PRACTICE Global CA-CoP CONSERVATION
AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF
for sustainable agriculture, land use and ecosystem
management
Dear Subscribers,
Thank you all for your
wonderful work on all fronts during 2021 to promote the adoption and
spread of Conservation Agriculture worldwide and to improve its quality.
The
year 2021 was marked by the 8th World Congress on Conservation
which was successfully organised by ECAF and SWISS No-Till on behalf of the Global CA
Community. The Congress was attended by more than 780 participants
from farmer
associations, international organisations, scientific institutions,
private sector, non governmental and civil society organisations. They represented
more than 108 countries, from the
developed and developing world.
The total
area of Conservation Agriculture globally exceeded 200 M ha of cropland
in 2018/19 which corresponds to about 15% of the global cropland area.
Given the urgent need to accelerate the global move to sustainable food systems, and
in particular to respond to the global challenge to mitigate the advancing climate change,
the Congress agreed that the CA Community should aim at bringing at least 50% of the
global cropland area or 700 million hectares under good quality CA systems by 2050.
The Congress Declaration and the Inaugural
Speech are attached as a kind reminder of the important role the Global CA
Community is playing in transforming global agriculture to achieve sustainable food system that is good for society and the planet.
I wish you all a Happy, Healthy and Successful New Year.
Kind regards.
Amir