Agriculture and Soil Healt - Food system
Soil - Soil data collection - ISRIC - Africa
June 4, 2021
Global experts call for enhanced soil data collection in Africa
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2021-06/04/c_139987784.htm
Salud de los suelos - Cultura regenerativa
3 de juno de 2021
El cuidado del suelo, política central de una nueva cultura regenerativa.
Un tercio del suelo mundial está degradado. Resulta imperioso dar soluciones concretas que ayuden a regenerar su biodiversidad, porque la salud humana y de todos los organismos del planeta dependen directamente de ello.
Agriculture - Prairies - INRAE - CNRS
3 juin 2021
[Radio] - Les prairies, hauts lieux de la biodiversité
Les prairies sont des milieux "stables " non labourés et servent de refuge pour la biodiversité. Prairies permanentes, temporaires, artificielles, prés de fauche, prés-vergers, prés-bois, pelouses d’altitude, parcours communaux... Ces écosystèmes sont en danger à cause de l'agriculture intensive.
Prairies - Agroécologie - Biodiversité
Juin 2021
Prairies, biodiversité et agroécologie
https://reliefseditions.com/prairies/
Soil - Pesticides - Opinion - Center for Biological Diversity
June 1, 2021
Pesticides Are Killing the World’s Soils
They cause significant harm to earthworms, beetles, ground-nesting bees and thousands of other vital subterranean species
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pesticides-are-killing-the-worlds-soils/?amp=true
Agriculture - Carbone - Crédit carbone - Revenus - Agriculteurs - Sysfarm start-up - France
1 juin 2021
Antoine Gilbert (Sysfarm): « Apporter un complément de revenu aux agriculteurs »
Policies
Philippines - Farmers - Soil labs - Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM)
June 3, 2021
DA chief bats for state-of-the-art soil labs
What better way to help farmers grow more produce than to set up modern and efficient soil laboratories around the country?
Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar pitched this idea in his speech during the 70th anniversary celebration of the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) Wednesday, June 2.
https://mb.com.ph/2021/06/03/da-chief-bats-for-state-of-the-art-soil-labs/
Ireland - Soil - Soil Sampling and Analysis Programme - Launch
June 3, 2021
McConalogue launches €10 million Soil Sampling and Analysis Programme
USA - USDA - Farmers - Cover crops - Premium benefit
June 3, 2021
USDA’s Risk Management Agency announced this week they’ll give farmers a $5 dollar premium benefit on their crop insurance if they plant cover crops.
https://wnax.com/news/180081-soil-health-coalition-welcomes-usda-premium-program-for-cover-crops/
