The European project LIFE Innocereal EU travelled to Cape Town at the end of last month to show its progress during the 9th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture, held from 22 to 25 July at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).
An example of the internationalisation of this initiative that was present in different oral communications, posters and round table discussions carried out by different members of the Spanish Association of Conservation Agriculture Living Soils (AEACSV), the European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF) and the University of Cordoba (UCO).
The congress focused on the principles of Conservation Agriculture, which are included in the Manual of Good Management Practices for cereal crops developed in the project and which are already being implemented in the network of demonstration farms, the European network of replication farms and in the pilot farm ‘Rabanales’.
During the event, a large number of scientists, technicians, farmers and different actors from the agri-food value chain gathered to try to disseminate the benefits of Conservation Agriculture in different soil and climate zones and crops around the world, both woody and annual crops. The ultimate goal was to promote this management system, its benefits, and its potential as a mitigator of climate change.