“4 per 1000” Initiative
July 22, 2022
Argentine Wine Producer Joins Initiative To Capture Carbon In Soil
https://carbonherald.com/argentine-wine-producer-joins-initiative-to-capture-carbon-in-soil/
“4 per 1000” Initiative (citation - China)
August 4, 2022
China launches first national soil survey in 40 years
After rapid development and intensive farming, China is finally carrying out a new soil survey to help with its food security and carbon targets.
https://www.eco-business.com/news/china-launches-first-national-soil-survey-in-40-years/
“4 per 1000” Initiative (citation - China)
August 2, 2022
China launches first national soil survey in 40 years
After rapid development and intensive farming, China is finally carrying out a new soil survey to help with its food security and carbon targets
https://chinadialogue.net/en/pollution/china-launches-first-national-soil-survey-in-40-years/
“4 per 1000” Initiative (Soil Health Institute - citation)
July 28, 2022
Soil Health Institute Announces Agenda for "Scaling Up Soil Health" Virtual Annual Meeting
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/soil-health-institute-announces-agenda-130000136.html
Iniciativa “4 por 1000” - Grupo Avinea
28 Julio 2022
AVINEA se suma a la Iniciativa “4 por 1000”, para combatir el cambio climatico.
El primer productor de vino orgánico de la Argentina, además de ofrecer productos sustentables, participa ahora de esta alianza global.
https://vinomanos.com/2022/07/avinea-4-por-1000/
Initiative “4 pour 1000” - Stéphane Le Foll
16 août 2022
À Huelgoat, 140 personnes à l’École des filles pour la conférence axée sur l’écologie
Initiative “4 pour 1000”
9 août 2022
TerraTerre aide les agriculteurs à lutter contre le réchauffement climatique
Pour changer les pratiques de l’agriculture et contribuer à un monde plus neutre en carbone, TerraTerre accompagne les agriculteurs. Cette startup créée en 2021 par Mathieu Toulemonde permet aux entreprises de compenser leurs émissions tout en soutenant l’agriculture française via l’achat de crédits carbone.
Initiative “4 pour 1000” (citation)
5 août 2022
Biodiversité et agriculture. Mythe et réalité. Le cas de l’Agriculture de Conservation des Sols (2ème partie)
Initiative “4 pour 1000” (citation)
10 août 2022
L’Estivale de la Bio se déroulera ce lundi 15 août
https://www.midilibre.fr/2022/08/14/lestivale-de-la-bio-se-deroulera-ce-lundi-15-aout-10487820.php
Iniciativa “4 por 1000” - Ibrahim Mayaki, Rattan Lal, AAPRESID
10 de Agosto 2022
Importancia del suelo para el presente y futuro de la humanidad
La mañana del primer día del 30° Congreso de Aapresid "Un congreso a suelo abierto", comenzó con una charla relacionada justamente al eje en el cuál se hace hincapié este año: el suelo.
Iniciativa “4 por 1000” - Ibrahim Mayaki, Rattan Lal, AAPRESID, IICA
10 de Agosto 2022
“Refugiados del suelo”: la alerta de un experto mundial que llama a cuidar un recurso estratégico
En el congreso de Aapresid, Rattan Lal, de Ohio State University, destacó las implicaciones políticas, económicas y sociales vinculadas con la conservación de la tierra
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Carbon
Sols - Bien commun - Rapport social - Enjeu politique - Agriculture -
19 août 2022
Les sols : bien commun, rapport social et enjeu politique
https://www.investigaction.net/fr/les-sols-bien-commun-rapport-social-et-enjeu-politique/
Santé des sols - Pratiques agricoles régénératrices - McDonald's Canada - McCain Foods (Canada) - Fonds de la culture de la pomme de terre de l'avenir - 1 million $
10 août 2022
McDonald's du Canada et McCain Foods (Canada) lancent le fonds de la culture de la pomme de terre de l'avenir de 1 million $ dans le but de favoriser la santé des sols grâce à des pratiques agricoles régénératrices.
