8th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture

The 8^th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture (8WCCA) is jointly organized by the European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF), and its member in Switzerland, Swiss No-till (SNT), with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT). It will be held in Bern, Switzerland, from 29 June to 2 July 2020.

The theme of the Congress is: The Future of Farming: Profitable and Sustainable Farming with Conservation Agriculture.

The theme of the 8WCCA aims to highlight that Conservation Agriculture is the only ecological and regenerative agricultural model able to bring together the profitability of farmers and the environmental protection while offering ecosystem services, climate change mitigation and adaptability and satisfying the demands of civil society. This will be elaborated and discussed through technical presentations on the following four sub-themes:

• Sub-theme 1: Successful experiences and learnings from Conservation Agriculture worldwide
• Sub-theme 2: Farm and ecosystem level benefits of CA systems to society and environment
• Sub-theme 3: Mainstreaming of CA with national policy and institutional support and for global governance to support national and international needs and commitments
• Sub-theme 4: Promoting CA-based knowledge and innovation systems and information sharing and communication

The deadline for abstract submission is January, 31 2020. Here all the information