ECAF was constituted in Brussels on 14th January, 1999, as a non-profit making international association, subjected to the Belgium laws. It was conceived to encourage any issue focused on maintaining the agrarian soil and its biodiversity in the context of sustainable agriculture. ECAF is not involved in any commercial product, equipment and/ or trademark.
The European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF) brings together nineteen national associations which promote among Europe’s farmers the soil management «best practice» aspects of Conservation Agriculture. With member associations in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Moldova, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom, ECAF represents the interests of the majority of the European Union’s cropped farmland.