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Downloads
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ECAF European Conservation Agriculture Federation.
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Projects
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This project aims to encourage the progressive establishment of sustainable agricultural techniques (CA and PA), contributing to GHG emission decreases and the adaptation of the agricultural system to the new climate conditionants found in global. Agriculture faces many challenges. It has to produce more food, feed and other raw materials to satisfy the increasing demands of a growing population. Agriculture must also contribute to economic prosperity and social well-being,.
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European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF)
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European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF). ECAF was constituted in Brussels on 14th January, 1999, as a non-profit making international association, subjected to the Belgium laws. It was conceived to encourage any issue focused on maintaining the agrarian soil and its biodiversity in the context of sustainable agriculture. ECAF is not involved in any commercial product, equipment and/ or trademark. The European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF). The aims of ECAF are:.
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Links
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Entities working on CA. Conservation Agriculture ECAF database. ECAF European Conservation Agriculture Federation.
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Environmental benefits
http://www.ecaf.org/ca-in-europe/environmental-benefits
The implementation of Conservation Agriculture techniques entails the achievement of many benefits for the environment. Some of them are:. Improvement of soil properties. Soils improve considerably when CA techniques are put into practice because, not disturbing soils, favour the proliferation of organisms and microorganisms that:. Promotes infiltration due to the galleries formed when they move within the soil (worms) and,. Keeping soils covered and protected diminish erosion because:. Increase of the CO.
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Economic benefits
http://www.ecaf.org/ca-in-europe/economic-benefits
Labour and fuel savings in perennial crops. Cost-savings in annual crops. Crop yields in eroded soils are lower than those in protected soils because erosion reduces soil fertility and water availability. For example, in some locations crop yield on severely eroded soils were 9% to 34% lower than those on slightly eroded soil. Water resources also decrease due to erosion. Reduction of off-site problems. ECAF European Conservation Agriculture Federation.
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Board and staff
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Prof Dr. Gottlieb Basch. Professor of the Crop Science Departament, University of Evora, Portugal. General Secretary of the GKB, Neuenhagen, b. Berlin, Germany. Prof Dr. Emilio J. González Sánchez. Executive Director of AEAC/SV, Cordoba, Spain. Prof Dr. Bernhard Streit. General Secretary of APAD, France. AIGACo.S., Italy. Prof Paula Triviño Tarradas. ECAF European Conservation Agriculture Federation.
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What is conservation agriculture?
http://www.ecaf.org/ca-in-europe/what-is-ca
What is conservation agriculture? Conservation Agriculture (CA) is defined as a sustainable agriculture production system comprising a set of farming practices adapted to the requirements of crops and local conditions of each region, whose farming and soil management techniques protect the soil from erosion and degradation, improve its quality and biodiversity, and contribute to the preservation of the natural resources, water and air, while optimizing yields. Maintenance of permanent soil covers.
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Members of ECAF
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Foreningen for reduceret jordbearbejdning i Danmark (FRDK) DENMARK. Address: Erhvervsbyvej, 13. 8700 Horsens, Denmark. Telephone: 45 7658 7461. Fax: 45 2033 4811. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Web: www.frdk.net. Address: Bjergagervej 83, Bjergager, 8300 Odder, Denmark. Telephone: 45 8655 6595. Fax: 45 8655 6564. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Telephone: 45 2155 2728.
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News
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Tuesday, 23 August 2016. INTERNATIONAL FIELD DAY ON CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE IN SPAIN. The Spanish Association for Conservation Agriculture-Living Soils (AEAC.SV) is organizing the International Field Day on Conservation Agriculture , which will take place on September 22nd, 2016 in Barruelo del Valle (Valladolid, Spain). Friday, 19 August 2016. Participation of APAD in the Night of Agroecology. Tuesday, 19 July 2016. Written Declaration on Conservation Agriculture. Tuesday, 16 February 2016. On January ...
