Global CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE  

for sustainable agriculture, land use and ecosystem management


Alert No. 67 (29 April 2021)

 

1.    Anthropogenic drivers of soil microbial communities and impacts on soil biological functions in agroecosystems. By Tony Yang et al. Global Ecology and Conservation 27: 1-27 (2021).

 

2.    Mechanical and biological chiseling impacts on soil organic C stocks, root growth, and crop yield in a long-term no-till system. By Thiago Massao Inagaki et al. Soil & Tillage Research 211 (2021).

 

3.    Mechanical and Biological chiseling impacts on soil organic C stocks, root growth, and crop yield in a long-term no-till system. By Thiago Massao Inagaki et al. Soil & Tillage Research 211 (2021) (PowerPoint).  

 

4.    Effect of conservation agriculture practices on soil quality, productivity, and profitability of peanut-based system of Saurashtra, India. By Ram Jat et al. Agronomy Journal (2020).

 

5.    Capturing a soil carbon economy. By Sam Keenor et al. Royal Society Open Science 8 (2021).

 

6.    Two decades of no-till in the Oberacker long-term field experiment: Part I. Crop yield, soil organic carbon and nutrient distribution in the soil profile. By Ingrid Martínez et al. Soil & Tillage Research 163: 141-151.

 

7.    Long-term conservation agriculture improves water properties and crop productivity in a Lixisol. By Blessing Mhlanga and Christian Thierfelder. Geoderma 398 (2021).

 

8.    The crucial role of mulch to enhance the stability and resilience of cropping systems in southern Africa. By Blessing Mhlanga et al. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 41:29 (2021).


9.    Experiences in Brazil with no till vegetable system (NTVS) – Brassicas. By Raphael Augusto de Castro e Melo et al. Cicular Tecnica 154. Ministry of Agriculture, Brazil (2016).

 

10. Reorienting Indian Agriculture Challenges and Opportunities. By Raj S. Paroda. CABI (2018).

 

11. Compatible package-based agriculture systems: an urgent need for agro-ecological balance and climate change adaptation. Soil Ecology Letters (2021).

 

12. Climate Change Impact on Crop Production in Sri Lanka: Challenges and Adoption Options. FAO (2021).

 

13. The United Nations World Water Development Report 2021 -- Valuing Water. UN Water.

 

 

Amir Kassam

Moderator

Global CA-CoP

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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).


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