What´s new on ECAF Web site!

• The European Commission

  adopted the THEMATIC STRATEGY ON SOIL PROTECTION. More info.

• New web page on Conservation Agriculture in french. The page www.agriculture-de-conservation.com has been launched recently. Click here if you want to visit it.

• Russia ratifies the Kyoto Protocol. More info.

• The III World Congress on Conservation Agriculture "Linking production, livelihoods and conservation" took place in Nairobi-Kenya from 3rd to 7th October 2005. More info.

• CropLife International releases a new report on innovative farming techniques entitled "Conservation Technologies and the Plant Science Industry: Managing Natural Resources Sustainably". More info.

Dear visitor, ECAF's brand new website will be launched very soon with a new design, plenty of information, papers, activities...welcome back again!

• 5th International Scientific Conference on Sustainable Farming Systems Programme, providing a forum to discuss the latest knowledge, problems, and solutions
  in agricultural research with the emphasis on soil and climate change. November 5-7, 2008
  Piešťany, Slovakia. Download here an announce of the event. For further information, visit the website http://www.ecomit.vurv.sk/about-the-meeting/intro/

• III Iberoamerican Field Day on Conservation Agriculture. Over 1,500 farmers will attend the most espectacular event related to CA in Spain. Be ready for September 20th 2007... More info.

• The III Mediterranean Conferences on Direct Seeding took place in Saragossa (Spain) from 23th to 25th March 2006. More info.

• The Spanish Conservation Agriculture Association (AEAC/SV) and ECAF organized an International Congress on Conservation Agriculture in Cordoba (Spain) from 9th to 11th November 2005. More info.

• The Russian "National Foundation for Development of Conservation Agriculture" (NFDCA) joins to ECAF during its General Assembly.

• ECAF participates in the Project LIFE04 ENV/E/000269 entitled "Integrated Management of Agriculture in the Surroundings of Wetlands of Community Importance". More info.

• The reports of the technical working groups established under the Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection have been published. More info.

• Launch of the Friends of Conservation Agriculture. More info

• LIFE Project final report. More info.

• Situation of Conservation Agriculture in Europe. More info

• Declaration of the II World Congress on Conservation Agriculture. Brazil, 11-15 August 2003. More info.

• Hold back the desert with Conservation Agriculture. Press note from FAO. More info.

• New book: No-till Farming for Sustainable Rural Development. Published by The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. To get a copy in PDF format please click here

• Planting aid helps no-till farmers. Article from USDA. More info.

• II Ibero American Field Day on Conservation Agriculture in Albacete (Spain). More info.

• Conservation Agriculture helps to prevent water contamination. Study from ARS-USDA. More info

• New books on Conservation Agriculture. More info.

• ECAF Press Note: ECAF applauds EU Environment Ministers call to protect Europe’s agrarian soil, and urges rapid uptake of Conservation Agriculture farming techniques. More info.

• Web site of the Slovak No-Till Club (SNTC) has been launched: www.sntc.sk