Conservation Agriculture Practices

Which of the SPARK questions below could you find out more about? Use these questions to help you focus your research and find information.

How does climate change affect plants grown for crops and animals raised as livestock?

What relationships exist between climate change and the practices that farmers use to grow crops and raise livestock?

Does climate change provide opportunities or challenges for farmers?

What does conservation agriculture mean and involve?

How do conservation farming practices help farmers respond to climate change?

What actions can individuals take to support conservation agriculture?

THINK ABOUT connections you can make between weather and the needs of crops and animals, or livestock, grown and raised for food. Describe changes in weather patterns that you’ve noticed in your community. Consider the impact these changes might have on farms in the area in which you live. Discuss the relationship you think conservation agriculture practices have to the soil, water and air.