November 24 to December 1, 2023
“4 per 1000” Initiative - Institutional - CIRAD - IRD - Healthy soils - Food systems - Carbon
21 November 2023
Healthy soils for carbon-neutral food systems
Experts from CIRAD, IRD and the "4 per 1000" international initiative have issued a reminder of the vital importance of healthy soils in ensuring that food systems meet the target of zero net CO2 emissions. A few days ahead of COP28, they make a series of recommendations in a policy brief intended for policymakers.
https://www.cirad.fr/en/cirad-news/news/2023/healthy-soils-for-low-carbon-food-systems
“4 per 1000” Initiative - Institutional - Cirad - Agriculture - Soils - Carbon
8 November 2023
Sequestering carbon in soils: what agriculture can do
https://www.cirad.fr/en/cirad-news/news/2023/sequestering-carbon-in-soils-through-agriculture
“4 per 1000” Initiative - Quote - Institutional - CIRAD - COP28 - Report
21 November 2023
COP28: time to take stock
EVENT23 November 2023
COP28 will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30 November to 12 December 2023. The time has come to take stock of the results of the Paris Agreements. According to a UN warning, the world is set for a 3°C increase in temperatures by the end of the century if current policies are maintained. Is there still time to reverse the trend, as the IPCC was hoping when it released its sixth synthesis report in March? CIRAD considers that urgent action is needed to transform farming and food systems if we are to achieve carbon neutrality.
https://www.cirad.fr/en/press-area/press-releases/2023/cirad-at-cop28
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Citation - Institutionnel - Cirad - Agriculteurs
27 novembre 2023
Une rencontre inédite pour l’avenir des agricultures ultramarines
Dans l’objectif de co-construire sa feuille de route (2024-2029) pour les agricultures ultramarines, le Cirad réunit à Montpellier les 27 et 28 novembre une trentaine de ses partenaires de l’outre-mer, représentants des Régions Guadeloupe, Réunion, des collectivités de Martinique, Guyane, du département de Mayotte, de l’Etat* et d’institutions partenaires**. L’occasion de mettre en avant l’expertise développée au sein de ces cinq territoires d’outre-mer aux avant-postes de défis aussi bien agricoles qu’environnementaux.
https://www.cirad.fr/espace-presse/communiques-de-presse/2023/avenir-des-agricultures-ultramarines
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Citation - Institutionnel - Cirad - COP28 - Rapport
21 novembre 2023
COP28 : l’heure du bilan
La COP28 se déroulera du 30 novembre au 12 décembre 2023 à Dubaï, aux Émirats Arabes Unis. L’heure du bilan des Accords de Paris a sonné. Si les politiques actuelles se poursuivent, le monde s’engage sur la voie d’un réchauffement de +3°C d’ici la fin du siècle, alerte l’ONU. Peut-on encore inverser la tendance comme le GIEC l’espérait encore en mars à la parution de son 6e rapport de synthèse ? Pour le Cirad, il est urgent d’amorcer la transformation des systèmes agricoles et alimentaires pour atteindre la neutralité carbone.
https://www.cirad.fr/espace-presse/communiques-de-presse/2023/cirad-a-la-cop28
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Citation - Stéphane Le Foll
27 novembre 2023
Européennes. Stéphane Le Foll souhaite que Carole Delga lance « une initiative de rassemblement »
Stéphane Le Foll, maire du Mans et président de Le Mans Métropole, poursuit ses appels au rassemblement à gauche sans la Nupes. Il propose à Carole Delga, la présidente de la région Occitanie, de lancer les États généraux de la gauche avant les élections européennes de juin 2024.
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Food - Food prices - Climate - Researchers
27 November 2023
Experts reveal number one reason for soaring food prices as families pay £605 more
Climate costs have added more to bills than the price of energy since the start of 2022, researchers have calculated
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/food-prices-increase-shopping-climate-b2453992.html
Natural climate solutions - NBS - Agriculture - Farmers - Investment
29 November 2023
Why we need to invest in natural climate solutions now
https://takingroot.org/why-we-need-to-invest-in-natural-climate-solutions-now/
Agriculture - Climat - Sécheresse - Film - La Théorie du Boxeur
1er décembre 2023
Film La Théorie du Boxeur de Nathanaël Coste - Sortie nationale janvier 2024
Les excès du climat frappent de plus en plus durement le monde agricole. En 2022, la sécheresse crée un véritable électrochoc dans la vallée de la Drôme. Nathanaël Coste, géographe de formation, enquête chez des agriculteurs bio et conventionnels pour qui le temps de l'adaptation a déjà commencé. Sur le terrain, les approches diffèrent, qu'elles reposent sur les technologies, les stockages d'eau, la gestion des sols ou l'agroécologie. Alors que la moitié des fermes va changer de main d'ici dix ans, le film questionne agriculteurs et chercheurs sans à priori pour repenser notre façon de produire et construire la résilience alimentaire d'un territoire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQaOphd9LKY
COP28
CoP28 - Food - Farming - Agenda
1er December 2023
Food and farming rise up the agenda at COP28
https://www.ft.com/content/7e31fcee-91a3-4e61-9e2b-787f55ed1618
France - Alter-COP28 - Scientifiques
29 novembre 2023
Bordeaux : une alter-COP28 en quête de vraies solutions pour le climat
Le collectif des Scientifiques en rébellion organise une COP28 alternative à Bordeaux, du 30 novembre au 3 décembre. Ulcéré du décalage entre les connaissances sur le climat et la faiblesse de la réponse politique, il table sur une mobilisation de la société.
