Global CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
for sustainable agriculture and ecosystem management
Amir Kassam
Moderator
Global CA-CoP
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.
Dear Professor Kassam,
I hope that you are currently safe and well. I am writing to you as editor of a recent publication entitled ‘No-till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities’ edited by Yash Dang, Ram Dalal and Neal Menzies. This book has recently been released by Springer Nature and provides a comprehensive summary of current global research on no-till farming, and its benefits and challenges from various agronomic, environmental, social and economic perspectives (https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030464080).
I have attached a flyer that provides further information on the publication and from where you can obtain a copy with a special discount offer. Could you please circulate this information in your newsletters, or send it to any members who you think may benefit. Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Yash Dang, PhD (UQ)
Senior Research Fellow (Soil and Nutrient Management)
School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
The University of Queensland
203 Tor Street, Toowoomba Qld 4350
Mobile + 61 427 602 099
To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link:
&*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);