*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable agriculture and ecosystem management* Dear Subscribers, Please see herbelow a self-explanatory message from Dr. Mohamed Asadi, the CA champion in Iran regarding his book entitled: Permanent raised bed cropping systems. The book is prefaced by Prof. Ken Sayre. The book is in Farsi with an English summary which is attached. Attached is also the book cover and Ken's Preface. *Amir Kassam * *Moderator* *Global CA-CoP* e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture *Conservation Agriculture is an ecological approach to regenerative sustainable agriculture and ecosystem 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.* *Conservation Agriculture systems are present in all continents.* *-----* *From:* "M.E. Asadi" <[log in to unmask]> *Date:* 6 October 2020 at 13:35:48 BST *To:* Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]> *Subject: A new book on CA with permanent raised beds in Iran by Mohamed Asadi* *Reply-To:* "M.E. Asadi" <[log in to unmask]> Dear Amir, Warm greetings. I would like to share with you and other colleagues to inform you about my new published book entitled: Permanent raised bed cropping systems. The book is prefaced by Prof. Ken Sayre Conservation Agriculture scientist. The book language is in Farsi with English summary. Please find attached the book cover and the Preface and an English summary with some references. It would be highly appreciated if you share with other people around the world. This book has just been published (in Oct 2020) in my province Golestan Province, Iran. Thanks in advance for your understanding and cooperation Best regards Asadi Mohammad Esmaeil Asadi (Ph.D), Independent consultant, Gorgan, Iran. Water Engineering and Management, Conservation Agriculture System, E-mail:[log in to unmask] Cell phone: +98 911 175 2719 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);