Policies and Governments
EU - EU nature restoration law - Hope
29 November 2023
EU nature restoration law hurdles opposition to give ‘ray of hope’
https://carbon-pulse.com/240381/
EU - EU Lawmakers - Agriculture - Farmers - Green reforms - Conservative politicians - Industrial farming groups
16 November 2023
EU Lawmakers ‘Do Not Speak For Us’ Say Farmers Ahead of Crunch Vote
Conservative politicians have allied with industrial farming groups to derail green reforms aimed at protecting nature and climate, critics claim.
Argentina - New Argentine president - Javier Milei - Forests - Climate action
22 November 2023
New Argentine president calls climate change 'a socialist lie'
The election of Javier Milei raises fears that South America's second-largest economy will develop forests and halt climate action.
Netherlands - Geert Wilders - PVV - Climate
23 November 2023
Wilders and the PVV: What do they stand for?
The Hague (AFP) – Geert Wilders and his far-right PVV Freedom Party have pulled off an extraordinary political bombshell, winning the Dutch election comfortably, according to initial results.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231123-wilders-and-the-pvv-what-do-they-stand-for
Union Européenne - Green Deal - Glyphosate - Nature - Carbon farming - Lobbyong
26 novembre 2023
La protection de la nature est la grande perdante du Green Deal
Après le choc de la réautorisation du glyphosate, un herbicide controversé, pour dix ans, l'Union européenne tire aussi un trait sur l'instauration d'un texte réduisant l'usage des pesticides, l'un des piliers du volet "nature" Green Deal. Celui-ci n'a eu de cesse d'être attaqué ces derniers mois, sous couvert d'assurer la sécurité alimentaire du continent.
Tool
Entreprises - Approches régénératrices - Bpifrance Le Lab - Rapport
Novembre 2023
Entreprises & Approches régénératives : retrouvez notre nouveau rapport pour Bpifrance Le Lab
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November 17 to 24, 2023
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Institutionnel - Cirad - IRD - Sols sains - Systèmes alimentaires - Carbone
21 novembre 2023
Des sols sains pour des systèmes alimentaires neutres en carbone
Des experts et expertes du Cirad, de l’IRD et de l’Initiative internationale « 4 pour 1000 » rappellent l’importance capitale de sols sains pour que les systèmes alimentaires atteignent l’ambition zéro émission nette de CO2. A quelques jours du démarrage de la COP 28, ils formulent plusieurs recommandations dans une note d’orientation à l’attention des décisionnaires.
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Institutionnel - INRAE - SOCCROP - Sols agricoles - Stockage carbone - Evaluation
20 novembre 2023
SOCCROP, premier indicateur d’évolution du stockage de carbone dans les sols agricoles
Au travers du projet SOCCROP, des scientifiques du Centre d'études spatiales de la biosphère (CESBIO) et du laboratoire Agroécologie - innovations – territoires (AGIR) du centre INRAE Occitanie-Toulouse ont caractérisé la durée de couverture des parcelles à partir d’images satellitaires ou de modélisations. Ils ont comparé ces approches et ont développé une méthode basée sur l’imagerie satellite pour produire un indicateur de l’évolution du stockage de carbone dans les sols agricoles.
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Cirad - Mission « sol » -Commission européenne.
23 novembre 2023
Le Cirad s’engage pleinement dans la préservation mondiale des sols
https://www.agrimaroc.ma/cirad-preservation-mondiale-sols/
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Institutionnel - IRA2E
15 novembre 2023
L’expérimentation 4/1000 une démarche innovante en PACA !
Les conseillers de l’IRA2E accompagnent les agriculteurs et les agricultrices pour mettre en place des pratiques agro-écologiques afin d’améliorer la fertilité des sols et le stockage carbone dans les sols agricoles : introduction de légumineuses dans la rotation, apport de matières organiques, la plantation de haies intra parcellaires mellifères…
https://ira2e.fr/nos-projets/qualite-du-sol/
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Agriculture - Farmers - Eco-friendly agriculture - Sustainable farming practices - climate change impacts - India
22 November 2023
India’s farmers wrestle with shift to eco-friendly agriculture
Sustainable farming practices will only take off if they better protect incomes already hit by losses from climate change impacts, experts say.
https://www.eco-business.com/news/indias-farmers-wrestle-with-shift-to-eco-friendly-agriculture/
Agriculture - Soil Health - Food - Climate change
21 November 2023
Focusing on soil health can help us feed the world’s growing population without harming the planet: Here’s how
Agriculture - Soil Health - Carbon farming
22 November 2023
Soil health motivates carbon farming uptake
IMPROVING farm productivity through increased soil organic carbon is a greater motivator for producers than the allure of carbon credits, new research has found.
https://www.farmingahead.com.au/insight/news/1462289/soil-health-motivates-carbon-farming-uptake
Agriculture - Food security - Climate change - UK centre - CGIAR
21 November 2023
New UK centre launched to tackle food security and climate change
Scientists will carry out research into plant breeding and animal nutrition to increase agricultural productivity as part of a new centre announced by the prime minister.