https://www.lelezard.com/communique-20515847.html
Soil Biodiversity - Agriculture - State of Knowledge - FAO
August 16, 2022
The State of Knowledge of Soil Biodiversity. Enter a hidden world
Agriculture - Farmers for the future - Food production - Transformation - Nature - Climate
August 19, 2022
Farmers for the future — how transforming food production can help solve the nature and climate crises
Joao Campari, Global Food Practice Leader, WWF and Kirsten Schuijt, CEO WWF-Netherlands
Regenerative Agriculture - Restoring nature - Farmers - Cattle ranchers - Conservationists - Mexico
August 19, 2022
Regenerative agriculture in Mexico boosts yields while restoring nature
* Chiapas is Mexico’s second-most biodiverse state and provides 30% of the country’s freshwater, but has lost 55% of its forests for farmland and livestock pasture.
* Now, an unlikely alliance of conservationists, farmers and cattle ranchers is working to incorporate 2.5 million hectares (6.2 million acres) of land into sustainable management schemes, focusing on soil health and aiming to restore and reforest 1.4 million hectares (3.5 million acres).
* The initiative intends to restore soil health and in the process store carbon, free up more land for conservation, and maintain jobs in rural areas.
Agriculture - Pay farmers - to restore habitat - Productive farmland
August 15, 2022
Pay farmers to restore habitat on least productive farmland, think tank says
A system of subsidies would cut carbon, boost farmers income and would increase wild bird populations by 50% by 2050, Green Alliance says.
Agriculture - Livestock grazing
August 10, 2022
How livestock grazing is benefiting the planet
Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article about the damage caused by organic, pasture-fed beef and lamb.
Nature-friendly farming - Not reduce productivity - Study
August 3, 2022
Nature-friendly farming does not reduce productivity, study finds
Results of 10-year project reveal that rewilding areas can boost biodiversity and crop yields
Agriculture - Food System - 22 Solutions-Focused Stories
August 1, 2022
22 Solutions-Focused Stories on the Food System in 2022
Not all the news is bad. We rounded up some of our favorite recent stories about people working together with compassion, ingenuity, and solidarity across the food system.
https://civileats.com/2022/08/01/22-solutions-focused-stories-on-the-food-system-in-2022/
Agriculture - Agroecology - Farmer-to-farmer - Learning - India
August 2, 2022
Farmer-to-farmer agroecology: Q&A with Chukki Nanjundaswamy of Amrita Bhoomi Learning Centre.
* The Amrita Bhoomi Learning Centre in southern India is one of dozens of education hubs around the world providing a space for farmer-to-farmer training in agroecology.
* In a wide-ranging interview with Mongabay, the center’s Chukki Nanjundaswamy discusses their model of agriculture, its Gandhian roots, and how it grew out of the rejection of Green Revolution farming techniques that rely on chemical inputs and expensive hybrid seeds.
* Nanjundaswamy shares some of their innovative approaches to growing food without inputs, plus clever techniques to thwart notorious pests like fall armyworm, which is also prevalent in Africa.
Compost - Farmers - Save water - Survive drought
July 29, 2022
How compost is helping farmers save water, survive drought
Agroecology - Farmers - Climate impact
July 31, 2022
‘Agroecology’ helps farmers cushion climate impact
Agriculture - Viticulture - Pratiques - Moët Hennessy
22 août 2022
« Nous savons que nos pratiques de viticulture et d'agriculture peuvent faire la différence »
Sandrine Sommer, Moët Hennessy.
https://journalduluxe.fr/fr/lifestyle/viticulture-agriculture-durable-moet-hennessy
Agriculture - ACS - Sarah Singla - Roots - Arte
10 août 2022
Sarah Singla défend l’agriculture de conservation des sols sur Arte
L’agricultrice aveyronnaise adepte du non labour et du couvert végétal témoigne dans Roots, nouvelle série-documentaire d’Arte créée par le journaliste Pierre Girard.
