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/

URL: https://ecaf.org/
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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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