Soil - Soil Carbon International Research Consortium - ASA Horizon Europe project - INRAE
21 November 2023
Official Launch of the Soil Carbon International Research Consortium
The Soil Carbon International Research Consortium (IRC) was officially launched on November 21st at a plenary session in Madrid during the first edition of the European Mission Soil Week. Operationalized by the ORCASA Horizon Europe project, led by INRAE, the consortium, its partners and regional nodes, aim to provide better access to research, methods and practices related to soil carbon.
https://www.inrae.fr/en/news/official-launch-soil-carbon-international-research-consortium
Sol - Consortium international de recherche sur le carbone du sol - Projet européen ORCASA - INRAE
21 novembre 2023
Lancement officiel du Consortium international de recherche sur le carbone du sol
Le Consortium international de recherche sur le carbone du sol (IRC) a été officiellement lancé le 21 novembre lors d'une session plénière à Madrid dans le cadre de la première édition de la Mission européenne des sols. Ce consortium, mis en place à travers le projet européen ORCASA, coordonné par INRAE, ambitionne d'améliorer l'accès à la recherche et aux pratiques liées au carbone du sol.
Agriculture - Agroécologie - Souveraineté alimentaire - Afrique
22 novembre 2023
COP28 : l’agroécologie, arme de souveraineté alimentaire massive ?
C’est une révolution silencieuse qui se déroule en Afrique ces dernières années : l’agroécologie gagne chaque année plus de terrain. Effet de mode ou solution de long terme ? À la veille d’une COP28, où les questions agricoles s’annoncent centrales, avantages et inconvénients de ce modèle en infographies.
Agriculture - Sols - Sols cultivés - Carbone agricole
22 novembre 2023
Le carbone dans les sols cultivés : la clé de la neutralité carbone agricole ?
La crise climatique exerce une pression sans précédent. Dans ce contexte, la transition écologique est devenue un impératif. La neutralité carbone est la clé et les exploitations agricoles sont idéalement positionnées pour contribuer à cet objectif. Les terres agricoles détiennent un potentiel considérable en termes de stockage de carbone. L'enjeu est même plus vaste. Il s'agit d'une opportunité d'optimiser la rentabilité des exploitations, de préserver leur capital naturel, et de jouer un rôle actif dans la protection de la planète.
Agriculture - Sols - Santé des sols - Vache - Fumier
19 novembre 2023
Le fumier de vache améliore grandement la santé des sols
Dans une nouvelle étude du Société américaine d’agronomie, les experts ont découvert qu’un excès de fumier de vache conduit à des sols plus sains et à des communautés microbiennes améliorées.
https://www.especes-menacees.fr/actualites/le-fumier-de-vache-ameliore-grandement-la-sante-des-sols/
Agriculture - Europe's farmers - Climate change – Floods - Droughts - Panic attacks
18 novembre 2023
Floods, droughts and panic attacks: Climate change is taking its toll on Europe's farmers
CoP28
Open letter - Nature - Climate action - CoP28 - Nature4Climate
23 November 2023
The first Global Stocktake at COP28 is a vital course correcting moment. Our open letter to Parties, signed by more than 200 leaders across businesses, NGOs, IGOs, youth and IPLC groups, will be delivered to Ministers at COP 28, calling on world leaders to ensure Global Stocktake outcomes put nature at the heart of climate action.
With just one week remaining until COP28, we invite you to join this group of leaders and help us bolster our efforts in advancing these critical demands.
https://crm.nature4climate.org/form/global-stocktake-open-letter
Policies and Governments
EU - Green Deal - Pesticide use - Bill - Rejection
22 November 2023
Conservative backlash kills off EU’s Green Deal push to slash pesticide use
Defeat marks a “dark day” for European society, the environment and farmers, says lawmaker who led negotiations on the bill. Lawmakers killed off a central pillar of the European Commission's Green Deal on Wednesday, rejecting a bill to slash the use of pesticides in farming in a vote that stunned environmentalists and delighted conservatives and farming groups.
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-kills-off-landmark-pesticide-reduction-bill/
UE - Parlement - Carbone - Système de certification
21 novembre 2023
Élimination du carbone: le Parlement souhaite un système de certification de l’UE pour encourager l’adoption
* Un cadre de certification pour garantir la qualité élevée des absorptions de carbone et lutter contre l’écoblanchiment
* Il est nécessaire de faire la distinction entre les absorptions de carbone, le stockage du carbone dans les sols agricoles et le stockage du carbone dans les produits
* Les absorptions de carbone permettront de mettre en œuvre la priorité absolue de réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre
UE - Cour de justice - PAN Europe - Glyphosate - Autorisation - Plainte
22 novembre 2023
PAN Europe va porter plainte contre la réautorisation du glyphosate
L’ONG Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe et quatre associations membres ont annoncé leur intention de contester devant la Cour de justice de l'UE la décision de Bruxelles de renouveler pour 10 ans l’autorisation d’utilisation du glyphosate.
https://www.reussir.fr/long-pan-europe-va-porter-plainte-contre-la-reautorisation-du-glyphosate
UE - New Deforestation Law - Global agriculture practices
17 November 2023
The EU’s New Deforestation Law Needs to Engage Producers from the Get-Go
One key provision in the new law could be the first step to revolutionize global agriculture practices away from deforestation.
