Last September 22nd, the Spanish Association for Conservation Agriculture/Living Soils organized an International Field Day on Conservation Agriculture in Barruelo del Valle (Valladolid).

With the participation of more than 1,800 farmers, this event has been a success not only because of the large number of participants, and the impact on the media, but also because of the effective advocacy for the Spanish Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Environment and other key administrations. Policy makers openly supported Conservation Agriculture as the basis for the new reform of the CAP post 2020.

In this context, Fernando Miranda Sotillos, Director General of Production and Agricultural Markets of Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, pointed out that we must move towards an agriculture, such as Conservation Agriculture that emits less CO2 and also contributes to the absorption of CO2", providing the double benefit achievable through Conservation Agriculture: minimizing the CO2 emissions and acting as a sink of atmospheric C.

Click here for download the press release (English version)