Community of Practice for Conservation Agriculture --
CA-CoP
During the Soil Health Workshop last July at FAO in Rome
there was a strong call for the establishment of a global network
of 'Community of Practice' (CoP) in support of Conservation Agriculture
(CA) as a foundation for sustainable agriculture and facilitating
the acceleration of farmers' uptake of CA. As a first step towards
making the Community of Practice operational, an e-mail Listserve
has been set up at FAO to facilitate communication amongst the
stakeholders of this global CA Community. This e-mail Listserve
is meant to function as an informal electronic communication platform
where anyone who is subscribed can exchange news, information
and experience, and also request advice and assistance from the
entire Community. Anyone working or interested in CA and related
areas is invited and welcome to join the e-mail list.
The quality and value of this communication facility will very
much depend on the subscribers.
To minimize unnecessary traffic and misuse of the Listserve facility,
the subscription is vetted, and the messages submitted will be
moderated as appropriate by a Moderator before being posted to
all subscribers. Therefore, please allow for some delay when subscribing
and sending messages. There will also be a regular CA-CoP Newsletter
which will be distributed through the Listserve. The primary communication
language is English. The Moderator of the Listserve is Amir Kassam,
a well connected top level CA expert, who will be working closely
with the CA-team in the FAO system. The Listserve Owner responsible
for overseeing the subscriptions and operation of the Listserve
is Theodor Friedrich, Senior Officer of the FAO Plant Production
and Protection Division in Rome.
To subscribe to the list, please send an e-mail to: MailServ@mailserv.fao.org
Leave the subject line blank and place the following one line
text in the message part without any further text: subscribe
CA-CoP-L
The Moderator and Listserve Owner are very pleased to welcome
you on the list!
Further useful links
FAO and Emergencies - Southern Africa
Programme
http://www.fao.org/emergencies/country_information/list/regional/regionalafrica0/en/
FAO and Emergencies - Disaster
risk reduction
http://www.fao.org/emergencies/home0/disaster-risk-reduction/prevention-and-mitigation/en/
ECOPORT Conservation Agriculture
http://ca.ecoport.org
International
KASSA
http://kassa.cirad.fr/
World Association of Soil and Water Conservation WASWC
http://www.waswc.org/
Africa
FAO CA projects in Kenya and Tanzania
www.fao.org/sard/en/sard/754/1458/index.html
African Conservation Tillage Network - ACT
http://www.act-africa.org
TerrAfrica
http://www.terrafrica.org/
America
Confederation of American Associations for the Production of Sustainable
Agriculture (CAAPAS)
http://www.caapas.org/
Argentine
Argentinean Direct Drilling Association (AAPRESID)
http://www.aapresid.org.ar/socios/
http://www.aapresid.org.ar/english/
Brazil
www.febrapdp.org.br
(Portuguese, English)
www.agrisus.org.br
(Portuguese, English)
Canada/USA
Manitoba - North Dakota Zero Tillage Farmers Association
http://www.mandakzerotill.org/
Canada
Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association
http://ssca.usask.ca/
Alberta Reduced Tillage
http://www.reducedtillage.ca/
India
Professional Alliance for Conservation Agriculture (PACA):
http://www.conserveagri.org
Mexico
International Maize and wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
http://www.cimmyt.org/whatiscimmyt/recent_ar/D_Support/conservation.htm
Paraguay
www.rolf-derpsch.com
(English, German, Spanish)
USA
Conservation Technology Information Center, Purdue University
http://www.conservationinformation.org/
(English)
Conservation Agriculture Systems Alliance (CASA)
http://www.conservationinformation.org/?action=learningcenter_commnetwork
(English)
Rodale Institute, Pennsylvania
The New Farm
www.newfarm.org
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), North Carolina
www.nc.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/CRP/index.html
South Dakota No-till Assocciation
http://www.sdnotill.com/
Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association
http://www.directseed.org/
Peter Hobbs/Cornell University
http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/hobbs/
No-till farmer
http://www.lesspub.com/cgi-bin/site.pl?ntf/index
Soil Quality Newsletter
http://www.nc.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/TechRef/soilqualitynewsletter.html
Asia
Rice Wheat Consortium
http://www.rwc.cgiar.org/index.asp
South Asia Conservation Agriculture Network (SACAN)
http://sacanasia.org/
China
Conservation Tillage Research Centre (CTRC)
http://www.cn-ct.net/donet/english/En_index.aspx
Australia
Western Australian No-Tillage Farmers Association (WANTFA)
www.wantfa.com.au/
Conservation Agriculture Alliance of Australia and New Zealand
(CAAANZ)
http://www.wantfa.com.au/go/alliances/caaanz
(English)
Bill Crabtree site
http://www.no-till.com.au/
Europe
European Conservation Agriculture Federation
www.ecaf.org/
Belgium
Projet scientifique sur les TCS associant les agriculteurs, l'Administration
et la recherche
http://www.greenotec.be/
FAO
Conservation Agriculture Technology (CAT)
www.fao.org/ag/catd
France
Agriculture de conservation
http://www.agriculture-de-conservation.com/reseau.php
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agricole pour
le Développement (CIRAD)
www.cirad.fr
et particulièrement son site consacré à l'agro-écologie :
http://agroecologie.cirad.fr/
Association pour la Promotion d'une Agriculture Durable
http://www.apad.asso.fr/
Fondation Nationale pour une Agriculture de Conservation des sols
www.isasite.net/FNACS
United Kingdom
New Agriculturist on line
www.new-agri.co.uk/00-4/perspect.html
Association 'Soil management initiative'
http://www.smi.org.uk/
Russia
National Foundation for Development of Conservation Agriculture
http://www.nfdca.org/eng/eactions.htm
Switzerland
Swiss No-Till, Association Suisse pour une agriculture respecteuse
du sol
www.no-till.ch/
(French, German)
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