EU - Environmental damage - Ecocide
21novembre 2023
EU criminalises environmental damage ‘comparable to ecocide’
Directive punishes most serious cases of environmental damage, including habitat loss and illegal logging
UN - Climate heating - Cop28
20 November 2023
World facing ‘hellish’ 3C of climate heating, UN warns before Cop28
‘We must start setting records on cutting emissions,’ UN boss says after temperature records obliterated in 2023
UK - Climate-resilient crops - Initiative - Science
20 November 2023
UK says new science initiative to work on climate-resilient crops
Research - Study
Plants CO2 - Absorption - Study
20 November 2023
Good news: Plants are absorbing more human-produced CO2 than expected
A new study published in Science Advances suggests that the Earth’s plants could absorb more atmospheric CO2 caused by human activities than previously thought. Researchers suggest that nature-based solutions to climate change, such as reforestation and afforestation, could be more impactful and sustainable. This research from the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney University underlines the importance of not only planting more trees but also conserving existing vegetation. However, it emphasizes that this is not a standalone solution but one of the many steps needed to tackle climate change. [source Nature4Climate]
https://www.earth.com/news/good-news-plants-are-absorbing-more-human-produced-co2-than-expected/
Mycorrhizal - Soil carbon - Carbon sequestration - Forest ecosystems - Research
16 November 2023
Mycorrhizal type regulates trade-offs between plant and soil carbon in forests - Kai Yang and all
Forest ecosystems store ~80% of the carbon in terrestrial ecosystems, but their long-term carbon sequestration depends partly on how plant biomass and soil carbon stocks will respond to global changes. Although the stimulation of plant growth by global change drivers has been widely observed, the response of soil carbon stock to global changes remains uncertain. Here we conducted a meta-analysis on experimental observations of plant and soil carbon-related data worldwide. We found that plant biomass and soil carbon stock increased more under elevated CO2 than under nitrogen deposition and warming. Under nitrogen deposition and warming, soil carbon stock depended on mycorrhizal associations, decreasing in forests dominated by arbuscular mycorrhizal tree species while increasing in forests dominated by ectomycorrhizal tree species. These results suggest a mycorrhizae-mediated trade-off between plant biomass and soil carbon sequestration in forest ecosystems under nitrogen deposition and warming conditions.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01864-5
Soils - Calcium - SOC - Organic matter - CO2 - Research
20 November 2023
Calcium promotes persistent soil organic matter by altering microbial transformation of plant litter - Itamar A. Shabtai and all
Calcium (Ca) can contribute to soil organic carbon (SOC) persistence by mediating physico-chemical interactions between organic compounds and minerals. Yet, Ca is also crucial for microbial adhesion, potentially affecting colonization of plant and mineral surfaces. The importance of Ca as a mediator of microbe-mineral-organic matter interactions and resulting SOC transformation has been largely overlooked. We incubated 44Ca labeled soils with 13C15N labeled leaf litter to study how Ca affects microbial transformation of litter and formation of mineral associated organic matter. Here we show that Ca additions promote hyphae-forming bacteria, which often specialize in colonizing surfaces, and increase incorporation of litter into microbial biomass and carbon use efficiency by approximately 45% each. Ca additions reduce cumulative CO2 production by 4%, while promoting associations between minerals and microbial byproducts of plant litter. These findings expand the role of Ca in SOC persistence from solely a driver of physico-chemical reactions to a mediator of coupled abiotic-biotic cycling of SOC.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42291-6
Crop yields - Climate change - Impacts - CO2 - Research
14 November 2023
Climate change impacts on crop yields - Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei and all
Climate change challenges efforts to maintain and improve crop production in many regions. In this Review, we examine yield responses to warmer temperatures, elevated carbon dioxide and changes in water availability for globally important staple cereal crops (wheat, maize, millet, sorghum and rice). Elevated CO2 can have a compensatory effect on crop yield for C3 crops (wheat and rice), but it can be offset by heat and drought. In contrast, elevated CO2 only benefits C4 plants (maize, millet and sorghum) under drought stress. Under the most severe climate change scenario and without adaptation, simulated crop yield losses range from 7% to 23%. The adverse effects in higher latitudes could potentially be offset or reversed by CO2 fertilization and adaptation options, but lower latitudes, where C4 crops are the primary crops, benefit less from CO2 fertilization. Irrigation and nutrient management are likely to be the most effective adaptation options (up to 40% in wheat yield for higher latitudes compared with baseline) but require substantial investments and might not be universally applicable, for example where there are water resource constraints. Establishing multifactor experiments (including multipurpose cultivar panels), developing biotic stress modelling routines, merging process-based and data-driven models, and using integrated impact assessments, are all essential to better capture and assess yield responses to climate change.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-023-00491-0
Tools - Data
Regenerative agriculture - Market - Report
October 2023
The report on the global regenerative agriculture market provides qualitative and quantitative analysis for the period from 2021-2030. The global regenerative agriculture market was valued at USD 920.6 million in 2022 and is expected to reach USD 3247.34 million in 2030, with a CAGR of 14.80% during the forecast period 2023-2030. The study on regenerative agriculture market covers the analysis of the leading geographies such as North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and RoW for the period of 2021-2030.
