CROPLANDS RESEARCH GROUP Leader Craig Drury Canada Number

CROPLANDS RESEARCH GROUP Leader: Craig Drury (Canada) Number of members: 18 Number of member countries: 8

Conservation Agriculture Members Argentina Tomás Della Chiesa Gervasio Piñeiro Juan Manuel Piñeiro Spain Diego Abalos Sweden Thomas Kätterer Canada Denis Angers Craig Drury Henry Janzen USA Denmark Lars Munkholm Michel Cavigelli Hero Gollany Mark Liebig Charles Rice Upendra Sainju Germany Rene Dechow Italy Roberta Farina Rosa Francavigilia Pier Roggero

Activities/Accomplishment since last meeting § Next Steps (Identified fall 2016) Ø Review conservation agriculture methods/practices which reduce GHG emissions. Ø Identify & highlight Conservation Agriculture cases studies. Ø Understand management practices for cover crops which impact soil organic carbon and GHG emissions

Activities/Accomplishment since last meeting Ø Review conservation agriculture methods/practices which reduce GHG emissions. 1. Finalized the Conservation Agriculture factsheet and published it on the GRA website. https: //globalresearchalliance. org/libr ary/conservation-agriculture-networkbrochure-2/

Activities/Accomplishment since last meeting Ø Review conservation agriculture methods/practices which reduce GHG emissions. 2. Identified ~10 new datasets (so far) related to CA. This information & data has been provided to Mark Liebig for MAGGnet. 3. Decided to conduct a meta-analysis to determine which CA practices may be most useful at reducing GHG emissions.

Activities/Accomplishment since last meeting 3. cont’d – Meta-analysis on CA & GHG emissions - CA network members are identifying their own datasets that could be used for meta-analysis - Mark Liebig will search MAGGnet for additional CA sites that could be used in the meta-analysis - Diego Abalos has agreed to run the meta-analysis - Craig Drury has procured $12 K from Canada to hire a co-op student (Fall 2017) to assist with data compilation

Activities/Accomplishment since last meeting Ø Review conservation agriculture methods/practices which reduce GHG emissions. 4. We will propose to host a symposium on CA practices and GHG emissions at the USA/Canada/Mexico Soil Science Societies conference in San Diego, CA, USA (Jan 6 -9, 2019). Action: Hero Gollany (chair of Soil and Water Conservation Division)

Activities/Accomplishment since last meeting Ø Identify & highlight Conservation Agriculture cases studies. - Ø This activity will be based upon the results of the metaanalysis. We also hope to publish a peer reviewed paper. Understand management practices for cover crops which impact soil organic carbon and GHG emissions - This activity will be started after the above activities have been completed (~2+ yrs).

Activities/Accomplishment since last meeting Communications – Conservation Agriculture Network: Face-to-face Meetings: 1 st Meeting – Phoenix, Arizona (November 2016) 2 nd Meeting - Harpenden, UK (September 2017). 3 rd Meeting - ASA-CSSA-SSSA Meetings – Tampa E-mail Meetings: - on-going basis

Activities/Accomplishment since last meeting Communications – Conservation Agriculture Network: Symposia (proposed): - CA & GHG emissions – San Diego (Jan. 6 -9, 2019)

Conservation Agriculture Network Comments & Suggestions? Please contact: Craig Drury craig. drury@agr. gc. ca 519 -726 -4755