Scientific contributions

Cicek, Harun, et al. “A critical assessment of conservation agriculture among smallholders in the Mediterranean region: adoption pathways inspired by agroecological principles.” Agronomy for Sustainable Development 43.6 (2023): 72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-023-00926-4

Diop, Massamba, et al. “Short-term residual effects of occasional tillage on crop performance, soil water, and water-use efficiency in a 10-year no-till system under a dry Mediterranean climate.” Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 8 (2024): 1375666. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1375666

Topp, Emmeline, et al. “Perceptions and sociocultural factors underlying adoption of conservation agriculture in the Mediterranean.” Agriculture and Human Values (2023): 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-023-10495-7.

Topp, Emmeline, et al. “Mediterranean farmers’ understandings of ‘good soil management’and ‘good farmer’identity in the context of conservation agriculture.” International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 22.1 (2024): 2335083. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2024.2335083

Practice abstracts

Conservation Agriculture for Sustainability under Water Scarcity ⇒ here

Optimum stubble management strategies for better crop-livestock integration under conservation agriculture ⇒ here

Building and using a rainfall simulator ⇒ here

Strategic tillage in Conservation Agriculture ⇒ here

Emphasizing soil literacy for farmer field schools ⇒ here

Tailoring recommendations for conservation agriculture to farmers based on their landscape preferences ⇒ here

Deliverables

Farmer Field School Impact Report ⇒ here

Policy Recommendations ⇒ here

Videos

Conservation Agriculture: A practice example in Spain

About the ConServeTerra project

Tutorial on how to use a rain simulator

Benefits of forage mixtures under Conservation Agriculture in olive orchards

Strategic grazing under Conservation Agriculture in Morocco

Conservation Agriculture in olive orchards

Using sheep for weed control in legume crops

Designing a crop rotation for Conservation Agriculture in the Mediterranean Region

Strategic tillage under Conservation Agriculture in Morocco

Experimental trials in Morocco with different treatments under the lead of Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)

Seeding of different crop mixtures under Conservation Agriculture in Morocco

Establishment of different field trails in Spain from our partner Consortium of Gallecs to assess the effect of strategic tillage on soil parameters.

Seeding of canola and barley on the Ste l’Ouest Marocain in Meknes (Morocco) from our partner West Maroc.

Benefits of sainfoin for the soil in Turkey.

Farmer Field Schools in Moroco and the effects of no-till on the soil.

Food and forage legume production in Spain.

Establishing field trials in Tunisia.

Food and forage legume production in Spain with Relay systems.

Flyers and Factsheets

Factsheet for policy makers in English ⇒ here

Factsheet for practitioners in English ⇒ here

Conseration agriculture in Spanish ⇒ here

Myths and facts about soil managementin English ⇒ here

What is soil in English ⇒ here

Conservation agriculture in Arabic ⇒ here

Conservation agriculture in English⇒ here

Pragmatic approach to onservation agriculture in English⇒ here

This project has been funded with support from the PRIMA (grant Number 1913), a programme supported by the European Union. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and neither PRIMA not the European Union can be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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