August 9 to 16, 2024
Initiative internationale « 4 pour 1000 » - Citation - LVMH - Château Cheval Blanc - Agroécologie - Flamme Olympique - Paris 2024
12 août 2024
Dans le cadre du Relais de la Flamme Olympique de Paris 2024 et son arrivée à Marseille, LVMH, Louis Vuitton et Sephora dévoilent un programme unique
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Agriculture - UK food security - Western Europe - Climate impacts - Mediterranean
12 August 2024
UK food security hit by climate impacts at home and abroad, analysis warns
Western Europe has seen a very wet winter while the Mediterranean is battling heat and drought.
Food - Food supply chains - Consumers - Plant-based diets - Greenhouse gas emissions
13 August 2024
Climate change: Consumers can help cut emissions through food choices
New research has shown that the greenhouse gas emissions associated with global food supply chains could be reduced by 17% if consumers in affluent countries shift towards more plant-based diets.
Food - Food production - Agriculture - Farming - Crops - Greenhouse gas emissions - Climate impacts
12 August 2024
The climate impact of feeding ourselves is getting worse and worse
If we want to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from food production, we have to make it more efficient as the global population grows – and that isn't happening
Agricultural Lands - Carbon Sequestration Potential - Carbon dioxide (CO2) - Food production - Study
7 August 2024
New Study Reveals Enormous Carbon Sequestration Potential In Agricultural Lands
A groundbreaking study by Conservation International has unveiled the substantial potential of agricultural lands to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) without compromising food production.
Agriculture - Sols - Santé des sols - Agriculteurs - Agriculture régénératrice - Principes agricoles - Manitoba - Canada
9 août 2024
De plus en plus d’agriculteurs manitobains adoptent l’agriculture régénératrice
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2095137/agriculture-regeneratrice-qualite-sols-manitoba
Agriculture - Tomate - Adaptation - Changement climatique
14 août 2024
De l'Espagne à la Manche, la tomate à l'aube d'une migration inédite, sous l'effet du réchauffement climatique
Les tomates en plein champ, majoritairement destinées à la transformation en sauce ou en conserve, sont les plus exposées aux aléas climatiques. Mais à moyen terme, toutes les cultures de ce légume fruit adoré vont devoir s'adapter, voire déménager.
Agriculture - Agriculteurs - Amandes - Petits pois - Adaptation - Changement climatique
13 août 2024
Amandes, petits pois : les cultures s’adaptent
Le maïs ou le blé sont particulièrement gourmands en eau. Face au réchauffement climatique, les agriculteurs s’adaptent avec des variétés de fruits et de légumes que l'on trouverait plutôt dans le sud de l’Europe ; une révolution qui est déjà bien lancée.
Agriculture - Sols - Santé des sols - Agriculteurs - Agriculture régénératrice - Canada
9 août 2024
À Sandown, des maraîchers expérimentent l’agriculture régénératrice sur un sol dégradé
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2093450/agriculture-regeneratrice-sandown-maraichers-saanich
Agriculture - Agriculture de conservation - Sols - Carbone
9 août 2024
À Chinon, des résultats spectaculaires dix ans après la mise en place de «l’agriculture de conservation»
Agriculture - Sols - Santé des sols - Biodiversité - Pâturages - Prairies
9 août 2024
La biodiversité s’invite dans les pâturages et les prairies
Les pâturages où sont élevés les bovins au Québec et les prairies qui servent à les approvisionner en foin constituent des milieux très riches en biodiversité. La gestion durable de ces espaces favorise le maintien des espèces végétales, qui servent d’habitat naturel à une multitude d’êtres vivants.
Agriculture - France - Production agricole - Blé - récoltes - Vins - Vendanges
9 août 2024
Agriculture : le ministère alerte sur l'une "des plus faibles récoltes" de blé "des 40 dernières années" et des vendanges en baisse
Entre maladies, gel et grêle, un rapport officiel pointe une production agricole en berne cette année.
Agriculture - Climat - Production agricole - Sicile - Italie - Méditerranée - Adaptation
3 juillet 2024
Climat : l'Italie est en train de devenir une région tropicale
Face aux conséquences du changement climatique, les agriculteurs siciliens se retrouvent dans l'obligation de tourner le dos aux traditions ancestrales de leur région pour se tourner vers la production d'avocats, de mangues, et même de papayes.
Policies and Governments
Europe - Ursula von der Leyen - Europe’s southerners - Climate adaptation plans - Farmers - Agriculture
13 August 2024
Europe’s southerners want Brussels to save them from climate change
Ursula von der Leyen faces pressure from the south over climate adaptation plans.
India - Jharkhand state - Fund - Trees - Farmers - Agriculture - Carbon sequestration
4 August 2024
Fund launched to support over farmers through carbon sequestration
Jharkhand state has launched one of India's largest carbon conservation funds, with ₹5 billion ($59.56 million) in capitalization for 20 years. The "Birsa Harit Fund" will provide financing for farmers to plant trees as an alternative to other agricultural products, and will pay per unit of carbon removed. [source Capital for Climate]
Ethiopie - Agriculture - Modernisation - Investissement
14 août 2024
L'Éthiopie déploie des efforts pour moderniser l'agriculture et encourager l'investissement : Vice-premier ministre Temesgen.
https://www.ena.et/web/fre/w/fre_4972298
Suisse - Agriculture - Biodiversité - Votations fédérales
14 août 2024
Votations fédérales: entre agriculture et biodiversité, cette dépendance méconnue
Dans le débat autour de la votation du 22 septembre prochain sur l’initiative biodiversité, agriculture et protection de la nature sont souvent présentées comme antagonistes. Alors qu’en réalité, elles ont fortement besoin l’une de l’autre. Coup de projecteur sur cette interdépendance.
Research and Studies
Tree carbon - Agriculture - Agricultural landscapes - Croplands - Grazing lands - Soil fertility - sustaining yields - Climate mitigation
31 July 2024
Maximizing tree carbon in croplands and grazing lands while sustaining yields - Starry Sprenkle-Hyppolite, Bronson Griscom, Vivian Griffey, Erika Munshi & Melissa Chapman
Integrating trees into agricultural landscapes can provide climate mitigation and improves soil fertility, biodiversity habitat, water quality, water flow, and human health, but these benefits must be achieved without reducing agriculture yields. Prior estimates of carbon dioxide (CO2) removal potential from increasing tree cover in agriculture assumed a moderate level of woody biomass can be integrated without reducing agricultural production. Instead, we used a Delphi expert elicitation to estimate maximum tree covers for 53 regional cropping and grazing system categories while safeguarding agricultural yields. Comparing these values to baselines and applying spatially explicit tree carbon accumulation rates, we develop global maps of the additional CO2 removal potential of Tree Cover in Agriculture. We present here the first global spatially explicit datasets calibrated to regional grazing and croplands, estimating opportunities to increase tree cover without reducing yields, therefore avoiding a major cost barrier to restoration: the opportunity cost of CO2 removal at the expense of agriculture yields.
https://cbmjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13021-024-00268-y#Sec9
Soil - Soil carbon - Soil carbon credits - Agricultural soil carbon credits - Soil carbon stocks - Greenhouse gas emissions -
25 July 2024
Are soil carbon credits empty promises? Shortcomings of current soil carbon quantification methodologies and improvement avenues - Xavier Dupla, Emma Bonvin, Cédric Deluz, Léa Lugassy, Eric Verrecchia, Philippe C. Baveye, Stéphanie Grand, Pascal Boivin
https://bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sum.13092
Soil - Greenhouse gas emissions - Climate change
15 July 2024
Soil is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions and climate change - Kopittke, P.M., Dalal, R.C., McKenna, B.A., Smith, P., Wang, P., Weng, Z., van der Bom, F.J. and Menzies
It is unequivocal that human activities have increased emissions of greenhouse gases, that this is causing warming, and that these changes will be irreversible for centuries to millennia. Here, we show that our near-complete reliance on soil to produce the rapidly increasing quantities of food being demanded by humans has caused soil to release profound amounts of greenhouse gases that are threatening the future climate. Indeed, net anthropogenic emissions from soil alone account for 15 % of the entire global increase in climate warming (radiative forcing) caused by well-mixed greenhouse gases, with carbon dioxide being the most important gas emitted from soil (74 % of total soil-derived warming) followed by nitrous oxide (17 %) and methane (9 %). There is an urgent need to prevent further land-use change (including for biofuel production) to limit the release of carbon dioxide that results from loss of soil organic carbon, to develop strategies to increase nitrogen fertilizer efficiency to reduce nitrous oxide emissions, to decrease methane from rice paddies, and to ensure that the widespread thawing of permafrost is avoided. Innovative approaches are urgently required for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from soil if we are to limit global warming to 1.5 or 2.0 °C.
