October 27 to November 3, 2023
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Agriculture - Sols - Carbone - Solutions - Rémi Cardinael - Cirad - Armwell Shumba - University of Zimbabwe - Vira Leng - Université de Montpellier
2 novembre 2023
Piéger le carbone dans le sol : ce que peut l’agriculture
https://theconversation.com/pieger-le-carbone-dans-le-sol-ce-que-peut-lagriculture-216768
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Agriculture - Solutions - Claire Chenu (page 14) - INRAE - Polytechnique Insights
Juin 2023
L'agriculture : émissions, solutions, réflexions - Polytechnique Insights
https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/314_agriculture.pdf
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Agriculture - Food - Meat - ‘Declaration of scientists’ - Industry - Document - Top EU officials
27 October 2023
Revealed: the industry figures behind ‘declaration of scientists’ backing meat eating
Document used to target top EU officials over environmental and health policies but climate experts view it as propaganda
Agriculture - Food - Farmers - Methane - Feed products - UK
31 October 2023
Farmers need clarity on methane supressing feed products, NFU says
Farmers need clarity on how methane supressing feed products will work as well as their impact on animal welfare, the NFU has said after Defra seeks new ways to cut emissions.
Agriculture - Grassland - Crops - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s - USDA -
October 2023
WWF’s 2023 Plowprint Report analyzes the rate of grassland plow-up across the US, and Canadian portions of the Great Plains. This analysis is based on the USDA’s annual Cropland Data Layer and the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Annual Crop Inventory which looks at grasslands plow-up that has occurred two years prior to the release date. As a result, the 2023 edition reports on plow-up and conversion that occurred during 2021.
https://www.worldwildlife.org/projects/plowprint-report
Agriculture - Climate change - Farmers - Crops - Kansas - USA - Study
26 October 2023
Climate change forces farmers to rethink crops
A study by the Environmental Defense Fund in Kansas illustrates the challenge farmers there, and around the country, will face due to warming.
Agriculture - Sols - Transition agro-écologique - Maroc - Initiative Al Moutmir - INRA
30 octobre 2023
Programme Al Moutmir de semis direct : Plus de 11.500 hectares additionnels pour la campagne 2023-2024
Face aux changements climatiques et à la rareté des précipitations, il est nécessaire de se pencher sur des modèles territoriaux de transition agro-écologique de l’agriculture qui peuvent mettre à l’échelle des mesures variées et complémentaires d’adaptation.
https://laquotidienne.ma/article/economie/programme-moutmir-campagne-2023-2024
Agriculture - Sols - Riz - Cultures alternatives - Asie du Sud-Est
30 octobre 2023
Diversification du riz vers des cultures alternatives en Asie du Sud-Est
Policies and Governments
Calls for COP28 negotiators - Agriculture - Food - Food systems - Food companies - Environmental groups
30 October 2023
Calls for COP28 negotiators to urgently tackle food systems’ impact
A global coalition of some of the biggest food companies and environmental groups in the world is calling for a greater focus on food systems transformation at COP28 next month.
USDA - Agriculture - Forestry - U.S. Carbon Markets - Role - Assessment
23 October 2023
USDA releases “A General Assessment of the Role of Agriculture and Forestry in the U.S. Carbon Markets,” a comprehensive look at current market activity, barriers to participation, and opportunities to improve access to carbon markets for farmers and forest landowners.
Brazil agricultural association - COP28 - Forestry carbon credits - Article 6.4
25 October 2023
Brazil agricultural association pushes for Article 6.4 recognition of forestry carbon credits at COP28
https://carbon-pulse.com/231722/
COP28 - Pope
2 November 2023
Pope says he will attend COP28 climate summit in Dubai, a first by a pontiff
COP28 - Enjeux - Accord de Paris - Bilan
30 octobre 2023
Les principaux enjeux de la COP28 qui s’ouvre dans un mois : l’heure du bilan de l’Accord de Paris a sonné (1/3)
La COP28 s'ouvre dans exactement un mois aux Émirats arabes unis. Huit ans après l'adoption de l'Accord de Paris, l'heure est au bilan. Si l'on sait que le monde est toujours sur la mauvaise trajectoire, les États devront être à la hauteur et accroître leurs ambitions pour rectifier le tir. C'est l'un des principaux objectifs du sommet qui se tiendra à Dubaï du 30 novembre au 12 décembre.
France - Sénat - Proposition de Loi - Sols - Préservation - Mme Nicole BONNEFOY
25 octobre 2023
Préserver des sols vivants - Proposition de loi
https://www.senat.fr/leg/ppl23-066.html
Chine - France - Sols - Coopération - Ecoland - Université Zhongshan - Université de Lorraine – INRAE - Université d'Agriculture du sud de la Chine
30 octobre 2023
La Chine et la France continuent leur coopération dans la restauration de l'environnement des sols
http://french.china.org.cn/china/txt/2023-10/30/content_116783422.htm
Suisse - Canton de Fribourg - Protection des sols
27 octobre 2023
Une nouvelle stratégie pour protéger les sols fribourgeois
Le Conseil d’Etat a adopté une nouvelle stratégie pour renforcer la protection des sols du canton. L’objectif est d’assurer la sécurité alimentaire et la qualité de l’eau, de préserver la biodiversité, de protéger la population contre les dangers naturels et de faire face aux changements climatiques.
Research - Study
Agri Food Systems - Biodiversity - Climate - Dialogues - Implementation - Land use planning - Nature-Based Solutions - Protected Areas - Restoration - Sustainable consumption and production - Sustainable Use - Transformative change - IRD - CSFD - IFAD
25 October 2023
Transformative actions #43 – Integrated Land-Use Planning: From silos to synergies in Climate, Biodiversity and Land - Maxime Thibon and Jean-Luc Chotte
https://4post2020bd.net/resources/transformative-actions-43-integrated-land-use-planning-from-silos-to-synergies-in-climate-biodiversity-and-land/
Soil organic carbon - Global crop production - Climate change - Soil fertility
25 October 2023
Global crop production increase by soil organic carbon - Yuqing Ma, Dominic Woolf, Mingsheng Fan, Lei Qiao, Rong Li & Johannes Lehmann
Soil organic carbon sequestration has been promoted to combat climate change while improving soil fertility. However, its quantitative contribution to crop productivity has proven elusive. Using data from 13,662 controlled field trials with 66,593 treatments across a broad range of soils, climates and management practices, we here show that yields increase with increased soil organic carbon, until no further increase (p < 0.05) occurs above mean optimum soil organic carbon of 43.2–43.9 g kg−1 for maize, 12.7–13.4 g kg−1 for wheat and 31.2–32.4 g kg−1 for rice. Sequestering soil organic carbon is one-fifth as effective (that is, 80% less) as nitrogen fertilization for improving crop yield where soil management is optimized. By increasing soil organic carbon beyond current technology to optimum levels, global production of the three most important staple crops increases by 4.3% (sufficient to provide calories for 640 million people). However, currently available management practices would increase crop production by only 0.7% once other production constraints have already been addressed. Therefore, yield improvements under currently available technologies are unlikely to drive adoption of soil organic carbon sequestration globally, except in hot-spot regions where crop production benefits most, or unless novel practices that allow greater soil organic carbon sequestration beyond current limitations can further increase yields cost-effectively.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01302-3