https://www.reussir.fr/sarah-singla-defend-lagriculture-de-conservation-des-sols-sur-arte
Biochar - Sols - Qualité - Carbone atmosphérique - Axel Reinaud
22 juillet 2022
Axel Reinaud : « Le biochar séquestre le carbone atmosphérique et améliore la qualité du sol »
Carbone - Gestion - Cartes - IA - Technologie - Albo Climate
16 août 2022
La gestion de carbone cartographiée grâce à une technologie utilisant l’IA
Entreprise de "potentiel mondial", selon les propos d'un représentant de l'ONU, Albo Climate a déjà des projets en Équateur, en Afrique et aux États-Unis
Soil - Fungi
July 7, 2022
A fungal safari. A new nonprofit has launched an ambitious effort to raise the profile of often invisible soil fungi
Climate
Dérèglement climatique - Sécheresse - Europe
21 août 2022
EN IMAGES. Sécheresse : le manque de pluie et les fortes chaleurs mettent l'Europe à l'épreuve
La France et ses pays voisins sont confrontés à une pénurie d'eau depuis plusieurs semaines. Partout, le manque de précipitation se fait ressentir et modifie les paysages.
Dérèglement climatique - Alertes - Monde
20 août 2022
Dérèglement climatique : crues, incendies, sécheresse... des alertes tous azimuts lancées à travers le monde
Climate - Extreme Heat Belt - U.S. - Study
August 15, 2022
An "Extreme Heat Belt" will soon emerge in the U.S., study warns
Policies - Governments
United States - Climate plan - Biden
August 7, 2022
US Senate approves bill to fight climate change, cut drug costs
Estimated $430bn economic package aims to slow climate change, control medicine costs, and tax corporations.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/7/senate-democrats-approve-big-biden-deal-house-to-vote-next
United States - Congress - Climate plan - High-tech climate solutions - Low-tech one: Nature
August 14, 2022
As Congress funds high-tech climate solutions, it also bets on a low-tech one: Nature
From boosting forest preservation to incentivizing climate-smart farming practices, the Inflation Reduction Act includes an acknowledgement that land is a profound ally in the fight against climate change
Etats-Unis - Plan climat - Biden
13 août 2022
Etats-Unis : le plan climat et santé de Joe Biden adopté par le Congrès
Le vote de cette réforme de plus de 430 milliards de dollars incarne une victoire politique significative pour le président américain, à moins de trois mois d’élections législatives de mi-mandat déterminantes.
Regenerative farming - Soil - Prince Charles
August 4, 2022
Regenerative farming is the future, says Prince Charles.
Moves toward a more regenerative style of farming in the UK have received a warm endorsement from the Prince of Wales, who said failure to address some of the issues associated with industrialised agriculture was “too grim to contemplate”.
Addressing the 22nd World Congress of Soil Science in Glasgow on Thursday (4 August), Prince Charles described soil as an asset that was all too easily “overlooked, degraded and polluted”.
Data
Specific food products - Environmental impacts - Data
August 17, 2022
Explore the environmental impacts of hundreds of specific food products.
Research - Studies
Roots - Water transport - Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi - Plants
May 28, 2022
Routes to roots: direct evidence of water transport by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to host plants
Summary
* Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can help mitigate plant responses to water stress, but it is unclear whether AMF do so by indirect mechanisms, direct water transport to roots, or a combination of the two. Here, we investigated if and how the AMF Rhizophagus intraradices transported water to the host plant Avena barbata, wild oat.
* We used two-compartment microcosms, isotopically labeled water, and a fluorescent dye to directly track and quantify water transport by AMF across an air gap to host plants.
* Plants grown with AMF that had access to a physically separated compartment containing 18O-labeled water transpired almost twice as much as plants with AMF excluded from that compartment. Using an isotopic mixing model, we estimated that water transported by AMF across the air gap accounted for 34.6% of the water transpired by host plants. In addition, a fluorescent dye indicated that hyphae were able to transport some water via an extracytoplasmic pathway.
* Our study provides direct evidence that AMF can act as extensions of the root system along the soil–plant–air continuum of water movement, with plant transpiration driving water flow along hyphae outside of the hyphal cell membrane.
Qualité des Sols - Réseau de Mesures - Etude du carbone organique des sols - France - AFES
Mars 2022
Le Réseau de Mesures de la Qualité des Sols pour l’étude du carbone organique des sols en France métropolitaine Avancées scientifiques et applications Le RMQS pour l’étude du carbone organique des sols
