*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*

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URL: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture

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*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)*



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*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/

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