September 20 to 27, 2024
Initiative internationale « 4 pour 1000 » - Sols - Magazine La Terre
September 2024
Dossier spécial : La préservation des sols, enjeu vital pour l’humanité - Nouveau numéro de la Terre
- Et si les sols étaient le terrain de la réconciliation entre écologistes et agriculteurs par Léa Lugassy
• Le sol, cet inconnu qu’on piétine… par Marc-André SELOSSE professeur au Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
• Des sols sains, pour lutter contre le changement climatique et la faim dans le monde par Paul LUU, agronome, Secrétaire Exécutif de l’Initiative internationale « 4 pour 1000 »
• La puissance cachée du microbiote du sol par Celine Basset (Ferme Blue Soil et Laboratoire Sante du Sol)
• Proche-Orient : comment les guerres détruisent les terres
• Au Maghreb, des pratiques ancestrales pour stopper la dégradation des sols
Disponible chez les marchands de journaux et en commande en ligne :
https://www.laterre.fr/produit/la-terre-le-magazine-du-vivant-16-automne-2024/
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Healthy Soil - Healthy Food - Stronger Economies - Farmers - Agricultural policymakers - Soil biodiversity - Sustainable Agriculture - Better farminig practices - Key ingredients
12 September 2024
Healthy Soil Grows Healthy Food—and Stronger Economies
Greater biodiversity is the key to healthier soil. And healthier soil is the key to a range of environmental and economic benefits. Here’s how to achieve them.
* Soil biodiversity plays a critical role not just in the production of food but in maintaining clean fresh water, recharging groundwater reserves, and collecting and storing carbon.
* Soil needs sufficient water, healthy living organisms and plant residue, and the right temperature—all benefits associated with regenerative agriculture.
* Increasing the health of the soil in Germany, for example, would lead to upwards of €14 billion in economic benefits annually.
* All stakeholders must pay far more attention to the benefits of soil biodiversity and push for more research, supportive policies, and incentives.
https://www.bcg.com/publications/2024/healthy-soil-grows-healthy-food-and-stronger-economies
Agriculture - Agroforestry - Farmers - Soils - Nutrient-rich foods - Resilience - Climate change - Corn Belt - USA - Yale School of the Environment
10 September 2024
How Agroforestry Could Help Revitalize America’s Corn Belt
By practicing agroforestry — growing trees alongside crops and livestock, for example — farmers can improve soils, produce nutrient-rich foods, and build resilience to climate change. Now, a movement is emerging to bring this approach to the depleted lands of the Corn Belt.
https://e360.yale.edu/features/trees-agriculture-farming
Agriculture - Food - Food companies - Dairy industry's - CO2 emissions - Livestock - Ajinomoto - Danone
19 September 2024
Food companies Ajinomoto and Danone launch partnership to cut dairy industry's CO2 emissions
Agriculture - Regenerative agriculture - Regenerative practices - Greenhouse gas emissions - Livestock - General Mills - Ahold Delhaize
19 September 2024
General Mills and Ahold Delhaize team up to scale regenerative agriculture across shared suppliers
Large multinational food firms General Mills and Ahold Delhaize USA have confirmed a new collaborative plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions from shared suppliers, by scaling the adoption of regenerative growing practices.
Agriculture - Food - Plant-rich food systems - Climate impact - Study
23 September 2024
Study: Plant-rich food systems could yield five-times the climate impact than green energy projects
Shifting to a plant-rich food system represents 'spectacular pay-off' as climate benefits per dollar far outstrip those on offer from renewables and EV projects, a new study claims
Agriculture - Short corn - Climate change - Midwest - USA
23 September 2024
‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate
Taking a country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/midwest-ap-iowa-wyoming-america-b2617506.html
Agriculture - Farmers - Nature - Environmental subsidy schemes - Bureaucracy - UK
22 September 2024
‘I want to encourage nature — but farmers are really struggling’
As Defra is criticised for a £358m underspend, John Atkinson, a Lake District farmer, has been grappling with the bureaucracy required by environmental subsidy schemes
Agriculture - Farming - Climate targets - Greenhouse gas emissions - EU chief climate scientist
24 September 2024
Farming must pay for its emissions, says EU chief climate scientist
The EU’s chief climate scientist has warned that the bloc will miss its climate targets if it does not force the agricultural sector to pay for its greenhouse gas emissions.
