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

Amir Kassam

Moderator

Global CA-CoP

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