The FAO Technical Network on Sustainable Crop Production and Agroecology is pleased to invite you to the following seminar:

An overview of Conservation Agriculture

Credits: FAO

Wednesday 6 November 2019

14:30 – 15:30 PM (Rome Time – CEST)

AGD Meeting Room (B640)

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Conservation Agriculture (CA) is a crop based farming system that promotes permanent soil cover, minimum soil disturbance, and diversification of plant species. It enhances biodiversity and natural biological processes above and below the ground surface, which contribute to increased water and nutrient use efficiency. CA is a core component of FAO’s Save and Grow Approach for sustainable crop production, and is well recognized by farmers, researchers, and agriculture and extension specialists worldwide and is currently practiced in 78 countries, on 180 million hectares, corresponding to 12.5% of global cropland.

Speaker:
Dr Emilio J. González-Sánchez is Adjunct Professor, holding an accreditation as Associate Professor, at the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Agroforestry Engineering Area (University of Cordoba, Spain). He is a member of the Research Group AGR - 126 Mechanization and Rural Technology. His background is in sustainable agriculture and land management based on the principles of Conservation Agriculture, with a special focus on climate change mitigation, mechanization and environmental impact assessment. Since May 2000, Gonzalez-Sanchez has been the Executive Manager of the Spanish Association for Conservation Agriculture / Living Soils (AEAC/SV), and since January 2006, he has been the Secretary General of the European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF). He has been appointed as International Consultant on Conservation Agriculture and Climate Smart Agriculture by the FAO in Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan. González-Sánchez is a member of the International Conservation Agriculture Advisory Panel (ICAAP - Africa).

For more information on the Technical Network visit: http://intranet.fao.org/departments/ddn/technical_networks/sustainable_crop_production_and_agroecology/