Sustainable agriculture - Family farmers - International public climate finance - Analysis - Report
November 2023
Untapped Potential. An analysis of international public climate finance flows to sustainable agriculture and family farmers - REPORT NOVEMBER 2023
The smallscale farmers produce at least a third of the world’s food (some say this is a conservative estimate), are already seeing the adverse effects of rising temperatures, and have limited resources to adapt to the vagaries of weather.
Yet they are receiving a shockingly low portion - 0.3% - of international climate finance, according to a new analysis published this week.
The authors said their estimates on how much money goes to this crucial group are lower than previous numbers from the UN and the Climate Policy Initiative because they looked at financing that focuses on ‘agriculture, forestry and fishing’ and projects that specifically mention small-scale family farmers and rural communities.
Here’s a short breakdown of the findings from Untapped Potential, a report on behalf of networks representing over 35 million family farmers in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific. The data is based on climate-related official development assistance data made available by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Over 2.5 billion people globally depend on family farms for their livelihoods. In Sub-Saharan Africa, up to 80% of farming is done by smallholder farmers.
Since 2012, only 11% of public climate finance was spent on agriculture, forestry and fishing, an average of $7 billion a year.
This increased to $8.4 billion in 2021. Of this, about a quarter or $2 billion went to small-scale farmers.
The World Bank, Germany, Green Climate Fund and the European Union contributed around half (54%) of this funding. Nigeria, India and Ethiopia were the top recipients, but some of the world’s most food insecure countries like Sudan, Sierra Leone and Zambia got less than $20 million each.
A vast majority of that money (80%) is channelled through governments and donor country NGOs, while family farmers’ organisations often don’t know how and where to apply for these funds. They also don’t have “the capacity to engage in lengthy and expensive application processes”, the analysis said.
When there is funding specifically for small farmers, it mainly came from the World Bank, African Development Bank, and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Almost half of this funding is for just six countries – the Philippines, Brazil, India, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Morocco – and to regional projects in Africa.
In addition, only a fifth (19%) of international public climate finance for agriculture, forestry and fishing was used to support more sustainable and resilient practices in 2021. The amount actually needed is estimated to be $300-$350 billion a year.
In contrast, governments spend an estimated $470 billion a year to support agricultural practices that are harmful to people and the environment. Not only that, a significant amount of subsidies from rich nations go to commodities with the largest carbon footprint, such as beef, milk and rice.
Agricultural productivity has already declined by 21% compared to a world without climate change.
The food and agriculture sector as a whole is responsible for 29% of greenhouse gas emissions and 80% of global deforestation.
“Access to finance is symptomatic of a much larger problem which sees organisations representing family farmers sidelined in decision-making on food and climate,” said the report.
“At a national level, family farmers’ concerns and proposals are rarely acted upon by governments, while eligibility and financial constraints make it difficult for them to engage in international fora such as the UN Climate Summits.”
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November 10 to 17, 2023
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Agriculture - Agroecology - Food - Farming systems - SDGs
10 November 2023
Why Agroecology Is Key to Achieving the SDGs
Achieving the global goals will require a democratic and participatory process which is at the heart of an agroecological approach to changing food and farming systems
https://impakter.com/food-takes-in-the-whole-sdgs/
Agriculture - Forests - Restoration - Agroecology - Carbon - Natural regeneration - Rewilding - Study
10 November 2023
Let forests grow old to store huge volume of carbon – study
Report says cutting emissions should still be key priority as it cautions against mass monoculture tree-planting
Agriculture - Agroforestry - Smallholder Farmers - Kenya
13 November 2023
Agroforestry Important For Smallholder Farmers
https://www.kenyanews.go.ke/agroforestry-important-for-smallholder-farmers/
Agriculture - Agroforestry - Smallholder Farmers - Kenya
8 November 2023
'New cropland cannot come from deforestation': McKinsey raises alarm over growing land use pressure
BusinessGreen shares a report from McKinsey that finds the world will need to find additional land equivalent to all of Brazil's cropland by 2030 if it is to meet the world's projected demand for food, feed, fuel, and natural capital based on business as usual practices. The report warned hotspots of competition for land are already emerging in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, which are likely to be the source of most additional cropland, leading to increased pressure on forested land and higher land and food prices. [source Nature4Climate]
Agriculture - Insects - Extinction - Food - Study
10 November 2023
Food, soil, water: how the extinction of insects would transform our planet
A new study doubles the number of species at risk of extinction to 2m, driven by the latest data on insects. Losing these tiny creatures would have huge implications for life on Earth
Agriculture - Food - Chemicals - Pesticides - PFAS - Report - EU regulation
8 November 2023
Forever chemicals: New report claims PFAS are sprayed onto fields and food in pesticides
A new report exposes the ‘urgent’ threat of forever chemicals in pesticides, as it calls for tighter EU regulation.
