Global CA-CoP
CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
for sustainable agriculture,
land use and ecosystem management
Alert No. 72 (15 February 2022)
1. Soil Disturbance Impact on Crop Ergothioneine Content
Connects Soil and Human Health. By Robert B. Beelman et al. Agronomy 11, 2278.
2021.
2. Conservation Agriculture and climate change. By Michele
Pisante et al. Conservation agriculture, Springer International, 2015.
3. Conservation
Agriculture in the drylands of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region:
Past trend, current opportunities, challenges and future outlook. By Mina Devkota
et al. Advances in Agronomy. Elsevier 2021.
4. Carbon farming – a win–win for smallholder farmers and global
industries: an opinion. By Sudarshan Dutta et al. Indian Journal of Agronomy 66
(5th IAC Special issue): S57S68. 2021.
5. Experiences With
Conservation Agriculture in the Eastern Gangetic Plains: Farmer Benefits,
Challenges, and Strategies That Frame the Next Steps for Wider Adoption. By Anjana
Chaudhary et al. Front. Agron. 3:787896. 2021.
6. The Form and Vertical Distribution of Soil Nitrogen as
Affected by Forage Radish Cover Crop and Residual Side-Dressed N fertilizer. By
Fang Wang and Ray R. Weil. Soil Sci 183: 22–33. 2018.
7. Subsequent nitrogen utilisation and soil water distribution
as affected by forage radish cover crop and nitrogen fertiliser in a corn
silage production system. By Fang Wang et al. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica,
Section B — Soil & Plant Science. 2018.
8. Soc Recovery Pathway Beyond Topsoil under Conservation
Agriculture Farming Systems. By Ademir de Oliveira Ferreira and Telmo Jorge
Carneiro Amado. Current Agriculture Research Journal Vol. 9, No.(3):145-148.
2021.
9. Conservation Agriculture
Affects Grain and Nutrient Yields of Maize (Zea Mays L.) and Can
Impact Food and Nutrition Security in Sub-Saharan Africa. By Yamdeu
Joseph Hubert Galani et al. Front. Nutr. 8:804663. 2021.
10. Conversion
to No-Till Improves Maize NitrogenUse Efficiency in a Continuous Cover Cropping
System. By Hazzar Habbib et al. . PLoS ONE 11 (10): e0164234. 2016.
11. Scavenging and recycling deep soil nitrogen using cover crops
on mid-Atlantic, USA farms. Sarah M. Hirsh et al. Agriculture, Ecosystems and
Environment 309. 2021.
12. Simulating no-tillage effects on crop yield and greenhouse
gas emissions in Kentucky corn and soybean cropping systems: 1980–2018. By
Yawen Huang et al. Agricultural Systems 197. 2022.
13. Influence of Residue Type and Method of Placement on Dynamics
of Decomposition and Nitrogen Release in Maize-Wheat-Mungbean Cropping on
Permanent Raised Beds: A Litterbag Study. By Opinder Singh Sandhu et al.
Sustainability 2022, 14, 864. 2022.
14. Effects of Crop Rotation on Spring Wheat Yield and Pest
Occurrence in Different Tillage Systems: A Multi-Year Experiment in Finnish
Growing Conditions. By Marja Jalli et al. . Food Syst. 5:647335. 2021.
15. Modeling Soil Organic Carbon Changes under Alternative
Climatic Scenarios and Soil Properties Using DNDC Model at a Semi-Arid
Mediterranean Environment. By Ibtissame Lembaid et al. Climate 10, 23. 2022.
16. Effects of Tillage and Cropping Sequences On Crop Production
And Environmental Benefits in the North China Plain. By Wen-Xuan Liu et al.
Research Square. 2022.
17. Selenium biofortification of crops on a Malawi Alfisol under
conservation agriculture. By I.S. Ligowe et al. Geoderma 369. 2020.
18. Crops' Yield and Roots Response to Soil Phosphorus
Distribution Resulting from Long-Term Soil and Phosphate Fertilization Management
Strategies. By Rafael de Souza Nunes et al.
Front. Agron. 2021.
19. Impact of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Erosion in the
Annual Cropland of the Apulia Region (Southern Italy) Based on the
RUSLE-GIS-GEE Framework. By Matteo Petito et al. Agronomy 2022, 12, 281. 2022.
20. Adoption of the no-tillage system in Paraná State: A
(re)view. By Edivan José Possamai et al. Rev Bras Cienc Solo 46:e0210104. 2022.
21. Representing Global Soil Erosion and Sediment Flux in Earth
System Models. By Zeli Tan et al. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth
Systems, 14, e2021MS002756. 2022.
22. Integrating a crop model with a greenhouse gas
calculator to identify low carbon agricultural intensifcation options
for smallholder farmers in rural South Africa. By Farirai Rusere
et al. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 2022.
23. Can C-budget of natural capital be restored through
conservation agriculture in a tropical and subtropical environment? By João
Carlos de Moraes Sá et al. Environmental Pollution. 2022.
24. A Multivariate Approach to Evaluate Reduced Tillage Systems
and Cover Crop Sustainability. By Felice Sartori et al. Land 2022, 11, 55
Felice Sartori et al. Land 11, 55. 2022.
25. Exploring the Relationship Between Soil Health and Food
Nutritional Quality: A Summary of Research Literature. By Dana Bourne et al.
Soil Health Institute. 2022.
26. Zero-Tillage Effects on Durum Wheat Productivity and Soil-Related
Variables in Future Climate Scenarios: A Modeling Analysis. By Àngela
Puig-Sirera et al. Agronomy 12, 331. 2022.
27. Soil health and nutrient density: preliminary comparison of
regenerative and conventional farming. By David R. Montgomery et al. PeerJ
10:e12848. 2022.
28. Soil Management and Crop Practice Effect on Soil Water
Infiltration and Soil Water Storage in the Humid Lowlands of Beles Sub-Basin,
Ethiopia. By Getnet Asfawesen Molla et al. Hydrology 10(1): 1-11. 2022.
29. Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics in Response to Tillage Practices
in the Steppe Zone of Southern Russia. By Tatiana Minnikova et al. Processes
10, 244. 2022.
30. Production and profitability of diversifi ed agricultural
systems. By Bruno Volsi et al. An Acad Bras Cienc 93(2). 2021.
31. No-tillage system participatory quality index. By Tiago S.
Telles et al. Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental v.24, n.2,
p.128-133. 2020.
32. Total and permanganate-oxidizable organic carbon in the corn
rooting zone of US Coastal Plain soils as affected by forage radish cover crops
and N fertilizer. By Fang Wang et al. Soil & Tillage Research 165: 247-257.
3017.
33. Organic and Conservation Agriculture promote ecosystem
multifunctionality. By Raphaël A. Wittwer et al. Sci. Adv. 7: eabg6995. 2021.
Amir Kassam
Moderator
Global CA-CoP
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URL: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture
URL: http://www.act-africa.org/
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URL: http://www.caa-ap.org/
Conservation
Agriculture (CA) 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.
CA 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. CA systems operate regeneratively at multiple levels to
optimally 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 CA, and nor is No-Till on its own. For a practice or a
method to be referred to as a CA practice or method, it must be part of a CA
system. If not, then it is what it is, a practice or a method similar to any
other with its own name e.g., no-till seeding, or mulching, or crop
diversification, etc (more
at: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture).
The 2018/19
CA area information is available at: CA Stat — CA Global (ca-global.net)
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