Conservation Agriculture

Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation (CASI) has a vision for California a vision in which farmers make more money while using less water and protecting the environment.

The confluence of global climate change and population growth is brewing a perfect storm that threatens the availability of sufficient fresh water to grow food to feed the world by 2025, warned Colin Chartres, the director general of the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka.

UC's Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation (CASI) proposed the idea of creating a formal partnership with the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Water for Food Institute at a meeting May 29 with Water for Food executive director Roberto Lenton and senior research scientist Marc Andreini.

Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation (CASI) is pleased to sponsor interactive conferences on conservation agriculture and controlled traffic farming at four locations in the Central Valley on Aug. 28, 29 and 30.

A brief update here on recent progress and implementation activities related to our 2012 overhead / drip cotton and tomato fields. 2012 Tomatoes The processing tomato variety N6397 was transplanted on April 30. Virtually daily crop growth and development. Sampling is now being done.