Soil Health - Agriculture - Prototype system - Tech - UK
November 2023
Prototype system sniffs out soil health with results in five minutes
https://envirotecmagazine.com/2023/11/15/sniffing-out-soil-health-with-results-in-five-minutes/
Agriculture - Alimentation - Sols - Santé des sols - Afrique
14 novembre 2023
Importance des sols sains dans le nexus climat-énergie-eau-alimentation : un appel à l’action pour l’Afrique
Agriculture - Coalition - Sols - Santé des sols - Alliance SaluTERRE - Québec
13 novembre 2023
Naissance d’une coalition à la défense de l’agriculture
https://www.laterre.ca/actualites/territoire/naissance-dune-coalition-a-la-defense-de-lagriculture/
Agriculture - Alimentation - Association Bleu-Blanc-Coeur - Santé des sols - Thierry Marx
13 novembre 2023
Bleu-Blanc-Cœur : une démarche pour mieux produire et mieux consommer
Améliorer les modes de production alimentaires pour manger des produits sains et naturels. C’est, depuis 24 ans, l’une des missions de l’association Bleu-Blanc-Cœur. En collaboration avec le chef Thierry Marx, Bleu-Blanc-Cœur ouvre la porte à une nouvelle façon de produire et de consommer. En quoi consiste cette démarche ?
Agriculture - Vers de terre - Production alimentaire - Santé des sols
12 novembre 2023
Les vers de terre sont des héros invisibles dans la production alimentaire
Agriculture - Agroécologie - Ethiopie
3 novembre 2023
En Éthiopie, l'espoir passe par l'agroécologie
Dans le deuxième pays le plus peuplé d'Afrique, la majorité de la population vit dans des espaces ruraux. L'agriculture familiale s'y développe avec succès, malgré les nombreux défis à surmonter.
https://www.lepelerin.com/monde/reportage/en-ethiopie-l-espoir-passe-par-l-agroecologie-8463
Policies and Governments
Europe - European Commission - Glyphosate - Herbicide - Authorization
16 November 2023
The Commission, based on comprehensive safety assessments carried out by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), together with EU Member States, will now proceed with the renewal of the approval of glyphosate for a period of 10 years, subject to certain new conditions and restrictions.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_23_5792
Europe - Commission européenne - Glyphosate - Herbicide - Autorisation
16 novembre 2023
Glyphosate : la Commission européenne va renouveler l'autorisation de l'herbicide pour dix ans, après l'absence d'accord des 27 pays de l'UE
La Commission décide de renouveler l'autorisation de l'herbicide dans l'Union européenne jusqu'à décembre 2033, après le rapport d'un régulateur européen estimant que le niveau de risque ne justifiait pas d'interdire l'herbicide controversé.
Europe - European Union - European Commission - Biodiversity - Law - Restoration - Ecosystems – Nature
9 November 2023
Commission welcomes agreement between European Parliament and Council on Nature Restoration Law
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_5662
Europe - Union européenne - Commission européenne - Biodiversité - Loi - Restauration - Ecosystèmes - Nature
10 novembre 2023
Biodiversité : l’Union européenne va se doter d’une loi sur la restauration de la nature
Les Etats membres et le Parlement européen se sont entendus, jeudi, sur un texte qui prévoit la nécessité de restaurer 30 % des surfaces terrestres et marines dégradées d’ici à 2030. Selon des données communautaires, plus de 80 % des habitats naturels sont dans un état de conservation « mauvais ou médiocre ».
France - Agriculture - Paysans - Députés - Manifestation - Agroécologie - Agriculture biologique
14 novembre 2023
Agriculture : paysans et députés manifestent à Paris pour plus d’agroécologie
Agriculteurs et élus se sont rassemblés à Paris ce mardi 14 novembre 2023 pour exiger plus de budgets pour la transition agroécologique et l’agriculture biologique.
Tools
Nature - NBS - Data - Information - Agriculture - Forests - Policies - Paris Agreement targets - Nature4Climate - Tool
November 2023
Nature can provide one third of the climate benefits needed to meet Paris Agreement targets.
Natural ecosystems are embedded into every aspect of our lives, but the crucial role that natural ecosystems play in helping regulate our climate is still not prioritized. Enter Nature4Climate’s naturebase: a new free data platform that turns peer-reviewed science into actionable information. The platform, available on a beta version from November 27, integrates an array of data and information acquired through various technologies, including satellite data analysis and land system modeling, as well as machine learning.
