Theme 4: Policy development for market effectiveness

Lead papers

Impact and adoption of conservation agriculture in Africa: A mutli-scale and multi-stakeholder analysis
Author(s): M. Corbeels, T. Apina, S. Koala, J. Schuler, B. Triomphe, M. El Mourid, K. Traore, I. Nyagumbo, R. Mrabet, E. Penot, H. Gomez-Macpherson, J. de Graaff, P. Tittonell

Mainstreaming conservation agriculture: challenges to adoption, institutions and policy
Author(s): A. Kassam, T. Friedrich, J. Pretty, F. Shaxson

Conservation agriculture: perspectives from Salamieh district, Syria
Author(s): S. N. Kassam, B. Lalani, B. Al-Eter

Oral presentations

Brazilian public policy to reduce deforestation and to implement conservation agriculture in the Amazon
Author(s): L.A.M Cordeiro, P.R Galerani Sá TDA, N. M Freitas, A. A. Dossa

Scope of sustainability – do castor beans and the biodiesel industry offer family farmers a sustainable development opportunity in Brazil?
Author(s): M. J. Florin, G. W. J van de Ven, M. K. van Ittersum

Opportunities for conservation agriculture in the EU common agricultural policy 2014-2020
Author(s) G. Basch, E. J González-Sánchez, H. Gómez McPherson, Kassam

A Farmers group approach and stakeholder integration for the development of conservation agriculture: the case of LAO PDR Author(s): F. Jullien, P. Julie, L. Séguy, F. Tivet, H. Tran Quoc, P. Lienhard, A. Khamhung, B. Rattanatray, K. Panyasiri, A. Chabanne, G. Lestrelin

Harnessing ecosystem services with conservation agriculture in Canada and Brazil
Author(s): A. Kassam, I. Mello, T. Goddard, T. Friedrich, F. Laurent, T. Reeves, B. Hansmann

A framework for international standard for conservation agriculture: towards stewardship for sustainable production
Author(s): S. J. Lin, T. Friedrich, B. Hansmann, A. Kassam

Regional conservation agriculture project proposal in degraded annual cropping systems areas in South East Asia
Author(s): K. Panyasiri, P. T. Sen, L. Baokun, P. Autfray

Policy impacts on land-use and agricultural practices in North-West India
Author(s): N. Milham, J. Crean, P. Kumar, R. Singh

Ecological responses to public policy scenarios in farmlands: a bio-economic modelling approach
Author(s): L. Mouysset, F. Jiguet, L. Doyen

From local mini-till experience towards a strategy for development of conservation agriculture in the EU
Author(s): G. Rass, B. Lavier, A. Kassam, R. Derpsch, T. Friedrich, J-F. Richard, D. Reicosky

An index to rate the quality of no-till systems: a conceptual framework
Author(s): G. Roloff, R. A. T. Lutz, I. Mello

An index to rate the quality of no-till systems: validation
Author(s): G. Roloff, R. A. T. Lutz, I. Mello, M. L. C. Bartz

The spatial agglomeration of low-input farming intensity: implications for biodiversity conservation
Author(s): F. Teillard, G. Allaire, E. Cahuzac, E. Leger, E. Maigne, M. Tichit

Conservation agriculture and rainfall variability in Zambia: is CA a promising option for responding to droughts and floods? Author(s): B. B. Umar, P. H. Nyanga