Agroecology - Biodiversity - Chronic diseases - Climate - Livestock - Planetary boundaries
Août 2024
One Health to design credible alternatives to food system failures - Michel Duru (INRAE) et Olivier Therond (INRAE)
Public policies are having difficulties to make food systems healthier and more sustainable because environmental, agricultural, food and health issues are often considered separately. The concept of One Health emerged to address all of these issues and find solutions that concern both health and the environment. It is based on a simple principle, according to which the protection of human health requires that of animals and their interactions with the environment. To operationalize the concept, we propose to consider the entities concerned (individuals, populations, microorganisms), the time and space scales at which material flows take place, as well as the management levels that underlie them. We hypothesize that this approach based on the analysis of the relationships between the management of agroecosystems and livestock farming, human food, their effects on the Earth system (water, soil, biodiversity, etc.) and vice versa, would make it possible to define preventive and integrated policies. Examples relating to the intensification of agriculture, alternative systems, controversies over livestock breeding and low-noise developments in environmental variables are examined using this approach. We discuss the conditions for developing a narrative that mobilizes territorial actors and public policies to promote a systemic One Health approach in which food is considered a common good.
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July 19 to August 9, 2024
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Agriculture - Regenerative agriculture - Viticulture - Vineyard - Soil Health - Soil bacteria - Tillage
31 July 2024
How does tillage affect vineyard soil bacteria?
Soil health has become one of the hot topics in viticulture, with it being a key aspect of regenerative agriculture. Groundbreaking research is now shedding further light on how different approaches to vineyard management affect it.
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/fr/2024/07/how-does-tillage-affect-vineyard-soil-bacteria/
Agriculture - Viticulture - English Vineyard
5 August 2024
Large English vineyards mark boom year as output and investment soar
Though tiny compared with rivals, English wine trade is thriving as climate crisis fuels flood of new capital from investors
Agriculture - Farmers - Soil Health - Soil Carbon - Crops - Tillage - Questions & Answers
21 June 2024
20 Things every farmer needs to know about soil health
You can maintain and even improve the health of your soil by nixing tillage, diversifying crop rotations, and always covering the soil with cash and cover crops.
Agriculture - Farmers - Sub-Saharan Africa - Climate resilience - Forgotten’ foods - Crops - Study
26 July 2024
In sub-Saharan Africa, ‘forgotten’ foods could boost climate resilience, nutrition
* A 2023 study was recently awarded the Cozzarelli Prize from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences for its work identifying “forgotten” food crops in sub-Saharan Africa that may be more resilient to climate change than the region’s current staple crops of maize, rice, cassava and yams.
* The study found that West Africa and Central Africa would experience the largest decrease in suitability for current staple crops by 2070, and that maize was the most vulnerable of the staples.
In addition to identifying 52 food crops that will likely be better-suited to the region’s future climate — and which have more nutritional value than staple crops — these researchers have already succeeded in introducing some of the overlooked crops to local communities.
Agriculture - Biochar - Carbon storage - Farmers - Crops - Bhutan - Study
24 July 2024
Biochar could play big role in Bhutan’s carbon storage — but it’s news to farmers
* A new study shows that Bhutan has the potential to sequester 68% of its greenhouse gas emissions through biochar, a carbon-rich material made from organic waste that is used to help plants grow.
* The research shows that using crop residue as mulch and biochar can significantly increase yields; however, many farmers in Bhutan do not know about biochar nor do they have access to the raw materials, such as rice husks, necessary for its production.
Agriculture - Food - Crickets - Ento-veganism - Insects
7 August 2024
The rise of ‘ento-veganism’: how eating crickets could help save the world
They are a great source of protein and taste like beef or lamb when cooked. So are our kitchens and restaurants finally ready for the insect revolution?
Agriculture - Food - Coffee - Climate-proof coffee - New experiment - International public-private partnership
23 July 2024
Inside a new experiment to find the climate-proof coffee of the future
An international public-private partnership is supercharging coffee breeding to save your morning brew.
Agriculture - Smallholder farmers - Efficient ranching practices - Restoration targets - Brazil's Atlantic Forest
19 July 2024
Smallholder farmers, efficient ranching practices critical to meet restoration targets in Brazil's Atlantic Forest
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-smallholder-farmers-efficient-ranching-critical.html
Agriculture - Avocado - US companies - Mexico’s deforestation disaster - Environment
6 August 2024
Avocado goldrush links US companies with Mexico’s deforestation disaster
New lawsuits shine light on the supply chains of U.S. companies operating in Mexico’s lucrative avocado industry, under pressure from organized crime and accusations of growing environmental damage.
Agriculture - Meat - Farm - Farmers - Farming practices
6 August 2024
Cultivated meat on a farm? Putting farmers at the centre of a new technology
Cultivated meat is often seen as anathema to traditional farming practices. But what if it can be produced on a farm, by farmers?
https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2024/08/06/cultivated-meat-on-farms-meatosys-and-respect-farms
Agriculture - US Farmers - Adaptation - Climate Change - Crop Insurance
6 August 2024
US Farmers Want to Adapt to Climate Change, But Crop Insurance Won’t Let Them
BNN Bloomberg has published an investigation into how crop insurance providers are limiting options for farmers who want to switch to regenerative and climate-friendly practices. The restriction of crop insurance policies to commodity crops was seen as an especially large barrier, but one that could be alleviated with both governmental and private incentives. [source Capital for Climate]
Agriculture - Heat - Rice-growing regions - China - Climate change
6 August 2024
Chinese cities swelter in record heat, rice-growing regions under threat
Agriculture - White wine - heatwave - Threat - Climate change - Hungary
8 August 2024
Hungary's white wine under threat as heatwave forces early harvest
Agriculture - Farmers - Crops - Italy’s breadbaskets - Durum wheat - Drought - Italy - Sicilia
2 August 2024
The Italian island in a state of emergency as drought ravages country’s crops
The region is one of Italy’s breadbaskets, producing 20% of the country’s durum wheat that goes into pasta
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/sicily-italy-drought-fires-water-b2589412.html
Agriculture - African farmers - Soil - Degraded soil - Soil Health - Chemical fertilizers - Food Security
24 July 2024
African farmers worry over degraded soil, blaming chemical fertilizers
Problems with soil health are growing as the African continent struggles to feed itself.
Agriculture - Farmers - Cereals - Wheat - Climate change - Food supply - Drought - Morocco
23 July 2024
Climate change imperils drought-stricken Morocco’s cereal farmers and its food supply
Golden fields of wheat no longer produce the bounty they once did in Morocco
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/morocco-ap-united-nations-france-turkey-b2584614.html
Agriculture - Plants - Pollinators - Critical connections - Flowers - Crops - Climate change - Temperatures
30 July 2024
Plants and their pollinators are increasingly out of sync
As global temperatures rise and seasons shift, bees and other pollinators are missing critical connections with flowers and crops.
https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/plants-and-their-pollinators-are-increasingly-out-of-sync/
Agriculture - Soil - Food - Crops - Industrial Hemp
3 August 2024
How Industrial Hemp Could Save Our World
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferkitepowell/2024/08/03/how-industrial-hemp-could-save-our-world/
Agriculture - Farming - Sustainable beef farming - Financial rewards - Lidl - Firm
24 July 2024
Lidl offers financial rewards for sustainable beef farming
Lidl has announced that it will provide financial incentives to its beef suppliers for reducing carbon intensity and adopting regenerative farming techniques.
Agriculture - Agroforestry - Business - Impact Earth - Investment - Brazil
1 August 2024
Impact Earth invests $3.6m in Brazilian agroforestry business
Impact Earth has invested 20 million Brazilian Reais ($3.6 million) in Belterra Agroforestry, with funds from Impact Earth's Amazon Biodiversity Fund.The capital will be directly invested in local farmers’ agroforestry development.[source Capital for Climate]
Agriculture - Insect farming - Food - British firms - Post-Brexit rules
3 August 2024
British firms strive to create a buzz around insect farming
Protein from flies and larvae is taking off, if more for chicken feed than human lunches. But what’s bugging the whole sector is a post-Brexit rules snarl-up
Agriculture - Tea growers - Climate - Adaptation - Farmers - India - East Africa - UK prices
22 July 2024
Sick leaves: tea growers’ climate misery leads to jump in UK prices
Amid stagnant or falling yields producers across India and east Africa are being forced to adapt
https://www.theguardian.com/food/article/2024/jul/22/climate-misery-tea-growers-jump-price-uk-cuppa
Agriculture - La Niña - Crops - Rain - Dry weather
29 July 2024
La Niña’s Likely Return Will Undo Some of Past Year’s Crop Havoc
* Pattern expected later this year may bring rain to West Africa
* Still, dry weather could hurt yields for Brazil coffee, sugar
Agriculture - Early human farmers - Landscapes - Rewilding - University of York
29 July 2024
What can early human farmers teach us about rewilding today?
The very first farmers hundreds of thousands of years ago often made landscapes even more biodiverse, which may offer lessons for rewilding efforts today, argue Jonathan D. Gordon and Brennen Fagan from the University of York
https://www.businessgreen.com/feature/4340627/human-farmers-teach-us-about-rewilding
Agriculture - AI - Artificial intelligence - Farming - Technology - Landscape
23 July 2024
The Dawn Of AI In Agriculture Is Harvesting The Future
In the verdant fields and vast farmlands, a quiet revolution is unfolding. It's a revolution not marked by uproar but by the gentle hum of technology merging with the ancient art of farming. This revolution is powered by artificial intelligence (AI), and it's changing the landscape of agriculture in profound and inspiring ways.
Food system - Sustainability - Food production - Agriculture - Innovation - Generative AI - Technology
7 août 2024
Harnessing Generative AI For Sustainable Food Systems Innovation
Agriculture - Robot - Robot weedkillers - Pesticides - Technology
20 July 2024
Could robot weedkillers replace the need for pesticides?
The robotic services allow farmers to rely less on chemicals. ‘This solves a lot of problems,’ workers say
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/20/robot-weedkillers-pesticides
Carbon - Carbon credits - Decarbonization - Companies - SBTi
31 July 2024
SBTi Appears to Backtrack on Use of Carbon Credits in Corporate Net Zero Targets
Forests - CO2 - Carbon sinks - Climate
23 July 2024
Forests absorb less CO2 than before
Why do forests absorb less carbon dioxide than 15 years ago?
https://www.sciencenorway.no/climate-forestry-forests/forests-absorb-less-co2-than-before/2390725
Agriculture - Bas carbone - Agriculture Résiliente - Agriculture prospère - Rapport intermédiaire - Shift Project
6 juin 2024
L’équipe Agriculture du Shift Project a le plaisir de vous présenter le rapport intermédiaire « Pour une agriculture bas carbone, résiliente et prospère ».
https://theshiftproject.org/article/publication-intermediaire-agriculture-6-juin/
Agriculture - Permaculture - Sols - Santé des sols
29 juillet 2024
Jean-Marie Lioult (Grâce au Jardin) : de curé à maraîcher engagé
Agriculture - Elevage - Vaches - Sols - Stockage du carbone - Prairies
26 juillet 2024
Nourrir les vaches à l’herbe permet de stocker du carbone !
Agriculture - Agriculture de précision - Sols - Agriculteur
25 juillet 2024
Agriculture de précision : la connaissance des sols, une idée à creuser
WE DEMAIN accompagne le Crédit Agricole sur la Route des transitions. À cette occasion, nous avons rencontré Éric Mahaut, qui pratique l’agriculture de précision dans l’Eure.
Agriculture - Cuisine - Sols - Santé des sols - Christian Abégan - Afrique - Cameroun
29 juillet 2024
[INTERVIEW] Christian Abégan : “Les pays africains seront les prochaines destinations culinaires du monde”
Depuis une trentaine d’années, le chef camerounais Christian Abégan travaille à la mise en avant des aliments et produits africains. Lundi 22 juillet, le chef a lancé la première édition de l’Arche culinaire, où jusqu’au 22 août, il conviera plusieurs acteurs du monde culinaire et agricole afin de réfléchir à la manière de faire rayonner les produits du continent.
Agriculture - Sols - Sols acidifiés - Engrais - Santé des sols - Régénération - Agriculteurs - Afrique
24 juillet 2024
Sols acidifiés : les agriculteurs africains en quête de régénération
Partout en Afrique, un nombre croissant d’agriculteurs se tournent vers les pédologues pour lutter contre l’acidification croissante de leurs terres, un phénomène qu’ils attribuent en grande partie à l’utilisation massive d’engrais chimiques.
Agriculture - Sols - Santé des sols - Smartphones - Pluies - Technologie
8 août 2024
Évaluation innovante de la santé des sols avec la technologie basée sur les smartphones
Agriculture - Agriculteurs - Blé tendre - Récoltes - Pluies - Températures
8 août 2024
Cinq questions sur la mauvaise récolte de blé tendre qui frappe les agriculteurs cette année
Les pluies incessantes depuis l'automne et les températures basses du printemps ont favorisé le développement de maladies et drastiquement réduit les rendements dans les champs.
Sols - Forêts - Carbone - Puits de carbone - Climat - Sécheresse - Incendies
30 juillet 2024
Les puits de carbone terrestres se sont effondrés en 2023
Les forêts et les sols ont seulement absorbé entre 1,5 milliard et 2,6 milliards de tonnes de CO2 en 2023, loin derrière les 9,5 milliards de 2022, notamment en raison de la sécheresse en Amazonie et du fait des incendies au Canada et en Sibérie.
Carbone - Puits de carbone - Climat - Forêts - Carbone - Sciences
31 juillet 2024
Perte dramatique d’efficacité des puits de carbone en 2023
https://reporterre.net/Perte-dramatique-d-efficacite-des-puits-de-carbone-en-2023
Carbone - Puits de carbone - Climat - Forêts - Carbone - Sciences
30 juillet 2024
Climat : en 2023, les "puits de carbone" ont capté 25% de ce qu'ils captent habituellement sur un an
Les sols et les forêts, considérés comme des "puits de carbone", n'ont absorbé qu'entre 1,5 et 2,6 milliards de tonnes de CO2 l'année dernière, a appris France Inter ce mardi, soit un quart de ce qu'ils ont capté en moyenne les années précédentes.
Carbone - Climat - Forêts - Sciences
2 août 2024
Climat : pourquoi les forêts ont absorbé moins de carbone en 2023
Une étude scientifique indique qu’en 2023 les forêts et sols ont absorbé beaucoup moins de carbone qu’en 2022 en raison de la sécheresse et des incendies.
Carbone - Crédits carbone - Décarbonation - Entreprises - SBTi
31 juillet 2024
L’inefficacité des crédits carbone reconnue par la SBTi, cadre mondial de référence pour la décarbonation des entreprises
La Science based target initiative (SBTi), cadre mondial de référence pour la décarbonation du secteur privé, reconnaît que les crédits carbone utilisés par les entreprises pour réduire leur bilan carbone sont “inefficaces”. Des conclusions saluées par les experts, qui devraient permettre de restaurer la confiance dans l’initiative.
Agriculture - Pratiques agricoles - Intelligence artificielle - IA - Climat - Sécurité alimentaire
2 août 2024
Utilisation de l’intelligence artificielle pour révolutionner les pratiques agricoles
Une nouvelle ère de l’agriculture est à l’horizon alors que la technologie de pointe redéfinit les méthodes traditionnelles de culture. Grâce à une mise en œuvre innovante, la technologie de l’IA est sur le point de transformer les pratiques agricoles à l’échelle mondiale.
Sciences - One Health - Une seule santé - Sols - Santé des sols - Enseignement - Formation - IRD
18 juillet 2024
Les enseignants des sciences de la vie et de la Terre s'initient à l'approche One Health
La collaboration entre l’IRD et l’inspection académique de Montpellier, en lien avec l’école académique à la formation continue de Montpellier, se poursuit pour la formation continue des enseignants de Science de la vie et de la Terre. Après les « Systèmes alimentaires durable » en 2023, c’est l’approche « Une seule santé » qui a été explorée cette année par une trentaine d’enseignants-stagiaires, désireux de mettre à niveau leurs connaissances et de collecter des exemples concrets, pour enrichir leurs cours. 17 scientifiques étaient mobilisés pour autant de conférences suivies de discussions. Cette action a été menée en lien avec les 80 ans de l’IRD.
Sols - World Living Soils Forum - Annonce
1er août 2024
2e édition du World Living Soils Forum
https://www.carenews.com/evenements/2e-edition-du-world-living-soils-forum
Policies and Governments
Earth - Earth Overshoot Day - Planet's resources
1 August 2024
Earth Overshoot Day: Humanity overconsumes planet's resources after just seven months in 2024
Humanity's demand for natural resources has today surpassed Earth’s capacity to regenerate them after just seven months of 2024, according to the Global Footprint Network
Earth - Earth Overshoot Day - Planet's resources - Campaigners
1 August 2024
Campaigners call for action on consumption as Earth Overshoot Day arrives
The landmark date falls on August 1 in 2024, marking the moment humanity’s demand on nature exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate for the given year.
IPCC - Input - UN climate review - Countries clash
5 August 2024
IPCC’s input into key UN climate review at risk as countries clash over timeline
Most governments want reports ready before the next global stocktake, but a dozen developing nations are opposed over inclusivity concerns
Governments have again failed to agree on a schedule for producing key climate science reports as deep divergences blocked progress at a meeting of the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) last week.
US - US Politics - US Congress - Climate change deniers
5 August 2024
Climate change deniers make up nearly a quarter of US Congress
Climate denialists – 23 in Senate and 100 in House – are all Republicans and make US an outlier internationally
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/05/climate-change-denial-congress
EU - EU legislation - Agriculture - Farm emissions - Livestock
5 August 2024
New EU legislation on farm emissions takes effect
A revised version of the EU’s rules on industrial emissions came into force on Sunday (4 July), extending to more livestock farms than previous legislation.
EU - EU’s new Nature Restoration Law - Business - Corporate - Policy advocacy
25 July 2024
How corporate advocacy helped secure the EU’s new Nature Restoration Law
Business involvement in the EU’s landmark nature legislation elevates policy advocacy as a powerful tool that more companies should integrate into their sustainability strategies.
https://trellis.net/article/how-corporate-advocacy-helped-secure-the-eus-new-nature-restoration-law/
European Commission - Presidency - Re-election - Ursula von der Leyen - Climate - Nature
18 July 2024
Von der Leyen: Yes to climate action, clean industry, no to nature protection
Incumbent European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recommitted to climate action and clean industry in her reelection bid at the European Parliament and accompanying ‘political guidelines’ this morning (18 July) but restricted herself only to positive rhetoric about nature protection.
UK Government - Nature-friendly farming budget - Report - Climate and nature targets
23 July 2024
New report reveals that nature-friendly farming budget is inadequate to meet climate and nature targets
- New report reveals that UK Government must significantly increase nature-friendly farming budget to meet climate and nature targets
- RSPB, National Trust and The Wildlife Trusts call for long-term investment to future proof British farming and support nature recovery
- Benefits of nature-friendly farming include less pollution, less chemicals, natural pest control and more wildlife, including pollinating insects
Canada - Department of Agriculture - Prince Edward Island - Agriculture - Farmers - Mitigation - Climate change
26 July 2024
Beneficial changes being made to help farmers mitigate impacts of climate change through research
US - US Farmers - Climate Change - Agriculture Regenerative - Adaptation - Crop Insurance - Federal insurance barrier
28 July 2024
US Farmers Want to Adapt to Climate Change, But Crop Insurance Won’t Let Them
Growers looking to transition to regenerative agriculture are running into a federal insurance barrier.
Egypt - President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi - Future of Egypt project - Agriculture - Food - Food price inflation - Water -
30 July 2024
Greening the desert: is Sisi’s grand plan using up all of Egypt’s water?
The ‘Future of Egypt’ envisages turning tracts of desert into farmland to grow crops for export. But with sky-high food price inflation and a water deficit, critics doubt it is viable
France - Government - Agriculture - Wheat harvests - EU’s crisis funding
31 July 2024
French farmers call for EU aid to mitigate impact of poor grain harvest
French wheat growers are calling for the release of the EU’s crisis funding, known as agricultural reserve, and increased state aid for the sector as persistent rains since last autumn are leading to poor harvests in major European grain-producing countries.
Brazil - Climate crisis - Plan to tax global super-rich
28 July 2024
‘Morally, nobody’s against it’: Brazil’s radical plan to tax global super-rich to tackle climate crisis
A 2% levy would affect about 100 billionaire families, says the country’s climate chief, but the $250bn raised could be transformative
GIEC - 7e rapport d’évaluation - Négociations - Rapports - Calendrier - Pays
5 août 2024
7e rapport d’évaluation du Giec : consensus sur deux rapports spéciaux, mais pas sur le calendrier
Le Giec a une nouvelle fois échoué à s’accorder sur un calendrier pour la publication de son 7e rapport d’évaluation. Son retard risque de fragiliser le prochain bilan mondial qui aura lieu en 2028.
COP16 - Biodiversité - Régénération - Grandes entreprises - Appel - Action
2 août 2024
COP16 : 130 grandes entreprises appellent à une action forte en faveur de la biodiversité
Alors que les négociations à la COP16 sur la biodiversité s’ouvrent dans moins de 100 jours, 130 acteurs du secteur privé, dont plusieurs multinationales, lancent un appel pour un accord ambitieux et une “économie nature positive”.
Union européenne - Nouvelle directive européenne - Agriculture - Elevage - Exploitations - Emissions
5 août 2024
La nouvelle directive européenne sur les émissions de l’élevage entre en vigueur
Une version révisée des règles de l’UE sur les émissions industrielles est entrée en vigueur dimanche 4 août, s’appliquant à un plus grand nombre d’exploitations d’élevage que la législation précédente.
Commission européenne - Présidence - Réélection - Ursula von der Leyen - Climat - Nature
18 juillet 2024
Ursula von der Leyen dit oui à l’action climatique et à l’industrie propre
La présidente sortante de la Commission européenne, Ursula von der Leyen, a réaffirmé son engagement en faveur de l’action climatique et de l’industrie propre lors d’un discours au Parlement européen et dans ses « orientations politiques » ce matin (18 juillet), tout en se limitant à une rhétorique positive sur la protection de la nature.
France - Gouvernement - Agriculture - Ecophyto 2030 - Indicateurs - Pesticides - Santé
30 juillet 2024
Nouvel indicateur du plan Écophyto : notre santé en danger ?
Face à la colère du monde agricole en début d’année, le gouvernement a remplacé l’ancien plan Écophyto par une nouvelle version controversée, Écophyto 2030, provoquant l’indignation des scientifiques et des soignants.
Tribune - Pesticides : « Avec son nouveau plan Ecophyto, le gouvernement persiste dans une politique d’immobilisme vieille de vingt ans »
Un collectif rassemblant près de quatre cents chercheurs, plus de deux cents soignants ainsi que des associations de patients et de défense de l’environnement prend position contre le nouveau plan Ecophyto, annoncé par le gouvernement le 6 mai.
France - Gouvernement - Agriculture - Récoltes de blé - Réserve européenne de crise
31 juillet 2024
Mauvaises récoltes de blé : la France pourrait solliciter la réserve européenne de crise
Les producteurs français demandent un déblocage de la réserve agricole européenne et un relèvement des aides « de minimis » pour faire face aux mauvaises récoltes, mais le gouvernement préfère attendre la fin des moissons pour s’engager.
Tools
Natural climate solution - Naturebase platform - Nature-based solutions - Nature's potential - Nature4Climate
24 July 2024
Naturebase has exited its Beta stage of development and is now available online for users to unlock nature's potential. Launched on World Conservation Day, the full naturebase platform allows you to view the potential for 20+ different natural climate solution (NCS) pathways around the world.
https://app.naturebase.org/map
Research and Studies
Savanna restoration - Climate change adaptation - Nature-based solutions - Ecosystem-based adaptation
December 2024
Nature-based solutions in the savanna belt of Africa: Insights from a systematic review - Daniel O. Olago and all
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are powerful tools whereby, using nature as the template, societal challenges can be addressed, while simultaneously achieving co-benefits for the environment. NbS have been successfully demonstrated in different ecosystems around the globe, but for savanna ecosystems - the planet's largest terrestrial biome - there is a lingering lack of clarity of what constitutes an NbS. We undertook a systematic review of literature in the savanna belt of Africa - stretching from Senegal to Tanzania. This review examined 3,714 journal articles from 2018 to 2022, out of which 271 papers met the inclusion criteria. Results show that there are a wide variety of nature-based techniques and strategies being used in the savanna-belt. Yet upon greater scrutiny, few qualified as NbS according to the IUCN criteria. Less than 2 % of papers met all the criteria, falling short in the areas of biodiversity gains, economic viability, governance processes, trade-offs, and adaptive management. The geographical and sectoral scopes of these solutions were also limited: 72 % of papers were from just 5 countries, and 80 % were from the agriculture/livestock sectors. Notably, 5 % involved creation of new ecosystems. Author collaborations between countries of the global south with savanna ecosystems were few. Our findings suggest research silos in NbS discourses: the peer-reviewed literature revolves around smallholder farming in just a few countries, where the research is generally driven by the global north. These factors prevent NbS from becoming truly transformational in addressing societal challenges in the savanna belt of Africa.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772411524000454
Soil carbon - Policy interventions - EU - Anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
31 July 2024
We need targeted policy interventions in the EU to save soil carbon - Raisa Mäkipää and all
Globally, annual emissions from managed organic soils accounts for up to 5% of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Climate-wise management and restoration of degraded organic soils could reduce GHG emissions quickly and at relatively low costs. The European Union (EU) Member States that have large areas of organic soils with high GHG emissions are Sweden, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Netherlands, and the Baltic countries. To meet the climate targets and objectives of the Paris Agreement the land-use sector is indispensable and mitigation policies targeting organic soils will be needed. The international regulatory framework is broad and quite unspecific. In contrast, the European Union has initiated binding regulation for the land-use sector through the EU Climate Law, the EU LULUCF regulation, and the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law. However, even this regulatory approach is not on track to deliver on its binding ambitions, indicating the need for more effective implementation measures also on organic soils in the EU and its member states. Furthermore, we argue that appropriate policy selection should consider current knowledge regarding the climate impacts of management options of organic soils. Lastly, we need more studies on GHG emissions, and standardized methods for GHG inventories, to resolve uncertainties surrounding the impacts of management to GHG emissions. Successful policy implementation requires more efforts but also improved scientific justification through continuous consideration of climate policy integrity and strengthening of the reliability of GHG inventories.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-science/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1354695/full
Carbon dioxide - CO2 - Terrestrial ecosystems - Forest carbon sink
17 July 2024
The enduring world forest carbon sink - Yude Pan and all
The uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) by terrestrial ecosystems is critical for moderating. To provide a ground-based long-term assessment of the contribution of forests to terrestrial CO2 uptake, we synthesized in situ forest data from boreal, temperate and tropical biomes spanning three decades. We found that the carbon sink in global forests was steady, at 3.6 ± 0.4 Pg C yr−1 in the 1990s and 2000s, and 3.5 ± 0.4 Pg C yr−1 in the 2010s. Despite this global stability, our analysis revealed some major biome-level changes. Carbon sinks have increased in temperate (+30 ± 5%) and tropical regrowth (+29 ± 8%) forests owing to increases in forest area, but they decreased in boreal (−36 ± 6%) and tropical intact (−31 ± 7%) forests, as a result of intensifed disturbances and losses in intact forest area, respectively. Mass-balance studies indicate that the global land carbon sink has increased2, implying an increase in the non-forest-land carbon sink. The global forest sink is equivalent to almost half of fossil-fuel emissions (7.8 ± 0.4 Pg C yr−1 in 1990–2019). However, two-thirds of the beneft from the sink has been negated by tropical deforestation (2.2 ± 0.5 Pg C yr−1 in 1990–2019). Although the global forest sink has endured undiminished for three decades, despite regional variations, it could be weakened by ageing forests, continuing deforestation and further intensifcation of disturbance regimes. To protect the carbon sink, land management policies are needed to limit deforestation, promote forest restoration and improve timber-harvesting practices.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07602-x
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July 12 to 19, 2024
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Agriculture - Farms - Lands - Greenhouse gas - UK's biggest carbon emitter
16 July 2024
ECIU: Agriculture could be UK's biggest carbon emitter by mid-2030s
UK's farms and land could be emitting more greenhouse gas than its power stations in just a decade's time, think tank analysis claims
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4335598/eciu-agriculture-uks-biggest-carbon-emitter-mid-2030s
Agriculture - Food - Climate - Wheat - ‘Goldmine’ collection - Scientists
14 July 2024
‘Goldmine’ collection of wheat from 100 years ago may help feed the world, scientists say
A British geneticist scoured the globe for diverse grains in the 1920s. His research could be vital as the climate changes
Agriculture - Food - Traditional foods - Climate change - Adaptation - Kashmir communities - Study
16 July 2024
Traditional foods have the potential to help Kashmir communities adapt to climate change: study
* A new study documented an array of wild edible plant species that four ethnic communities in the Kashmiri Himalayas traditionally depend on for food, medicinal use and to earn a living.
* Although the authors say the wild food sources show promise to alleviate food scarcity a and adapt to climate change, threats persist from over-extraction, changing climate, and traditional knowledge loss.
* Local food advocates are urging communities to cultivate and eat wild edible plant species to conserve traditional knowledge of their rich array.
Agriculture - Food - Big Meat - Dairy - Climate Action - Climate Action - Industry - Report
18 July 2024
Big Meat and Dairy Are ‘Undermining’ Climate Action, Report Says
* Analysis of 22 companies shows failure to cut emissions
* Industry spends more on ads than on climate solutions
Agriculture - Farming - Soils - Desertification - Regeneration - Brazil - Science
16 July 2024
In a desertscape in Brazil, science brings farms to bountiful life
* Located in the south of Brazil’s Piauí state, the municipality of Gilbués is one of four zones in the country currently experiencing desertification.
* The affected area covers 805 km2 (311 mi2) of degraded Caatinga dry forest that’s home to some 149,000 people.
* In 2006, a pioneering federal program experimented with various ways to control soil degradation and recuperate degraded areas of desertified land in Gilbués, making farming possible, even profitable, here.
* The program ended in 2016 for uncertain reasons, but the legacy of transforming the earth continues among the farmers in Gilbués, which today is one of Piauí’s top corn-producing municipalities.
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/in-a-desertscape-in-brazil-science-brings-farms-to-bountiful-life/
Agriculture - Farming - Farmers - Smallholders - Sustainable Agriculture - Indonesia’s oil palm
10 July 2024
Indonesia’s oil palm smallholders get a boost in bid for sustainability
* A new set of guidelines aims to help smallholder oil palm farmers in Indonesia, the world’s top producer of palm oil, ensure their products are deforestation-free.
* This would allow them a foothold in markets that are increasingly demanding, and requiring, sustainably produced goods.
* In particular, the smallholder toolkit aims to address the Indonesian government’s main grievance to a new European Union regulation prohibiting the import of deforestation-linked products, namely that smallholder farmers are least able to comply and will be affected the most.
* The toolkit could also contribute to Indonesia’s climate goals, by incentivizing smallholders to embrace more sustainable farming practices and choosing to conserve forests instead of clearing them.
Agriculture - Agroforestry - Agroforestry carbon credits - India’s top agricultural state - Partners with non-profit
16 July 2024
India’s top agricultural state partners with non-profit, developer to generate agroforestry carbon credits
https://carbon-pulse.com/304468/
Food - Agriculture - Cocoa - Cocoa markets - Traders - Ghana
15 July 2024
Exclusive: Traders face $1 billion loss on faltering Ghana cocoa supply, sources say
* Ghana looks to delay up to half its bean sales to 2025 -sources
* Traders forced to liquidate big chunk of short positions
* Physical and futures cocoa markets drying up, traders say
* Traders seen passing on costs to chocolate makers
Sols - Dégradation - Santé des sols - Ecosystèmes - Vie - Indice mondial de santé des sols - UNESCO
16 juillet 2024
90 % des sols de la planète dégradés d'ici 2050 : la bombe à retardement qui menace la vie sur Terre
La dégradation des sols de la Planète devrait être une priorité mondiale selon l'Unesco. Pas moins de 90 % des sols sur Terre seront dégradés d'ici 2050, et 75 % d'entre eux le sont déjà ! L’Unesco compte établir un « indice mondial de santé des sols ».
Sols - Dégradation - Alerte - Ecosystèmes - Santé des sols - Indice - UNESCO
13 juillet 2024
La dégradation généralisée des sols alarme l’Unesco
Erosion, artificialisation ou contaminations : les périls s’accumulent sur ces écosystèmes indispensables à la vie. L’organisme onusien souhaite mettre en place un indice de la santé des sols, car 90 % d’entre eux pourraient être affectés d’ici à 2050.
Agriculture - Transition agricole - Agriculture régénératrice - Agriculture durable - Tikehau Capital
13 juillet 2024
"Pour accélérer la transition agricole, il faut de l'argent patient"
Avec sa stratégie pour une agriculture régénératrice, le groupe mondial de gestion d'actifs Tikehau Capital veut faire émerger des champions européens d'une agriculture durable. Entretien avec Hélène Henry-Prince, coresponsable de la stratégie en agriculture régénérative.
Agriculture - Alimentation - Climat - Blés - Collection - Science
18 juillet 2024
Une collection de blés centenaire peut-elle sauver l’agriculture ?
Il y a un siècle, un scientifique anglais a réuni un millier de variétés locales de blé aux quatre coins du monde. Une « mine d’or » que des chercheurs viennent d’analyser sur le plan génétique, y décelant des pistes prometteuses pour cultiver un blé plus résistant et plus « durable ».
Sols - Santé des sols - Puits de carbone - Thé - Initiative Tea Composition
17 juillet 2024
Pourquoi des chercheurs ont-ils enterré 36 000 sachets de thé à travers le monde depuis dix ans ?
Depuis plus de dix ans, chercheurs et citoyens volontaires enterrent des sachets de thé un peu partout sur la planète. L’objectif ? Comparer la décomposition de la matière végétale dans les sols pour anticiper les effets du réchauffement climatique à certains endroits.
Vers de terre - Reconnaissance juridique - Protection - Agriculture - Sols - Sécurité alimentaire
13 juillet 2024
Histoire de la reconnaissance juridique des vers de terre
Le 20 avril 2024, était fondée la Ligue de protection des vers de terre. Son objet : contribuer à la préservation et à la protection juridique des vers de terre ainsi qu'à leur réhabilitation dans le modèle agricole. Créée parce que notre sécurité alimentaire en dépend : notre nourriture provient de leur habitat.
Policies and Governments
COP16 - 130 companies - Letter - Nature loss - Biodiversity - Governments - Group Business for Nature
16 juillet 2024
Trillion-dollar group urges government action to stop nature loss
Reuters reports that more than 130 companies with combined revenues of US$1.1 trillion have distributed a letter that calls on governments to enact tougher policies to reach a U.N. goal on halting nature loss by the end of the decade. Advocacy group Business for Nature coordinated the development and circulation of the letter and there is hope that governments at the biodiversity focused COP16 held in Colombia this October will lead to major efforts to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. [source Nature4Climate]
Research and Studies
Call for papers - Soil Carbon - 4 per mille - 4 per 1000 - Soil Organic Matter - Soil Health - Special Issue - STC
25 May 2024
Soil Carbon 4 per 1000, a decade of soil health enhancement - Dr. Beverley Henry - Dr. Jagdish Ladha - Dr. Lydie-Stella Koutika - Dr. Adesola Olaleye
The 4per10000 initiative launched at UNFCCC COP21 by France under the Lima-Paris Action Plan envisions worldwide healthy, carbon-rich soils to mitigate climate change, adapt to its impacts, and ensure food security.
This special issue calls for studies on soil carbon in enhancing soil functions, especially understanding what is possible, what is needed, and what is likely to be successful.
It also calls for studies on regenerative agricultural practices that enhance soil health and carbon sequestration. It seeks studies that document an enabling environment for change at all levels and across the entire value chain.
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July 5 to 12, 2024
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Agricuture - Europe’s rural farmers - Europe’s young farmers - Agro-industry - Green policies - Climate change - Europe’s farmer crisis
7 July 2024
‘We are the first impacted by climate change’: Why Europe’s rural farmers support green policies
Europe’s young farmers take aim at big agriculture as "the real problem" when it comes to climate change.
Agroecology - Farmers - Scientists - Activists - U.S. food system - Dartmouth - Commentary
5 July 2024
Why the U.S. food system needs agroecology
Agroecology—a science, practice, and movement which seeks social, political, economic, and environmental sustainability in the global food system—is gaining momentum in the U.S., according to a new Dartmouth-led commentary in Nature Food. As the co-authors report, the approach requires coordination between scientists, farmers, and activists.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1050345?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Agriculture - Cocoa - Agricultural practices - West African countries
8 July 2024
From pruning to reforesting – how good agricultural practices can lift cocoa communities
With environmental challenges, rising populations and a lack of crop investment, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to farm cocoa in west African countries. So how can positive changes be brought about in this area?
Restoration - Agriculture - Livestock - Ecosystem - Community values - Science - Study
8 July 2024
Combining community values with science is key to ecosystem restoration, study demonstrates
https://phys.org/news/2024-06-combining-community-values-science-key.html
Food - Food Security - Insects - Singapore
9 July 2024
Singapore Says Yes to Edible Insects in Boost to Food Security
* Approved insects were deemed to be of low regulatory concern
* Singapore aims to produce 30% of its food needs by 2030
Food - PFAS - Chemicals - Human body - Research
4 July 2024
Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body
Study that researchers say highlights chemicals’ ubiquity also shows PFAS association with seafood and red meat
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/04/pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals-food
Sols - Terres - Dégradation - UNESCO
7 juillet 2024
Risque de dégradation de 90 % des terres émergées d’ici 2050 (UNESCO)
https://www.afrique-sur7.ci/risque-de-degradation-de-90-des-terres-emergees-dici-2050-unesco
Agriculture - Permaculture - Biodiversité - Carbone - Sols - Etude
8 juillet 2024
La permaculture tient ses promesses sur la biodiversité, le carbone et les sols, confirme une étude allemande
Menée en Allemagne et au Luxembourg, une étude comparative semble confirmer les bénéfices apportés par la permaculture en matière de biodiversité, de qualité du sol et de séquestration du carbone par rapport à l'agriculture conventionnelle (Communications Earth & Environment).
Agriculture - Bio - Agriculteur - Revenus garantis - Société MILPA
7 juillet 2024
Agriculteurs convertis au bio - Des revenus garantis
Combiner revenus et méthodes d'agroécologie, c'est le pari de ces nouveaux agriculteurs.
Agriculture - Prairies - Albédo - Changement climatique
9 juillet 2024
Pourquoi les prairies ont un rôle à jouer dans la lutte contre le changement climatique
L’albédo, c’est-à-dire la lumière solaire réfléchie par les sols, pourrait aider l’agriculture à baisser sa contribution au réchauffement climatique. Voici comment.
Sols - Elevage - Régénération
4 juillet 2024
La régénération des sols par l’élevage
https://www.pleinchamp.com/actualite/la-regeneration-des-sols-par-l-elevage5
Tools - Herramientas
Agricultura - Agricultura productiva y de regeneración - Manual - Sistemas de Siembra Directa - AAPRESID
14 junio de 2024
Manual de Sistemas de Siembra Directa: Prácticas para una agricultura productiva y de regeneración.
Este manual contiene el paso a paso para transitar el camino hacia una agricultura que garantice productividad y regeneración de los suelos y el ambiente.
https://www.aapresid.org.ar/blog/manual-sistemas-siembra-directa
Policies and Governments
European Commission - Agriculture - Farmers - Emergency support
10 July 2024
Commission allocates €77 million in emergency support to farmers
The European Commission has proposed mobilising €77 million from the agricultural reserve to support farmers from the fruit, vegetables and wine sectors of Austria, Czechia, Poland who have recently suffered from adverse climatic events of unprecedented magnitude, as well as Portuguese wine producers who face serious market disturbances.
https://www.eureporter.co/economy/agriculture/2024/07/10/177496/
Denmark - Agriculture - Tax agriculture emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions - Climate goals
10 July 2024
Q&A: How Denmark plans to tax agriculture emissions to meet climate goals
Denmark is on its way to introducing a world-first tax on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in 2030.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-how-denmark-plans-to-tax-agriculture-emissions-to-meet-climate-goals/
UK - Defra - Farming minister - Daniel Zeichner
9 July 2024
New government appoints Daniel Zeichner as farming minister
Canada - Senate - Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry - Soil - Report - Regeneration Canada
5 July 2024
Critical Ground: Why Soil is Essential to Canada's Economic, Environmental, Human, and Social Health
The report digs deep into the critical role of soil in mitigating climate change, contributing to biodiversity and putting food on tables.
https://sencanada.ca/en/info-page/parl-44-1/agfo-critical-ground/
Canada - Sénat - Comité sénatorial permanent de l’agriculture et des forêts - Sol - Rapport - Régénération Canada
5 juillet 2024
Terrain critique : Pourquoi le sol est essentiel à la santé économique, environnementale, humaine, et sociale du Canada
Le rapport étudie en profondeur le rôle critique des sols dans l’atténuation des changements climatiques, le maintien de la biodiversité et la capacité de mettre de la nourriture dans nos assiettes.
Régénération Canada a contribué au rapport novateur du Sénat : "Terrain critique".
D’après Régénération Canada, les principaux problèmes identifiés sont :
- Seulement 5 à 7 % de la masse terrestre du Canada sont des terres agricoles de premier choix
- La dégradation des sols et la perte de terres agricoles se poursuivent dans toutes les régions du Canada
- Une approche unique de la santé des sols ne fonctionne pas car les sols et les climats varient d’un bout à l’autre du pays
- Les agriculteur·trice·s et les éleveur·euse·s des Prairies sont à l'avant-garde des techniques régénératrices novatrices
- Il faut davantage d'incitations pour les premiers adoptants et pour encourager les autres
- La plupart des provinces sont à la traîne en matière de recherche sur les sols
- Il n'existe pas d'organisme central chargé de coordonner la recherche et les données sur les sols à l'échelle nationale
https://sencanada.ca/fr/info-page/parl-44-1/agfo-terrain-critique/
France - Sénat - Surveillance et résilience des sols - Résolution européenne - Proposition de directive du Parlement européen et du Conseil
5 juillet 2024
Surveillance et résilience des sols
Résolution européenne sur la proposition de directive du Parlement européen et du Conseil relative à la surveillance et à la résilience des sols (directive sur la surveillance des sols) – COM(2023) 416 final
https://www.senat.fr/leg/tas23-146.html
France - IGEDD - Inspection générale de l'environnement et du développement durable - GIS Sol - Evaluation - Rapport
26 juin 2024
Evaluation du groupement d’intérêt scientifique sur les sols (GIS Sol)
Le groupement d’intérêt scientifique sur les sols (GIS Sol) régi par une convention-cadre quinquennale a fait l’objet d’une évaluation scientifique et stratégique sur la période arrivant à échéance fin 2023. Deux évolutions majeures ont été initiées la prise en considération des sols urbains traduite par l’intégration du Bureau de Recherche Géologique et Minière (BRGM) ; l’élargissement thématique des données portant sur la qualité des sols relatives aux produits phytosanitaires et à la biodiversité.
Research and Studies
Permaculture - Agroecological systems - Carbon stocks - Soil quality - Biodiversity - Central Europe
4 July 2024
Permaculture enhances carbon stocks, soil quality and biodiversity in Central Europe - Julius Reiff, Hermann F. Jungkunst, Ken M. Mauser, Sophie Kampel, Sophie Regending, Verena Rösch, Johann G. Zaller & Martin H. Entling
Permaculture is proposed as a tool to design and manage agroecological systems in response to the pressing environmental challenges of soil degradation, climate change and biodiversity loss. However, scientific evidence on the effects of permaculture is still scarce. In this comprehensive study on a wide range of soil and biodiversity indicators, we examined nine farms utilizing permaculture and paired control fields with locally predominant agriculture in Central Europe. We found 27% higher soil carbon stocks on permaculture sites than on control fields, while soil bulk density was 20% lower and earthworm abundance was 201% higher. Moreover, concentrations of various soil macro- and micronutrients were higher on permaculture sites indicating better conditions for crop production. Species richness of vascular plants, earthworms and birds was 457%, 77% and 197% higher on permaculture sites, respectively. Our results suggest permaculture as effective tool for the redesign of farming systems towards environmental sustainability.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01405-8
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June 28 to July 5, 2024
Initiative internationale « 4 pour 1000 » - Citation - Projet - Fondation FARM
Agriculture - Changement climatique - Méditerranée - Projet AACC-Med - Fondation FARM - CIHEAM-IAMM - Crédit Agricole
Mai 2024
Projet AACC-Med : Adaptation des agricultures au changement climatique en Méditerranée
Lancé début 2024, ce projet baptisé AACC-Med d’une durée de 3 ans (2024 – 2026) est coordonné par la Fondation FARM. Il implique également le CIHEAM-IAMM, l’Initiative internationale 4 pour 1000, les Caisses Régionales du Crédit Agricole du pourtour méditerranéen et le Crédit Agricole Italia. D’autres structures, en particulier des rives Sud et Est de la Méditerranée, seront invitées à rejoindre le projet dans les prochains mois.
https://fondation-farm.org/projet/aaccmed/
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Soil - Deterioration - Global Alert - UNESCO
2 July 2024
UNESCO Alerts on Soil Degradation
UNESCO highlights the urgent need for global soil protection, addressing soil degradation and its impact on ecosystems and human life.
https://thxnews.com/2024/07/01/unesco-alerts-on-soil-degradation/
Agriculture - Sicilian farmers - Livestock - Drought - Sicily
1st July 2024
‘We can’t let the animals die’: drought leaves Sicilian farmers facing uncertain future
Rainfall is down 40% since 2003 and experts predict a third of Sicily will be desert by 2030
Agriculture - Farming - Food - UK Fruit & veg production
1st July 2024
UK fruit & veg production declines yet again, Defra data finds
Agriculture - Carbon sink - Regenerative Agriculture - Barriers to Adoption - Leaders - Investors - Businesses
1st July 2024
Regenerative Agriculture: Barriers To Adoption And How Leaders Can Help
When we think about combating climate change, images of wind turbines, solar panels and electric vehicles often come to mind. However, another potential solution has been beneath our feet all along: agriculture. While agriculture has traditionally been viewed as a source of carbon dioxide emissions, it has the potential to be a carbon sink.