Research - Study
Carbon sequestration - Forests - Young mixed planted forests - Meta-analysis
9 November 2023
Young mixed planted forests store more carbon than monocultures—a meta-analysis - Emily Warner and all
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1226514/full
Forests - Carbon sequestration - Global forest carbon storage - Conservation - Restoration - Sustainable management
13 November 2023
Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential - Lidong Mo and all
Forests are a substantial terrestrial carbon sink, but anthropogenic changes in land use and climate have considerably reduced the scale of this system1. Remote-sensing estimates to quantify carbon losses from global forests are characterized by considerable uncertainty and we lack a comprehensive ground-sourced evaluation to benchmark these estimates. Here we combine several ground-sourced6 and satellite-derived approaches to evaluate the scale of the global forest carbon potential outside agricultural and urban lands. Despite regional variation, the predictions demonstrated remarkable consistency at a global scale, with only a 12% difference between the ground-sourced and satellite-derived estimates. At present, global forest carbon storage is markedly under the natural potential, with a total deficit of 226 Gt (model range = 151–363 Gt) in areas with low human footprint. Most (61%, 139 Gt C) of this potential is in areas with existing forests, in which ecosystem protection can allow forests to recover to maturity. The remaining 39% (87 Gt C) of potential lies in regions in which forests have been removed or fragmented. Although forests cannot be a substitute for emissions reductions, our results support the idea that the conservation, restoration and sustainable management of diverse forests offer valuable contributions to meeting global climate and biodiversity targets.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06723-z
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November 3 to 10, 2023
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Citation - Tribune - Collectif - Paul Luu - Sols - Santé des sols – Mesures
4 novembre 2023
Tribune - Collectif - Environnement : « La mesure de la santé des sols est une occasion d’accélérer la mise en œuvre d’une transition environnementale créatrice de valeur »
Alors qu’une proposition de loi visant à mettre en place un diagnostic de santé des sols obligatoire vient d’être proposée, plusieurs experts, issus de la communauté scientifique, des ONG environnementales et du monde de l’entreprise insistent, dans une tribune au « Monde », sur l’importance de réhabiliter et de préserver les sols.
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Agriculture - Sols - Carbone - Solutions - Rémi Cardinael - Cirad - Armwell Shumba - University of Zimbabwe - Vira Leng - Université de Montpellier
2 novembre 2023
L’agriculture peut piéger le carbone dans le sol par Rémi Cardinael (CIRAD), Armwell Shumba (Université du Zimbabwe), Vira Leng (Université de Montpellier)
https://cdurable.info/L-agriculture-peut-pieger-le-carbone-dans-le-sol.html
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Citation - Gaïago - Sébastien Record - French Tech - Technologies vertes
6 novembre 2023
FRENCH TECH - GreenTech, l'innovation numérique au service du développement durable
Cette semaine, la French Tech a organisé un événement intitulé "GreenTech Finance for a Low Carbon Future" qui explore les possibilités qu'offre la GreenTech pour construire un avenir durable et à faible émission de carbone. A travers une table ronde, les intervenants, dont des fondateurs de startups, des chefs d'entreprise et des ONG ont partagé leurs points de vue et expériences dans le domaine des technologies vertes. L'événement a été modéré par Jamil Benabdallah, PDG et co-fondateur de The Zero Fund et membre du conseil d'administration de La French Tech Bucarest.
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Citation - Gaïago - Sébastien Record - French Tech - Technologies vertes
6 novembre 2023
FRENCH TECH – GreenTech, l’innovation numérique pour le développement durable
https://news.dayfr.com/entreprise/2774600.html
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Agriculture - Food - Report 2023 - FAO
2 November 2023
FAO releases its “State of Food and Agriculture 2023” report, focusing on the hidden costs and benefits of agrifood systems and providing a framework through which these can be assessed.
https://www.fao.org/3/cc7724en/online/cc7724en.html
Agriculture - Crops - Cover crops - Farmers - Climate - Environment - U.S.
2 November 2023
Cover crops help the climate and environment but most farmers say no. Many fear losing money
Cover crops top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-illinois-des-moines-midwest-iowa-b2440488.html
Agriculture - Regenerative Agriculture - Pollination - Climate Resilient Pathway
2 November 2023
Pollination Cultivates Climate Resilient Pathway For Regenerative Agriculture
Agriculture - Farming - Soybean - Deforestation free - Deal - China
8 November 2023
China's COFCO, Modern Farming Group sign 'deforestation free' soybean deal
Food systems - Agriculture - COP28 - Pollination - Climate crisis
November 2023
A food systems approach is vital for COP28 and the climate crisis
https://greenhouse.agency/blog/food-systems-vital-for-cop28-and-climate-crisis/
Agriculture - Biochar - Climate change
8 November 2023
Affordable, effective, and scalable: How biochar can help tackle climate change
Agriculture - British farmers - Solar panels
8 November 2023
The British farmers swapping sheep for solar panels
Future of food production in doubt as cash-strapped farms turn to more lucrative projects
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/net-zero/british-farmers-swapping-sheep-solar-panels/
Carbone - CO2 - Capture - Séquestration - Sols - Agriculture - ACS - Rémi Cardinael - ONG Drawdown Project
3 novembre 2023
Capturer le CO2 : solution miracle ?
