Theme 1 - Causes and consequences of soil moisture scarcity

		Moisture from melted snow 01_Beata Houskova
		Is ploughing the ultimate cause of water scarcity in agricultural systems? 02_Bruno Rapidel
		Reacting to the contribution of R.L. Voortman, Centre for World Food Studies (SOW-VU) 03_Daleanne Bourjaily
		Causes and consequences of soil moisture scarcity on millet yield production 04_Dougbedji Fatondji
		Dryland agriculture and conservation technologies in semi arid Kenya 05_Elijah K. Biamah
		Comments on (a) the Topic-1 base paper; and (b) the materials sent with your e-mail of 16.11. 06_Francis Shaxson
		Soil plant available water capacity (PA WC) in topic 1. 07_Jeff Tullberg
		Most important parameters for successful crop production were SOIL DEPTH and SOIL WATER CONTENT 08_John Morrison
		Composted organic material is being applied on agricultural fields 09_Mohammad H. Golabi
		application of composted organic wastes may be an alternative to no-till farming 10_Mohammad H. Golabi
		Field Capacity and Permanent Wilting Point 11_Peter Buss, Manager Irrigation & Hydrology
		Soil water Dynamics Using Multisensor Capacitance Probes (Starr and Paltineanu 12_Peter Buss, Manager Irrigation & Hydrology
		Fundamental principles that cause soil moisture scarcity 13_Raul Ponce,
		Factors affecting soil moisture availability on Sudano-Sahelian coversands 14_Roelf L. Voortman
		Understanding the Process of Soil Erosion and Water Infiltration 15_Rolf Derpsch
		Organic material application conserve water in the soil profile a lot longer than incorporations 16_Sawaeng Ruaysoongnern
		I couldn’t agree more with the introduction and the background paper 17_Theodor Friedrich
		Experience on the effect of tillage on the water availability at planting time in Kazakhstan. 18_Theodor Friedrich
		Rainfed agriculture can not be neglected 19_Vijay K. Labhsetwar
		Rainfall effects on water use and rainfed crop grain yields 20_Xiaobin Wang
		Soil moisture end of June in sugar beets 21_York-Th. Bayer

Theme 2 - Creating drought resistant soil

		Think like a soil ... 22_Beata Houskova
		Experience of the ICRISAT Sahelian Center in Niger on soil and water conservation. 23_Dov Pasternak
		Comment on Rapidel's intervention 24_Eric Kueneman
		Horticultural Production, using raised permanent beds. 25_Fintan Scanlan
		THINK LIKE A ROOT: THE LAND HUSBANDRY CONTEXT FOR CONSERVATION OF WATER AND SOIL 26_Francis Shaxson
		Ecological background, concepts, and principles of good LAND HUSBANDRY 27_Francis Shaxson
		Soil moisture versus rainfall distribution 28_Iam M.Gorji
		Discussion with Richard Fowler on effective role of residues in cold regions. 29_John Morrison
		Private discussion between Mr. Morrison and Mr. Peiretti on rainfall simulation results 30_John Morrison
		GARDENS/MINI-FARMS NETWORK An Odyssey of Discovery: Principles of Agriculture 31_Ken Hargesheimer
		Subsoiling and change to no- tillage led a drastic and sustainable improvement of the situation in Northern Tanzania 32_Kurt G. Steiner
		Comments to Rapidel's contribution 33_Meleko Thumpe
		Systemic approach, links between research / development and farmers. Ethic considerations. 34_Michel Ferry
		Developing practice farming techniques that require less management. 35_Mohammad H. Golabi
		Is No Till "intensive management"? What is the farmer’s perception? 36_Mohammad H. Golabi
		Water Harvesting is gaining more and more attention in Western Sudan. 37_Osman Alfadni
		Effective micro- organisms actions 38_Peta A. Jones
		Conservation Agriculture is far more logical and understandable than the 'modern' forms of agriculture which have degraded soils. 39_Richard Fowler
		Role of mulches and crop cover in semi arid areas. Exemples from South Africa. 40_Richart Fowler
		Adding "extra crop available water" to the rainfall through No Till systems 41_Roberto Peiretti
		Direct Seed Cropping in Argentina: Economic, Agronomic, and Sustainability Benefits 42_Roberto Peiretti
		Powerpoint presentation on soil water savings with No Tillage systems ( examples from Argentina) 43_Roberto Peiretti
		Comment on Mr. Golabi's contribution. Linked with "No till and CA in America" ppt presentation. 44_Roberto Peiretti
		No till and CA in America" ppt presentation. Linked with "Comment on Mr. Golabi's contribution". 45_Roberto Peiretti
		Private discussion between Mr. Peiretti and Mr. Morrison on rainfall simulation results 46_Roberto Peiretti
		Organic matter with agro-forestry systems. Experience in Indo-Gangetic Plains 47_S. Kukal
		Runoff farming and water harvesting in dry Himalayan ecosystems 48_S. Kukal
		How to combine locally validated practices with standardized new technologies. 49_S. Kukal
		A brief comment to B. Rapidel's remark 50_Theodor Friedrich
		Effects of organic matter and other fertilizers on cotton growth, yield, fiber quality. 51_Twewaadha Alweendo
		Wind erosion and its impact on soil C and moisture scarcity 52_Xiaobin Wang

