January 5 to 12, 2024
“4 per 1000” initiative - Institutional - Shumei International
31 Décember 2023
Spotlight on Soil: World Soil Day, 4 per 1000 Day, and Food, Agriculture & Water Day at COP28
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Agriculture - UK farmers - Floods - Farming methods - Restoration - Natural way - Climate Action
11 January 2024
‘The wildlife that has come is phenomenal’: the UK farmers holding off floods the natural way
Planting trees, creating floodplains and rewilding rivers are among the new techniques being used to adapt to a heating climate
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/11/uk-farmers-holding-off-floods-the-natural-way
Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture - Soil Health - Farming methods - Climate Action
10 January 2024
Carbon Farming: Sustainable Agriculture for Healthy Soil and Climate Action
How one North Dakota farmer saved his farm and livelihood using carbon-friendly farming methods.
https://slguardian.org/carbon-farming-sustainable-agriculture-for-healthy-soil-and-climate-action/
Agriculture - Regenerative Agriculture - Mediterranean Wineries - Cover crops - Sustainable pruning techniques - Climate Change
10 January 2024
Mediterranean Wineries Employ Dynamic Solutions To Lower Emissions And Tackle Climate Change
Agriculture - Livestock - Farmland - Food
9 January 2024
Save precious farmland for food
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/01/09/opinion/save-precious-farmland-food-not-pavement
Agriculture - Soil Health - Food - Agroforestry system - Food security - Agrocaatinga - Brazil
3 January 2024
In Brazil’s Caatinga, adapted agroforests are producing food from dry lands
* In northeastern Brazil, the model known as Agrocaatinga has proven to be the most productive and effective in increasing food security for families, generating income and preserving native vegetation.
* Previously degraded lands now produce around 50 types of food, thanks to the combination of an agroforestry system with rainwater harvesting techniques.
* Agrocaatingas emerged from the commercial demand for wild passion fruit, a native fruit that today yields up to $600 per harvest for families — four times the local per capita monthly income.
Agriculture - Soil Health - Monocrops - Sustainable production - Indonesian districts
28 December 2023
Indonesian districts trial a shift from commodity monocrops to sustainable produce
* A network of district governments across Indonesia is working on transitioning away from commodity-based economic development to sustainable, nature-based solutions.
* Many of these districts are heavily reliant on monoculture plantations like palm oil, or other extractive industries like oil and gas, and are making the shift to better preserve forests and peatlands, as well as indigenous Indonesian forest commodities.
* Among those making progress is the district of Siak in the palm oil heartland of Riau province, where large palm oil and pulpwood companies are supporting the development of nature-based commodities by local communities.
* The national government is also involved in this search to “innovate economic models outside of plantation commodities that can support forest conservation and are locally based.”
Agriculture - Agriculture de conservation des sols - Sols - Sol vivant - Marc-André Selosse
10 janvier 2024
Pourquoi un sol vivant est plus résilient
Racines, champignons mycorhiziens, vers de terre et micro-organismes œuvrent collectivement à rendre le sol fertile, permettant de stocker l’eau et aussi le carbone. Marc-André Selosse professeur au muséum national d’histoire naturelle spécialisé en botanique et mycologie a décrypté tous ces mécanismes à l’occasion d’une journée sur l’agriculture de conservation des sols, organisée par la chambre d’agriculture des Pays de la Loire, à La Pommeraye (Maine-et-Loire) en décembre dernier.
Agriculture - Agroécologie
9 janvier 2024
Comment se lancer dans l’agroécologie en 2024 ?
https://www.rtbf.be/article/comment-se-lancer-dans-lagroecologie-en-2024-11310093
Agriculture - Cacao - Forêts - Déforestation - Règlement - Bruxelles
9 janvier 2024
Cacao : la lutte contre la déforestation importée va reposer sur les petits producteurs plutôt que sur les industriels.
Du cacao qui n'a pas entraîné de déforestation, voilà le but du nouveau règlement sur la déforestation importée voulue par Bruxelles. Si l'ambition est louable, les petits producteurs, déjà pris à la gorge, craignent de devoir assumer cette nouvelle traçabilité au détriment des industriels pourtant accusés de tirer les prix vers le bas. "À quoi ça sert de sauver la planète si on sacrifie des êtres humains ?", s'interroge une productrice.
