A presentation at the WCCA 2011 event in Brisbane.

1. POLICY ISSUES IN CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE R.M. Shetto Paper presented at the VWCCA held on 26 -29 September 2011 Brisbane, Australia

3. AREA UNDER CA BY CONTINENT Continent Area Per cent of Per cent of (000 ha) global total arable crop land South America 55,630 47.6 57.5 North America 39,981 34.1 15.4 Australia and NZ 17,162 14.7 69.0 Asia 2,630 2.2 0.5 Europe 1,150 1.0 0.4 Africa 368 0.3 0.1 Global total 116,921 100 8.5

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9. A farmer explaining to the Deputy Minister on operation of an animal drawn direct seeder

10. CA Implements introduced Animal drawn direct seeder Animal drawn sprayer Tractor drawn knife roller

11. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION