*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable agriculture, land use and ecosystem management *
*Alert No. 66 (17 March 2021)*
*1. **High probability of yield gain through Conservation Agriculture in
dry regions for major staple crops. Yang Su et al. Scientific Reports,
Nature Portfolio 11:3344 (2021).*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/3hw085jqjuydkyj/Su%20et%20al.%202021.%20High%20probabbility%20of%20yield%20gain%20through%20CA-2.pdf?dl=0>
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/uutetfw4dftr2xf/Yand%20Su%20et%20al%20Global%20data%20set.pdf?dl=0>
*2. **A global dataset for crop production under conventional tillage
and no tillage systems. By Yang Su et al. Scientific Data 8:33 (2021).*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/uutetfw4dftr2xf/Yand%20Su%20et%20al%20Global%20data%20set.pdf?dl=0>
*3. **Conservation agriculture improves adaptive capacity of cropping
systems to climate stress in Malawi. By Komarek et al. Agricultural Systems
190. 2021.*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/nsi58305nmzeftr/CA%20adaptive%20Comareck%20Malawi.pdf?dl=0>
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/71n901llelgff6s/Hermans2020_Article_BridgingTheDisciplinaryGapInCo-1.pdf?dl=0>
*4. **Bridging the disciplinary gap in Conservation Agriculture
research, in Malawi. A review. By Hermans et al. Agronomy for Sustainable
Development 40:3 (2020).*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/71n901llelgff6s/Hermans2020_Article_BridgingTheDisciplinaryGapInCo-1.pdf?dl=0>
*5. **Combining local knowledge and soil science for integrated soil
health assessments in conservation agriculture systems. By Hermans et al.
Journal of Environmental Management 286 (2021).*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/qgr5udlcyglbc99/Hermansetal2021%20integrated%20soil%20assessment-1.pdf?dl=0>
*6. **Effects of agricultural system and treatments on density and
diversity of plant seeds, ground-living arthropods, and birds. Masters
Thesis. By Julie Marie Søby, Aarhus University, Denmark (2020).*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/z1apzmsxwh3b25b/Julie%20Solby%20Master_thesis_JMS.pdf?dl=0>
*7. **Improved nutrition and resilience will make Conservation
Agriculture more attractive for Zambian smallholder farmers. By Mhlanga et
al. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 1-14 (2021).*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/sjlrmlnrr01mdts/Mhlanga%20et%20al.%202021%20Improved%20Nutrition%20and%20Resielience%20of%20CA-1.pdf?dl=0>
*8. **Behaviour of smallholder farmers towards adoption of Conservation
Agriculture in Zimbabwe. By Mugandani et al. Soil Use and Management 35(4)
(2019).*
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ssvkot8fetbjue/Mugandani_Mafongoya_Zimbabwe%20smallholder%20CA.pdf?dl=0>
*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, involving rainfed and irrigated systems including annual
cropland systems, perennial systems, orchards and plantation systems,
agroforestry systems, crop-livestock systems, pasture and rangeland
systems, organic production systems and rice-based systems. Conservation
Agriculture systems operate regeneratively at multiple levels to harness a
range of productivity, economic, environmental and social benefits as well
as address local and global concerns related to food and water security,
climate change, land degradation, biodiversity and smallholder agricultural
development.* *Conservation Tillage, Reduced Tillage, Low tillage and
Minimum Tillage are not Conservation Agriculture, and nor is No-Till on its
own* (more at: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture).
The latest (2015/16) CA area information available from: *Global spread of
Conservation Agriculture. By A. Kassam et al. International Journal of
Environmental Studies. Published Online (2018).
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/zfpkexyerbcs9n5/Global%20spread%20of%20C%20paper%20Corrected%20GENV_A_1494927_O.pdf?dl=0>*
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