Agriculture - Afrique - Agroécologie
6 janvier 2024
Quelques faits marquants de l'Agriculture en Afrique en 2023
L'année 2023 a été charnière pour l'agriculture en Afrique, marquée par des événements significatifs façonnant le futur du secteur.
https://www.agridigitale.net/article/quelques-faits-marquants-de-lagriculture-en-afrique-en-2023
Policies and Governments
COP29 - President - Mukhtar Babayev
4 January 2024
Azerbaijan appoint state oil company veteran as Cop29 president
Mukhtar Babayev spent 26 years at Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil and gas company Socar, where he tried to limit the company’s environmental damage.
UK - Government - Post-Brexit farming subsidy
5 January 2024
Government unveils post-Brexit farming subsidy overhaul
Environment Secretary Steve Barclay recently unveiled a series of farming reforms aimed at bolstering British farmers and fortifying supply chains, aligning with the Government's commitment to uphold a minimum of 60% food production in the UK.
https://www.edie.net/government-unveils-farming-scheme-overhaul-post-brexit/
US - Forests - old-growth trees - Protection - Carbon - Joe Biden
19 December 2023
Joe Biden plans to ban logging in US old-growth forests in 2025
Move aims to protect millions of old-growth trees, which are better at storing carbon, but its outcome depends on 2024 election
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/19/biden-forest-logging-ban-old-trees
Ireland - Nature constitutional rights
16 December 2023
Ireland could give nature constitutional rights
At a glance
*The Irish government is to consider a request to change the constitution to give nature protected status
*The proposal would grant rights similar to human rights
*An Irish parliamentary committee has recommended holding a referendum on the issue to update the constitution
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1d959wkq0o
UE - Pacte vert - Sols - Présidence belge
9 janvier 2024
Pacte vert : le sprint final de la présidence belge de l'UE
La présidence belge de l'Union européenne qui a débuté le 1 er janvier aura la lourde tâche de finaliser l'adoption de plusieurs textes du Pacte vert avant les élections européennes de juin. Et de fixer de nouvelles ambitions pour la suite.
France - Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - Sols - Protection des sols - Justice
5 janvier 2024
Protection des sols : la justice rejette le référé d'un élu écologiste demandant de faire respecter les dispositifs en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Le tribunal administratif de Lyon a estimé que le requérant ne démontrait "aucune urgence" nécessitant une action en justice rapide.
France - Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté - Sols - Agriculture - Loi
5 janvier 2024
Loi d'orientation agricole : préserver les sols pour s'adapter au changement agricole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs4BV7h3Ntc
Research - Study
Agriculture - Soil Health - Crop rotation - Food production
2 January 2024
Stakeholder-driven transformative adaptation is needed for climate-smart nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa - Stewart Jennings and all
Diversifying agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa towards more micronutrient-rich foods is “necessary” to provide an adequate nutrient supply under increasing climate risks and population growth, according to a new study published in Nature Food.
Improving nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa under increasing climate risks and population growth requires a strong and contextualized evidence base. Yet, to date, few studies have assessed climate-smart agriculture and nutrition security simultaneously. Here we use an integrated assessment framework (iFEED) to explore stakeholder-driven scenarios of food system transformation towards climate-smart nutrition security in Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia. iFEED translates climate–food–emissions modelling into policy-relevant information using model output implication statements. Results show that diversifying agricultural production towards more micronutrient-rich foods is necessary to achieve an adequate population-level nutrient supply by mid-century. Agricultural areas must expand unless unprecedented rapid yield improvements are achieved. While these transformations are challenging to accomplish and often associated with increased greenhouse gas emissions, the alternative for a nutrition-secure future is to rely increasingly on imports, which would outsource emissions and be economically and politically challenging given the large import increases required.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-023-00901-y
Lifestyle
Video Game Industry - Climate opportunity
6 January 2024
The $200 Billion Video Game Industry Is a Climate Opportunity
Games are good at illustrating “this idea of progression,” says Deborah Mensah-Bonsu, founder of Games for Good, in a Q&A with Bloomberg Green.
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22 December 2023 to 5 January 2024
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Sols - Santé des sols - Agriculture - Agroforesterie - JL Chotte
31 décembre 2023
Comment retrouver des sols plus sains ? Des solutions pour la gestion durable des terres
Face à la dégradation alarmante de 2 milliards d’hectares de terres agricoles, il existe des stratégies innovantes pour revitaliser les sols et soutenir les systèmes alimentaires durables.
