on agriculture: Italy's response"from Sandra Corsi from the FAO Conservation Agriculture team. Thank you Sandra for sharing. 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: Corsi, Sandra (NSP) <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 15:57 Subject: Impacts of COVID-19 on agriculture: Italy's response To: Innovation and sustainable mechanization play a critical role in the long-term resilience of the agriculture sector and are a priority for both FAO and the Government of Italy. "Impacts of COVID-19 on agriculture: Italy's response" is now online< http://www.fao.org/sustainable-agricultural-mechanization/resources/news/detail-events/en/c/1305799/> on the FAO Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (SAM) website. The paper was written by Dr Graziella Romito, Directorate-General of European Union and international policies of the Ministry of agricultural, food and forestry policies. [cid:image004.png@01D68149.64988080]< http://www.fao.org/sustainable-agricultural-mechanization/resources/news/detail-events/en/c/1305799/ > Sandra Corsi, PhD Conservation Agriculture and Climate-Smart Crop Production - Coordinator< http://www.fao.org/in-action/save-grow-climate-smart/en/> Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP)< http://www.fao.org/agriculture/plant-production-and-protection/en/> Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy Tel: +39 06 570 56163 (Office) Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Web: www.fao.org<http://www.fao.org/> [cid:image003.png@01D68144.0009F4A0] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);