Re-framing Food and Agriculture: From Degeneration to Regeneration
Watch video coverage of the COP22 event "Re-framing Food and Agriculture: From Degeneration to Regeneration". The event was presented by Biovision Foundation, IFOAM-Organics International, Organic Consumers Association, Regeneration International and Shumei International.
Saving Crop Diversity From Inside a Frozen Mountain
Since 2008, deep inside a mountain on a permafrost-crusted archipelago near the North Pole, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault has been open for business, soliciting and accepting sample seed collections from partner seed banks around the globe.
Mississippi River Could Leave Farmland Stranded
If the Mississippi River continues to go unchecked, the farmland on Dogtooth Bend peninsula may be only accessible by boat. According to a University of Illinois study, each successive flood carves a deeper channel across the narrow neck of the peninsula.
“4 Per 1000 Initiative” Brings Agriculture to the Forefront of the Global Climate Stage –first Official Members Meeting at COP22
What emerged in Paris at COP21 as “visionary and hopeful”, has now been established as a pragmatic and widely-adopted initiative whose members are demonstrably committed to using the world’s agricultural soils to address climate change and food security.
Climate Change Destroys Africa’s Beauty
“The most critical help that is needed is not finance,” he said, “it's the end of fossil fuel development and the end of extractivism – depleting resources and leaving communities in very poor conditions.”
Indigenous Latin American Women Craft Climate Change Solutions in Marrakech
A year ago, Indigenous women from across Latin America began collecting local stories about how climate change is affecting their daily lives. They did this in order to craft solutions that aligned with their values.
What Does Africa Need to Tackle Climate Change?
Adapting Africa's agriculture to withstand the impact of climate change requires significant investment. We have the plans, the strategies, the shared knowledge and the examples of best practice. What we really need now is funding to bring solutions such as these to scale.
Agriculture Victim of, Solution to Climate Change
Agriculture holds the double distinction of being highly vulnerable to climate change but also offering a solution to the problem, they say.
10 Million Hectares a Year in Need of Restoration Along the Great Green Wall
"The Great Green Wall initiative is Africa's flagship programme to combat the effects of climate change and desertification," said Eduardo Mansur, Director of FAO's Land and Water Division, while presenting the new map at the COP22 in Marrakech.
Climate Change, A Goat Farmer’s Gain
Smallholder farmers in South Africa’s KwaZulu Natal Province have shifted to goat production to adapt to climate change. Their fortitude could be a success story for African agriculture in need of transformation to produce more food to feed more people but with fewer resources.
Protecting and Developing African Agriculture in the Face of Climate Change
By helping Africa boost agricultural production through improved soil management and irrigation techniques, as well as increased research on other farming techniques that respect the integrity of land, the global community also would be helping reduce greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. Improved agricultural practices, in a virtuous circle, would increase yields on poor farmland, reduce deforestation and improve the carbon sequestration capacity of cultivated soil.
Farm Impasse at Climate Talks Threatens Goal to End Hunger – FAO Chief
"We had been working since Paris... to push agriculture to be at the center of this meeting (in Marrakesh)," said José Graziano da Silva, director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). "It is very disappointing."
Some Plants Use an Internal Thermometer to Trigger Growing Season
Although they may look like bystanders in your garden, plants are actually active communicators and engage in a complex relationship with their environment. They don't just soak up the sun each day.
Sustainable Incentives: How Not to Eat the Planet
Consumers are important in shaping food distribution systems and value chains. We also need a better understanding of how public policies and investments can offer stronger incentives, creating a road map to help smallholders deliver more sustainably and capture more of the value of their products. That is a global public good we all can share in.
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