*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable agriculture and land management* Dear Subscribers, Please see herebelow a self-explanatory message and attachment from Dr. Hafiz Muminjanov at FAO, Rome regarding the *Online Training Workshop on Climate Smart Mechanization for Dryland Agriculture in Central Asian Countries *to be held on 30 September 2020 (8:00-10 am CET and 14.00 – 16.00 Beijing time). 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).* *These practices are complemented with other good agricultural production and land management practices.* ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Muminjanov, Hafiz (NSP) <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 at 09:18 Subject: Online Training Workshop on Climate Smart Mechanization for Dryland Agriculture in Central Asian Countries To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]> Cc: Beed, Fenton (NSP) <[log in to unmask]> Dear Amir Jan, I am invited by the CSAM/ESCAP to present the *Mechanization for Conservation Agriculture in the Central Asia *on the* “*Online Training Workshop on Climate Smart Mechanization for Dryland Agriculture in Central Asian Countries” to be held on 30 September 2020 (8:00-10 am CET and 14.00 – 16.00 Beijing time). Please find attached the concept note and advise if the information could be disseminated through the CA CoP. The interested colleagues can contact me or Mr. Anshuman Varma ( [log in to unmask] ), Programme Officer, Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (CSAM), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) http://un-csam.org <https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fun-csam.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cvarmaa%40un.org%7C7e22d2609d83478c724508d8442d68ea%7C0f9e35db544f4f60bdcc5ea416e6dc70%7C0%7C0%7C637334309110187358&sdata=1on63pR%2FfAm%2BzeGV3%2FlGEQ%2FZhRkpsikTUIpZAeUa0tI%3D&reserved=0> Thank you, Hafiz *Hafiz Muminjanov, Prof. Dr. * Agricultural Officer Sustainable Cropping Systems Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP) <http://www.fao.org/agriculture/plant-production-and-protection/en/#_blank> Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy Tel: +39 06 570 50867 (Office) Email: [log in to unmask] Web: www.fao.org ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);