Amir Kassam is: (i) Moderator of the FAO-hosted Global Platform for Conservation Agriculture Community of Practice (CA-CoP), (ii) Chairman of the International Conservation Agriculture Advisory Panel for Africa (ICAAP-Africa); (iii) Vice-Chairman of the Conservation Agriculture Association of the United Kingdom (CA-UK); (iv) a Member of the European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF); (v) Visiting Professor in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, UK, where he teaches Conservation Agriculture; (vi) Convener of the Land Husbandry Group of the Tropical Agriculture Association (TAA), UK, Member of the Strategic Steering Group of the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI), UNEP, and Board member of the Asian Center of Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (ACISAI) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok.Kassam is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (UK), and a member of several international advisory committees, Boards and Panels. He is cited in several 'Who is Who' in the UK and the USA. He has published widely. In 2005, Kassam was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Honours List for services to tropical agriculture and to rural development. Amir Kassam is: (i) Moderator of the FAO-hosted Global Platform for Conservation Agriculture Community of Practice (CA-CoP), (ii) Chairman of the International Conservation Agriculture Advisory Panel for Africa (ICAAP-Africa); (iii) Vice-Chairman of the Conservation Agriculture Association of the United Kingdom (CA-UK); (iv) a Member of the European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF); (v) Visiting Professor in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, UK, where he teaches Conservation Agriculture; (vi) Convener of the Land Husbandry Group of the Tropical Agriculture Association (TAA), UK, Member of the Strategic Steering Group of the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI), UNEP, and Board member of the Asian Center of Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (ACISAI) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok.Kassam is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (UK), and a member of several international advisory committees, Boards and Panels. He is cited in several 'Who is Who' in the UK and the USA. He has published widely. In 2005, Kassam was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Honours List for services to tropical agriculture and to rural development.

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• a: Foreword b: JoséGraziano da Silva c: Preface d: Contributors e: Abbreviations 1: Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture: Global Status, Prospects and Challenges 2: Conservation Agriculture in the USA 3: Conservation Agriculture in Brazil 4: Conservation Agriculture on the Canadian Prairies 5: Conservation Agriculture in Australian Dry-land Cropping 6: Conservation Agriculture in Europe 7: Conservation Agriculture in South-East Asia 8: Conservation Agriculture in China 9: Conservation Agriculture in Central Asia 10: Conservation Agriculture in West Asia 11: Conservation Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa 12: Conservation Agriculture in North Africa 13: Conservation Agriculture in West and Central Africa 14: Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa 15: Conservation Agriculture in Argentina 16: Summing up f: Index

Amir Kassam is: (i) Moderator of the FAO-hosted Global Platform for Conservation Agriculture Community of Practice (CA-CoP), (ii) Chairman of the International Conservation Agriculture Advisory Panel for Africa (ICAAP-Africa); (iii) Vice-Chairman of the Conservation Agriculture Association of the United Kingdom (CA-UK); (iv) a Member of the European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF); (v) Visiting Professor in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, UK, where he teaches Conservation Agriculture; (vi) Convener of the Land Husbandry Group of the Tropical Agriculture Association (TAA), UK, Member of the Strategic Steering Group of the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI), UNEP, and Board member of the Asian Center of Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (ACISAI) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok.Kassam is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (UK), and a member of several international advisory committees, Boards and Panels. He is cited in several 'Who is Who' in the UK and the USA. He has published widely. In 2005, Kassam was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Honours List for services to tropical agriculture and to rural development. Amir Kassam is: (i) Moderator of the FAO-hosted Global Platform for Conservation Agriculture Community of Practice (CA-CoP), (ii) Chairman of the International Conservation Agriculture Advisory Panel for Africa (ICAAP-Africa); (iii) Vice-Chairman of the Conservation Agriculture Association of the United Kingdom (CA-UK); (iv) a Member of the European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF); (v) Visiting Professor in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, UK, where he teaches Conservation Agriculture; (vi) Convener of the Land Husbandry Group of the Tropical Agriculture Association (TAA), UK, Member of the Strategic Steering Group of the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI), UNEP, and Board member of the Asian Center of Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (ACISAI) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok.Kassam is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (UK), and a member of several international advisory committees, Boards and Panels. He is cited in several 'Who is Who' in the UK and the USA. He has published widely. In 2005, Kassam was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Honours List for services to tropical agriculture and to rural development.

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• a: Foreword b: JoséGraziano da Silva c: Preface d: Contributors e: Abbreviations 1: Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture: Global Status, Prospects and Challenges 2: Conservation Agriculture in the USA 3: Conservation Agriculture in Brazil 4: Conservation Agriculture on the Canadian Prairies 5: Conservation Agriculture in Australian Dry-land Cropping 6: Conservation Agriculture in Europe 7: Conservation Agriculture in South-East Asia 8: Conservation Agriculture in China 9: Conservation Agriculture in Central Asia 10: Conservation Agriculture in West Asia 11: Conservation Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa 12: Conservation Agriculture in North Africa 13: Conservation Agriculture in West and Central Africa 14: Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa 15: Conservation Agriculture in Argentina 16: Summing up f: Index

Amir Kassam is: (i) Moderator of the FAO-hosted Global Platform for Conservation Agriculture Community of Practice (CA-CoP), (ii) Chairman of the International Conservation Agriculture Advisory Panel for Africa (ICAAP-Africa); (iii) Vice-Chairman of the Conservation Agriculture Association of the United Kingdom (CA-UK); (iv) a Member of the European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF); (v) Visiting Professor in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, UK, where he teaches Conservation Agriculture; (vi) Convener of the Land Husbandry Group of the Tropical Agriculture Association (TAA), UK, Member of the Strategic Steering Group of the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI), UNEP, and Board member of the Asian Center of Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (ACISAI) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok.Kassam is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (UK), and a member of several international advisory committees, Boards and Panels. He is cited in several 'Who is Who' in the UK and the USA. He has published widely. In 2005, Kassam was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Honours List for services to tropical agriculture and to rural development. Amir Kassam is: (i) Moderator of the FAO-hosted Global Platform for Conservation Agriculture Community of Practice (CA-CoP), (ii) Chairman of the International Conservation Agriculture Advisory Panel for Africa (ICAAP-Africa); (iii) Vice-Chairman of the Conservation Agriculture Association of the United Kingdom (CA-UK); (iv) a Member of the European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF); (v) Visiting Professor in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, UK, where he teaches Conservation Agriculture; (vi) Convener of the Land Husbandry Group of the Tropical Agriculture Association (TAA), UK, Member of the Strategic Steering Group of the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI), UNEP, and Board member of the Asian Center of Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (ACISAI) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok.Kassam is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (UK), and a member of several international advisory committees, Boards and Panels. He is cited in several 'Who is Who' in the UK and the USA. He has published widely. In 2005, Kassam was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Honours List for services to tropical agriculture and to rural development.

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• a: Foreword b: JoséGraziano da Silva c: Preface d: Contributors e: Abbreviations 1: Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture: Global Status, Prospects and Challenges 2: Conservation Agriculture in the USA 3: Conservation Agriculture in Brazil 4: Conservation Agriculture on the Canadian Prairies 5: Conservation Agriculture in Australian Dry-land Cropping 6: Conservation Agriculture in Europe 7: Conservation Agriculture in South-East Asia 8: Conservation Agriculture in China 9: Conservation Agriculture in Central Asia 10: Conservation Agriculture in West Asia 11: Conservation Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa 12: Conservation Agriculture in North Africa 13: Conservation Agriculture in West and Central Africa 14: Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa 15: Conservation Agriculture in Argentina 16: Summing up f: Index