Global CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
for sustainable agriculture, land use 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 complementary good agricultural production and land management practices to generate and sustain optimum performance. Conservation Agriculture systems are present in all continents.
Dear WASWAC members,
Attached please find the Hot News for issue 1 of 2021.
(1) Chinese New Year Message of WASWAC
(2) Subsidence: a threat to the soil and a global challenge
(3) Special Issue of ISWCR: soil erosion assessment, tools and data
Welcome your suggestions and comments.
All the best,
Dr. Ying Zhao
Secretariat of WASWAC
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