Dans ce nouvel épisode de Sur la Terre produit par l’AFP en partenariat avec The Conversation, Camille Kauffmann a mené l’enquête sur la captation carbone technologique… ou naturelle : s’agit-il vraiment d’une solution miracle ? Avec Florence Delprat-Jannaud, chercheuse à l’IFP Energies Nouvelles et présidente du Club CO2, Dr. Chris Bataille, chercheur associé à l’université de Columbia, spécialiste de la décarbonation de l’industrie et membre du Giec, Philippe Ciais, chercheur au Laboratoire des sciences du climat et de l'environnement et spécialiste des gaz à effet de serre, Dr. Jonathan Foley, directeur exécutif de l’ONG Drawdown Project et Rémi Cardinael, chercheur agronome au CIRAD et spécialiste des sols.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV9qBYgFKbo
Agriculture - Biochar - Changement climatique - Etude
8 novembre 2023
Des cartes révèlent le potentiel du biochar pour atténuer le changement climatique
Agriculture - Agroalimentaire - Filières - Alimentation - Fonds dédié - Crédit Agricole - Start-up
6 novembre 2023
Crédit Agricole lance un fonds dédié aux start-up de l'agriculture et de l'agroalimentaire
Le fonds Supernova s'associe au Crédit Agricole pour inventer l'alimentation du futur
Ensemble, ils ont crée un fonds de 60 millions d'euros pour investir dans des start-up qui utilisent des technologies de rupture afin de transformer les filières agricoles et agroalimentaires.
Agriculture - Agriculteurs africains - Sols - Séquestration carbone - MRV
7 novembre 2023
Le potentiel du sol africain à séquestrer le carbone, bientôt des réponses
Agriculture - Monsanto - Bayer - Glyphosate - Procès
4 novembre 2023
5 ans après avoir racheté Monsanto, Bayer plie sous les procès liés au glyphosate.
Bayer n’arrive toujours pas à se dépêtrer des litiges dits "Roundup". Après avoir essuyé trois revers juridiques en octobre et alors que 40 000 procès sont toujours en attente, les investisseurs tapent du poing sur la table. Depuis son rachat de Monsanto en 2018, le groupe a perdu la moitié de son cours de Bourse et son PDG, évincé en juin dernier, en a fait les frais.
Policies and Governments
COP28 - Food Systems Approach - Collective open letter - WWF - GAFF - Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition - The Food Systems Partnership - FOLU
31 October 2023
Coalition Calls For A Stronger Food Systems Approach At COP28
France - Agriculture - Pâturage - Haies
1er novembre 2023
Haies : pourquoi sont-elles si précieuses ?
Dans l'Aisne, une ferme a des airs de bocage normand : des dizaines d'hectares de pâturage pour les vaches faits de petites parcelles, bordées d'arbustes et de buissons. Ce sont les haies, précieuses partenaires d'Adrien Messéan, éleveur bovin. En été, elles offrent ombre et fraîcheur à ses vaches, qui peuvent aussi grignoter leurs pousses quand l'herbe se fait rare. Entouré de buissons et d'arbres, un champ peut produire jusqu'à 20 % de plus qu'un terrain nu. Alors, Adrien entretient soigneusement les haies, héritées de ses parents. À son tour, il plante de nouvelles espèces, convaincu de leurs bienfaits d'autant plus nombreux dans un contexte de dérèglement climatique. Pourtant, les haies sont de moins en moins nombreuses. En moyenne, pour chaque buisson ou arbre planté, il y en a huit qui disparaissent chaque année. Depuis les années 50, 70 % des haies ont disparu de nos campagnes, au profit de parcelles géantes souvent exploitées par de grands céréaliers. Pour enrayer ce phénomène, le gouvernement vient d'annoncer un plan d'investissement de 110 millions d'euros pour développer les haies.
'Call to Action'
'Call to Action' to Parties - Food systems approach - COP28 - Food and Land Use Coalition
November 2023
Food and Land Use Coalition, in collaboration with over 80 organizations and individuals, releases an open letter calling for leaders at COP28 to integrate a food systems approach into the UNFCCC.
Research - Study
Carbon sequestration - Soils - Climate change - Mitigation
31 October 2023
Carbon sequestration in soils and climate change mitigation - Definitions and pitfalls
Axel Don, Felix Seidel, Jens Leifeld, Thomas Kätterer, Manuel Martin, Sylvain Pellerin, David Emde, Daria Seitz, Claire Chenu
The term carbon (C) sequestration has not just become a buzzword but is something of a siren's call to scientific communicators and media outlets. Carbon sequestration is the removal of C from the atmosphere and the storage, for example, in soil. It has the potential to partially compensate for anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and is, therefore, an important piece in the global climate change mitigation puzzle. However, the term C sequestration is often used misleadingly and, while likely unintentional, can lead to the perpetuation of biased conclusions and exaggerated expectations about its contribution to climate change mitigation efforts. Soils have considerable potential to take up C but many are also in a state of continuous loss. In such soils, measures to build up soil C may only lead to a reduction in C losses (C loss mitigation) rather than result in real C sequestration and negative emissions. In an examination of 100 recent peer-reviewed papers on topics surrounding soil C, only 4% were found to have used the term C sequestration correctly. Furthermore, 13% of the papers equated C sequestration with C stocks. The review, further, revealed that measures leading to C sequestration will not always result in climate change mitigation when non-CO2 greenhouse gases and leakage are taken into consideration. This paper highlights potential pitfalls when using the term C sequestration incorrectly and calls for accurate usage of this term going forward. Revised and new terms are suggested to distinguish clearly between C sequestration in soils, SOC loss mitigation, negative emissions, climate change mitigation, SOC storage, and SOC accrual to avoid miscommunication among scientists and stakeholder groups in future.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.16983
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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