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Sols - Santé des sols - Agriculture - Agroforesterie - JL Chotte
31 décembre 2023
Comment retrouver des sols plus sains ? Solutions pour une gestion durable des terres –
https://news.dayfr.com/health/3125089.html
“4 per 1000” initiative - Quotation - Soil carbon gouvernance - EU - MRV - Carbon Gap
31 décembre 2023
Soil horizons: unearthing perspectives on the future of soil carbon governance
https://carbongap.org/soil-carbon-governance/
“4 per 1000” initiative - Soils
4 November 2023
CARBON CAPTURE: The "4 per 1000" Initiative's Mission to Transform Soils
Iniciativa “4 por 1000” - Suelos - Salud del suelo - Agricultura - Save Soil - Paul Luu
14 de diciembre de 2023
¿Y si cuidar el suelo también ayudase a luchar contra el cambio climático?
Iniciativa “4 por 1000” - Institucional - Cita - Salud del suelo - Agricultura - Luis Planas
23 de noviembre de 2023
Luis Planas: “Aumentar el contenido en carbono del suelo es un reto y una oportunidad”
“4 per 1000” initiative - Institutional - Hokuto High School - Japan
19 May 2023
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Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Agriculture - Agriculteurs - Petits agriculteurs - Financements climatiques
2 janvier 2024
Les petits agriculteurs, grands oubliés des financements climatiques.
À l'origine d'un tiers de l'alimentation mondiale, les petites structures agricoles sont menacées par la crise climatique. Pourtant, le financement de leur adaptation et de leur décarbonation, provenant en majorité de structures publiques, a chuté. Cela constitue un risque majeur pour l'économie de nombreux pays.
Agriculture - Biochar - Sols - Fertilité
27 décembre 2023
Les incroyables pouvoirs du biochar pour améliorer la fertilité des sols
Agriculture - Biochar - Sols - Fertilité - Carbone
27 décembre 2023
Réduire les émissions du lisier grâce au biocharbon issu de joncs
Agriculture - Elevage - Bovins - Carbone
22 décembre 2023
Non, les bovins des pâturages ne sont pas meilleurs pour le climat que ceux nourris aux céréales
Contrairement à une idée largement répandue, le bœuf nourrit à l'herbe des pâturages a un impact carbone plus élevé que son homologue nourri aux céréales... à condition de prendre en compte le coût d'opportunité du carbone.
Agriculture - Soil Health - Natural farming
5 January 2024
Can 'Natural Farming' Save Our Planet? Farmers Say Yes!
Concerned about climate change? Farmers worldwide are finding hope in "natural farming," a method that ditches chemicals, embraces nature, and boosts soil health. From reduced greenhouse gas emissions to increased crop yields and a healthier planet, could this be the future of agriculture?
Agriculture - Soil Health - Soil’s complexity - Soil Biodiversity - Soil organisms - DNA metabarcoding - McCain Foods
4 January 2024
Soil’s complexity must be understood. It all starts with the soil.
https://www.producer.com/opinion/soils-complexity-must-be-understood/
Agriculture - Agroecology - Tech - AI - Copernicus program - AI4SoilHealth Project - Pan-European Data Cube
3 January 2024
Revolutionizing agriculture: Unleashing the potential of AI and big data in soil health monitoring
Policies and Governments
EU - Soil carbon gouvernance - MRV - Carbon Gap
31 December 2023
Soil horizons: unearthing perspectives on the future of soil carbon governance
https://carbongap.org/soil-carbon-governance/
COP28 - Food Systems - Agriculture
31 December 2023
COP28 Leaders Deliberate The Way Forward For Food Systems
UK - Ministers - Breaking pledge - Agriculture - English farmers
3 January 2023
Ministers accused of breaking pledge to English farmers over £227m underspend
Exclusive: Figures show hundreds of millions of pounds from promised £2.4bn a year on agriculture not spent
France - Pesticides - Commission - Enquête - Ecophyto - Agriculture
21 décembre 2023
Pesticides : une commission d'enquête dresse le bilan d'une « décennie presque perdue »
Ouverte en juin dernier, la commission d'enquête sur l'échec des plans Écophyto de réduction des pesticides a rendu ses conclusions. Celles-ci montrent un manque de coordination interministérielle dans la mise en œuvre des mesures requises.
Research - Study
Agriculture - Soil Health - Crop rotation - Food production
3 January 2024
Diversifying crop rotation increases food production, reduces net greenhouse gas emissions and improves soil health - Xiaolin Yang and all
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-44464-9
Biochar - Compost - Soil - Plant biomass
27 December 2023
Mixing ratio and Nitrogen fertilization drive synergistic effects between biochar and compost - Manhattan Lebrun, Charlotte Védère, Nicolas Honvault, Cornelia Rumpel & David Houben
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10705-023-10320-x