Agriculture - Agroforestry - Chocolate - Deforestation
26 June 2024
As chocolate prices skyrocket from decades of deforestation, adopting agroforestry is key (commentary)
* It’s been reported that climate change is the reason for record high chocolate prices, but what’s received less attention is the root cause of the problem.
* Chocolate costs more now due to decades of deforestation by the cocoa industry in West Africa, where much of the world’s supply is grown, earning it the moniker of “cannibal commodity.”
* “The good news is that chocolate companies and producer governments still can address the problem. To contain the impacts of past deforestation and promote predictability in production, they must transform all existing monoculture cocoa to shade-grown or agroforestry cocoa,” a new op-ed argues.
* This post is a commentary. The views expressed are those of the author, not necessarily of Mongabay.
Agriculture - Rice - Production - Land restrictions - Vietnam
1st July 2024
Vietnam’s rice land restrictions: Time for a rethink?
There is a case for relaxing Vietnam’s long-standing restrictions on the use of land meant for rice cultivation.
https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/vietnams-rice-land-restrictions-time-for-a-rethink/
Agriculture - Livestock - Cattle - Beef emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions - Seaweed-based feed - Morrisons
28 June 2024
Morrisons to cut beef emissions by switching cows to seaweed-based feed
Retailer to fast track efforts to tackle greenhouse gas emissions from cattle by switching to feed provided by Earthshot Prize-nominated Sea Forest
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4328552/morrisons-cut-beef-emissions-switching-cows-seaweed-feed
Agriculture - UK dairy farms - Climate resistance - Extreme weather - Investment - Report
27 June 2024
UK dairy farms ‘need £4bn investment’ in climate resistance
A new report by Kite Consulting warned large infrastructure investments would be required to meet the challenge of extreme weather and new environmental regulations
Sols - Dégradation - Alerte mondiale - UNESCO
2 juillet 2024
L'UNESCO lance une alerte mondiale sur la dégradation rapide des sols
https://french.news.cn/20240702/d4dcb2efda42489cb2fab5c6a028f751/c.html
Sols - Dégradation - MOS - Matière organique - Fertilisation - Alimentation du sol
2 juillet 2024
La dégradation des sols est-elle inévitable ?
https://news.dayfr.com/trends/4015989.html
Sols - Glaciers - Artique - Champignons - Carbone - Stockage - Sciences
2 juillet 2024
La fonte des glaciers arctiques révèle des champignons qui stockent le carbone !
Que se passera-t-il lorsque les glaciers de l’Arctique auront fondu sous l’effet du réchauffement climatique anthropique ? C’est ce que des biogéochimistes ont tenté de déterminer en étudiant les sols mis à nu par le phénomène. Ils y ont trouvé des champignons qui stockent du carbone.
Sols - Gestion durable - Conférence - Agadir - Experts - Pistes de réflexion
1er juillet 2024
Agadir: Des experts proposent des pistes de réflexion pour une gestion durable des sols
Sols - Santé des sols - Engrais - Hub - Afrique - Cedeao
28 juin 2024
La Cedeao lance le hub régional pour les engrais et la santé des sols pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et le Sahel
Sols - Santé des sols - Agriculteurs - Production agricole - ASBL 'Nos Oignons' - Belgique
28 juin 2024
Reconnecter la santé des humains et des sols
L'ASBL 'Nos Oignons' met en lien des agriculteurs et des personnes de tous horizons pour créer de la solidarité autour de la production agricole et favoriser le rétablissement du sol et des vivants par le travail de la terre.
Agriculture - Agroécologie - Sols - Santé des sols - APO - Thaïlande
27 juin 2024
Terre et semences : réflexions du 3ème camp d’agroécologie de l’APO en Thaïlande
Du 1er au 2 juin 2024, l’École d’Agroécologie Bamrung Kayotha, dirigée par le syndicat paysan l’Assemblée des Pauvres (APO, pour l’acronyme en anglais), a organisé un camp pour les communautés paysannes autonomes de Kok Edoi dans l’est du pays. Le camp était axé sur la propagation végétative et l’amélioration du sol, tout en abordant les thèmes plus larges de la souveraineté des semences, des terres et de l’alimentation.
Sols - Richesse - Vie - Richesse - Terres - Climat - Livre - INRAE
3 juillet 2024
La vie cachée des sols
Une invitation à découvrir toute la richesse des sols, la vie qu’ils abritent, et l’impérative nécessité de leur sauvegarde dans le contexte des changements du climat et de l’usage des terres.
https://www.inrae.fr/actualites/vie-cachee-sols
Crise alimentaire - Sécurité alimentaire - Soudan - Afrique - FAO - Nations Unies
28 juin 2024
Alerte Fao : Le Soudan confronté à une catastrophe alimentaire sans précédent, selon des chefs des agences des Nations Unies
Agriculture - FIDA - Bureau régional - Communautés rurales - Abidjan - Afrique
28 juin 2024
Inauguration du bureau régional du FIDA à Abidjan
Ce jeudi à Abidjan en Côte d’ivoire, le Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA) a inauguré son Bureau régional pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre.
https://www.agridigitale.net/article/inauguration-du-bureau-regional-du-fida-a-abidjan
Policies and Governments
Canada - Minister MacAulay - Organic Agriculture - Organic Products - Support
27 June 2024
Minister MacAulay announces over $2M in support for Canadian organic industry
Denmark - World’s first carbon tax - Dairy farmers - Cow
27 June 2024
World’s first carbon tax on livestock will cost farmers $100 per cow
Dairy farmers in Denmark face having to pay an annual tax of 672 krone ($96) per cow for the planet-heating emissions they generate.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/26/business/denmark-cows-carbon-tax/index.html
UK - Farmers - Election
2 July 2024
Farmers light bonfires to send election message
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cydv7djq4qlo
SBTi - Science-based targets initiative - Dirigeant - Démission - Compensation carbone
4 juillet 2024
Le dirigeant de SBTi démissionne sur fond de controverse sur la compensation carbone
Luiz Amaral, directeur général de la Science-based targets initiative, a annoncé qu’il quittait son poste fin juillet. L’organisation internationale, qui valide les objectifs climatiques des entreprises, a annoncé intégrer la compensation carbone dans sa méthodologie ce qui a entraîné une levée de boucliers auprès des experts, des scientifiques, et même des entreprises.
Canada - Ministre MacAulay - Agriculture biologique - Produits biologiques - Soutien
27 juin 2024
Le ministre MacAulay annonce un soutien de plus de 2 millions de dollars pour l’industrie canadienne des produits biologiques
Research and Studies
Soil carbon - Soil organic carbon - Soil carbon sequestration - MAOC - POC - Soil carbon crediting
14 June 2024
Soil carbon tonne-year accounting: Crediting the additional time-integrated amount of carbon captured in soil - Budiman Minasny and Alex.B. McBratney
Soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration has become a critical component of climate change mitigation strategies, offering a natural and economically viable means to mitigate atmospheric CO2 levels. Current practices in SOC sequestration auditing face limitations due to the requirement for carbon permanence, which can discourage landholders from participating due to long-term commitments and uncertainties. We propose the concept of the Soil Carbon Tonne-Year as a new unit of measurement for assessing SOC sequestration, focusing on the time-integrated amount of carbon stored in the soil. Soil carbon tonne-year measures SOC stock across different operational soil carbon pools (such as Mineral Associated Organic Carbon and Particulate Organic Carbon), each with its own mean residence time. This approach, based on physical rather than economic or climatic metrics, aims to offer a more accurate, flexible, and realistic method of accounting for SOC. Our examples suggest that the Soil Carbon Tonne-Year approach could significantly enhance management flexibility, potentially increasing land value and leading to sustainable gains over the long term.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667006224000273?via%3Dihub