Theme 3 - Environmental consequences of drought resistant soil

		A wide spectrum of potential impacts of soil water conservation 53_Benjamin Kiersch
		Be careful in the evaluation of upstream / downstream relationship, flash floods, erosion/run off, groundwater recharge 54_Benjamin Kiersch
		Conservation agriculture can conserve water and increase crop yields in drylands 55_Bob Stewart
		comment on Dr. Stewart contribution 56_Carlos Crovetto
		Following discusion with R.Fowler and P.Wall Why do farmers not adopt so nice, promising, cost-effective and environmental friendly technology? 57_Christian Thierfelder
		Some practical recommendations for establishing good relationship between science, technology and farmers. 58_Des Mac Garry
		Environmental balances and cycles generated by no tillage systems generate, compared with conventional systems 59_Dwayne Beck
		Integrating no-till into crop–pasture rotations in Uruguay (paper in PDF) 60_Fernando Garcia Préchac
		Importance of biological activity in soils, and its interaction with the physical infiltration phenomena; local water balance versus global water cycle. 62_Francis Shaxson
		Situation of Drought in BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA 63_Hamid Custovic et al
		Interactions between physical, chemical and biological properties in soils. Nnegative impacts of crude oil byproducts on infiltration rate 64_Iam M. Gorji
		Are there optimum farming systems regarding agro-ecological conditions 65_Jean-Marc Faurès
		Crop yield loss is NOT inevitable with no-tillage for a number of years after changing from tillage. 66_John Baker
		Using fertilizers against yields decrease during the first years after adoption of no till. 67_John Morrison
		Agriculture consumes & produces water Farmers and soils determine green and blue water flows - the case of the Save basin in Zimbabwe 68_Kauffman - van Lynden
		Comments on B. Kiersch and Faurès, "Without erosion and downstream sedimentation, no Holland" 69_Kauffman - van Lynden
		No till systems and sustainable soil carbon sequestration, regional effects on sedimentation, water turbidity, pollution, and quality. Examples from Tanzania 70_Kurt G. Steiner
		Yields do NOT decrease when adopting no till. However , adoption rates are low... 71_Kurt G. Steiner
		No Fallow Farming ! 72_M. Suleimenov
		During the first years after adopting no till, farmers yields, so as some environmental variables are affected negatively. 73_Mohammad H. Golabi
		Comments on B. Kiersch's first contribution in t3. Using vetiveria for watershed protection, from Guam and Iran. 74_Mohammad H. Golabi
		Additional comments on Morrison, Steiner, Baker and Wall’s statements about No-till. 75_Mohammad H. Golabi
		Knowledge (content and dissemination) and risk management necessary for farmers to change their practices. 76_Patrick Wall
		Comments on keynote paper 3, and propositions for topic 3 77_Theodor Friedrich
		No tillage systems effects on Nitrogen, soil salinization and soil carbon and greenhouse gas balances. 78_Tom Goddard
		Integrating no-till into crop–pasture rotations in Uruguay 89_Fernando Garcia Préchac

