[hepr-vn] 4-7 Feb 2009, New Deli: The 4th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture

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Event dates: Wednesday, 4th February 2009 09:00 AM to Saturday, 7th February 
2009 17:00 PM

Location: New Delhi, India Contact: Announcements
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The 4th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture
Technology
New Delhi, India - The deliberations during the Congress would develop a road 
map and evolve strategies to promote conservation agriculture.
The 4th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture will be held in Delhi between 
February 4-7, 2009. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and 
National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) will jointly organise the 
congress. The meeting would bring in researchers, farmers, extension - workers, 
policy planners, corporate leaders and NGOs for discussing issues related to 
innovations in agriculture for realising improved efficiency, equity and 
environment.

Agriculture today is witnessing multiple and complex challenges. Demands for 
food, feed, fiber, fuel and fodder are growing rapidly but gradually degrading 
natural resources are constraining the production systems’ efficiency. 
Therefore, efficiency mediated productivity enhancement measures are imperative 
to meet the growing needs on a long term sustainable basis.

The role of conservation agriculture in improving efficiency, equity and 
environment is well recognized and many global treaties have raised concerns to 
conserve natural resources for a better quality of life. The targets of the 
Millennium Development Goals can only be realized through improved technological 
options, innovative institutional arrangements and appropriate policies in 
partnership with all concerned stakeholders. The 4th World Congress is expected 
to review global R&D efforts, identify region, situation and system specific 
issues, prepare grounds for partnerships and policy setting, and suggest 
measures to improve the state of natural resources in pursuit of realizing 
enhanced productivity and profitability.

The deliberations during the Congress would develop a road map and evolve 
strategies to promote conservation agriculture. Following will be the expected 
outcomes of the Congress: (i) document global R&D efforts in conservation 
agriculture; (ii) measure benefits of conservation agriculture; and (iii) 
identify region specific up-scaling issues.

Contact Persons:
P K Joshi

Organizing Secretary of the 4th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture

National Academy of Agricultral Sciences

Pusa, New Delhi 110012 India

Tel: +91-11-25843036

Fax: +91-11-25842684

E-mail: wccagri at gmail.com

Web site: www.icar.org.in/wccagri/index.html

www.wccagri.ernet.in





A K Singh

Deputy Director -General (Natural Resource Management)

Indian Council of Agricultural Research

Krishi Anusandhan Bhavan II,

Pusa, New Delhi 110 012 India

Tel: +91-11-2584 8364

E-mail: aksingh at icar.org.in



Theodor Friedrich

Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations

Viale delle Terme di Caracalla

00153 Rome , Italy

Tel: +30-0657055694

E-Mail: theodor.friedrich at fao.org


For more information, please visit: http://www.icar.org.in/wccagri/index.html
Associated websites:
http://www.icar.org.in/wccagri/index.html