Global CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

for sustainable agriculture and ecosystem management


Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow the announcement for a Groundswell No-till free webinar entitled: No-till farming and how it can benefit soil and water  on Tuesday 22 September at 5.30 pm BST.

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). These practices are complemented with other good agricultural production and land management practices.


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Free Webinar: No-till farming and how it can benefit soil and water - Tuesday 22nd September 5:30pm BST

   

Join Innovative Farmers and Groundswell Agriculture for a webinar exploring practical farmer-led research into catchment sensitive farming techniques and how this is benefiting farm businesses as well as soil health and local rivers.


What are the benefits of introducing cover crops and no-till soil management techniques onto your farm? With the support of companies like Affinity Water and Thames Water, farmers and researchers across the country are working together to investigate how these practices can build soil health, reduce their inputs and improve the water quality of their local rivers. Join this virtual Groundswell discussion to hear farmers share their experience and practical knowledge of catchment sensitive farming and get the latest data on how these practices are benefiting their land and rivers. 


Panellists:

• Matthew Izod; Farmer who is 2 years into transitioning part of his family farm to no till

• Andrew Bott; No-till Farmer 

• James Alexander; No till specialist and contractor

• Shaun Dowman; Affinity Water

• Andrew Russell; Natural England

• Paul Cherry; Weston Park Farms / Groundswell (chair)


If you would like to submit any questions for the panellists please send them to Paul at [log in to unmask] or you can post them during the the webinar. We look forward to "seeing" you there for what is shaping out to be an interesting and important virtual event. 


For more information and to register for the webinar click here.  


   
   
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