Theme 4 - Adequate tools and technologies

		Integrating no-till into crop pasture rotations in Uruguay 61_Fernando Garcia Préchac
		Plant indicator methodologies: artificial neural networks (ANN) 79_Paul Koch
		'Holistic' approach to soil moisture conservation 80_Adam White
		Coments on Des Mcgarry VS-Fast, low technology field-useful approaches (Roots) 81_Alvin J.M. Smucker, Professor of Soil Biophysics
		Integrating Basic Soil and Plant Principles into On-Farm Analyses 82_Alvin J.M. Smucker, Professor of Soil Biophysics
		Comment on the "low cost method" interjection by Dr Hamid Custovic. 83_Des Mcgarry
		Visual Soil Field Assessment Tool, simple, cheap, field-usable measure soil water infiltration 84_Des Mcgarry
		VS-Fast applied in China 85_Des Mcgarry
		Comments on Smucker intervention (Aptitude for reading and some familiarity with soil vocabulary using VS-Fast, the roots and the slaking test and dispersion) 86_Des Mcgarry
		VS-Fast_methodology 87_Des Mcgarry
		Mimicking nature is not necessarily the best approach for sustainable high yields. 88_Dov Pasternak
		Comments on R. Voortman's second contribution. What may reasonably be expected from modelling. 90_Florent Maraux
		Simple and low-cost method for soil moisture monitoring 91_Hamid Custovic
		Least limiting water range (LLWR)to root and crop growth 92_José Miguel Reichert
		Supporting methods based on the farmer’s experience to estimate the needs of watering 93_Michel Ferry
		Family of modelling tools that are neither reductionist nor mechanistic 94_Paul Koch
		Identifying natural soil properties, which make that some soils provide more moisture to crops 95_R.L. Voortman
		Models, conclusions and implications 96_R.L. Voortman
		The multiple interaction effects in complex system. 97_Roberto Peiretti
		Improved soil probe with the inclusion of a piece of a wood auger below the ball on the tip 98_Tom Goddard
		How efficient is the plant using water? 99_York-Th. Bayer

Theme 5 - Conditions for adoption

		The major barriers to cross are not agronomic 100_Alim Pulatov
		Main reason for farmers and communities not to implement appropriate soil moisture management is lack of information, education and training 101_Bob Steward
		Technologies adoption by farmers depends on research, extension, socioeconomic environment and physical conditions 102_David A. Okunade
		Conditions and mechanisms for adoption of soil moisture management practices by farmers 103_Dove Pasternak
		If USA farmers follow world market rules, as South American farmers, they would be out of business 104_Fernando García-Préchac
		Water quality and Adoption of CA by farmers in Parana and Santa Catarina, Brazil 105_Francis Shaxson
		There is a variety of factors contributing to the adoption or rejection of technically perfect technologies 106_Godert van Lynden
		Sharing experiences of WOCAT programme 107_Godert van Lynden
		Food security and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa: investment in soils or in irrigation? 108_Henk Breman
		Sustainable improvement in soil moisture and water-use efficiency through fertilizer use 109_Henk Breman
		African soils step-motherly served by nature, governments and donors (Strategies to improve fertilizer use efficiency in West Africa) 110_Henk Breman
		Factors influencing the adoption rate of soil moisture-management techniques 111_Jean-Marc Faurès
		Impact of CA on water quality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 112_John Ashburner
		Earlier contributions to topic 5: Conditions for adoption of drought proofing practices by farmers 113_José Benites and Alexandra Bot
		Basic principles for sustainable land management, in which soil moisture conservation and management is implicit 114_Julian Dumanski
		The paradigm of Conservation Agriculture: Definition of Conservation Agriculture 115_Julian Dumanski
		Recommended technologies ask for a profound change of farming practices 116_Kurt Steiner
		Comments to Bob Steward 117_Kurt Steiner
		A very interesting and worrying thing is happening in Parana, Brazil 118_Marcos Vieira
		Improving, simultaneously, plant nutrition and moisture availability 119_Roelf L. Voortman
		Nutrients, water and conditions for adoption 120_Roelf L. Voortman
		Comment contribution of Jean Mac Faurès on the economic factor in adopting the technology 121_S. Kukal
		Most farmers are tradition-bound are not prepared to forgo the existing practice and adopt new ones 122_S. Kukal
		Major direct attractions to farmers of CA is the higher profit, without need of higher prices for their produce. 123_Theodor Friedrich
		Comments to Bob Steward's points. 124_Theodore Friedrich
		Role of plant breeding and extension 125_Tom Goddard
		Reply to definition of CA submitted by J. Dumanski. 126_Tom Goddard
		Inability for farmers in nomadic pastoralist dominated areas to control the use of residual crop residues 127_Rod Storer
		Need to make a distinction between subsidies and support to agriculture 128_Parviz Koohafkan
		International Certification Standards for NoTill/Zero Till; a Framework for Discussion 129_Richard L. Wittman
		VS-Fast system is one basis for conducting farmer field schools. 130_Des Mcgarry
		Need to make a distinction between subsidies and support to agriculture (case of inorganic fertilizers and soil amendments) 131_Kenk Breman
		WOCAT and comments to the weekly summary of the fifth week 132_Godert van Lynden
		Points of view and present initiatives in Morocco 133_Nahid Elbezzaz