*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable agriculture and ecosystem management* Dear Subscribers, Please see herebelow the announcement for a webinar series on Conservation Agriculture organized by FAO and ECAF as a lead up to the 8the World Congress on Conservation Agriculture to be held next year in June. *Amir Kassam * *Moderator* *Global CA-CoP* e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: 8WCCA Organizing Committee <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 at 08:21 Subject: 8WCCA- INVITATION TO WEBINAR SERIES. WEBINAR 1 To: 8WCCA <[log in to unmask]> [image: Imagen que contiene Texto Descripción generada automáticamente] *Invitation to Conservation Agriculture webinar series * The 8th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture (8WCCA) ( https://8wcca.org/) will be held during 21-24 June 2021 in Zollikofen/Bern, Switzerland. In preparation to the 8WCCA, FAO and the European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF) are organizing a series of online webinars and regional discussions to increase awareness of the concepts and practices for Conservation Agriculture (CA). Conservation Agriculture is a farming system that promotes minimum soil disturbance (i.e. no tillage), maintenance of a permanent soil cover, and diversification of plant species. It enhances biodiversity and natural biological processes above and below the ground surface, which contribute to increased water and nutrient use efficiency and to improved and sustained crop production http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture/en/ . This webinar is the first out of the series to be organized and covers the main topic of the 8WCCA. *Profitable and Sustainable Farming with Conservation Agriculture: * *The future of farming* *Thursday 8 October 2020* *14:00-15:00 hrs (Rome Time – CET)* [image: REGISTER HERE] <https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6HRL8bXTSQiTefR9VQuibA> (Please connect 10 minutes before the webinar starts to ensure the audio works properly) *Gottlieb Basch* Gottlieb Basch holds a Doctorate degree in Agricultural Sciences from Georg-August-University Göttingen/Germany. His PhD studies in Portugal in the area of alternative land use and soil management systems kicked off research and farm-based experimentation in this country. He was one of the founding members of the Portuguese Association on CA (APOSOLO), which became a foundation member of ECAF. As professor at the University of Évora/Portugal and researcher at the Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, he has been working on many aspects related to the implementation of CA. Recently he has been involved in three EIP Focus Groups and also in three H2020 and ERAfrica projects. Gottlieb Basch has been president of the European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF) between 2002 and 2008 and is again since 2011. *Agenda* *Moderator – Prof. Dr. Emilio Gonzalez-Sanchez (ECAF) * 1. Introduction to the webinar series –Dr. Fenton Beed, NSPLD Team Leader 2. Profitable and Sustainable Farming with Conservation Agriculture: The future of farming - Prof. Gottlieb Basch 3. Questions and answers 4. Closing remarks – Hafiz Muminjanov and Josef Kienzle (FAO) *The webinar schedule: * Ø 22 October 2020: Successful experiences and learnings from CA worldwide - Prof. Amir Kassam, University of Reading, UK Ø 5 November 2020: Farm and ecosystem level benefits of CA systems to farmers, society and environment - Dr. Don Reicosky, retired Soil Scientist from the USDA-ARS, University of Minnesota, USA Ø 19 November 2020: Mainstreaming of CA with national policy and institutional support and for global governance to support national and international needs and commitments – Mr. Tom Goddard, retired Senior Policy Advisor, Alberta, Canada Ø 3 December 2020: Promoting CA-based knowledge and innovation systems and information sharing and communication – Dr. Rachid Mrabet, Research Director of INRA, Morocco https://8wcca.org/ ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);