https://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyID=32656
Impact investment - Agriculture - Regenerative agriculture - Sustainable forestry - Climate Asset Management
20 September 2024
Climate Asset Management announced that it had raised more than US$1 billion to invest in natural capital projects including regenerative agriculture and sustainable forestry.
Ver de terre - Sols - Agriculture - Ecosystèmes
22 septembre 2024
À quoi servent les vers de terre ?
Souvent considérés comme repoussants, voire nuisibles, les vers de terre sont pourtant essentiels à l’équilibre des sols et des écosystèmes. ID revient pour vous sur le rôle majeur de ce petit animal méconnu.
https://www.msn.com/fr-fr/sante/other/%C3%A0-quoi-servent-les-vers-de-terre/ar-AA1qYAMG
Agriculture - Agriculteurs - Carbone - Rémunération - Soil Capital - Royal Canin
21 septembre 2024
Dominique, Thierry et Teddy, trois agriculteurs qui « cultivent » le carbone
Portrait Les terres agricoles pourraient séquestrer 13 % des émissions de carbone françaises, si la vie organique s’y développait pleinement. Ce qui suppose de faire évoluer les pratiques culturales.
Agriculture - Transition Écologique - Projets Bas-Carbone - Sylviculture - Changement climatique
20 septembre 2024
Faciliter la Transition Écologique avec des Projets Bas-Carbone
Réduire, éviter et compenser les émissions de carbone deviennent des actions incontournables pour répondre aux enjeux du réchauffement climatique. Dans ce contexte, l’agriculture et la sylviculture occupent une position stratégique, en développant des initiatives bas-carbone qui contribuent à une transformation durable des pratiques. Ces secteurs peuvent non seulement réduire leur propre empreinte carbone, mais aussi offrir des solutions concrètes pour capter et stocker le carbone, jouant ainsi un rôle clé dans la lutte contre le changement climatique.
Agriculture - Alimentation - Pesticides - Café - Thé - Epices - Légumineuses - Union Européenne - Investigation
22 septembre 2024
Des pesticides interdits au sein de l'Union européenne retrouvés dans des produits importés et achetés en France
Selon l'émission d'investigation "Vert de rage", le café, le thé, les épices, les légumineuses ou encore les prunes et les fruits de la passion sont particulièrement concernés.
Mode régénérative - Agriculture - Marques
22 septembre 2024
La top liste des marques de mode régénérative
La mode dite régénérative est un dérivé de l’agriculture régénérative dont sont issues les fibres textiles employées pour sa fabrication. Les cultures reposent sur différents principes qui visent en toute étape à enrichir et restaurer les sols dans leur biodiversité micro-organique, leur capacité à séquestrer du carbone ou à retenir l’eau. Le produit quant à lui doit avoir un cycle de vie également régénératif : ne pas devenir un déchet mais une ressource en bout de course. Si quelques grands noms comme Patagonia ou Kering s’intéressent à cette nouvelle approche du vêtement, les initiatives des grandes marques sont infimes en parallèle de la production conventionnelle de vêtements qui galope. Les marques de mode dont l’entièreté de l’offre est régénérative sont encore principalement artisanales et indépendantes. On en trouve notamment en Californie, au Royaume-Uni et quelques-unes en France qui, bien souvent, ne revendiquent parfois pas cette appellation.
Policies and Governments
EU APPOINTMENT - Teresa Ribera - Spain’s ecological transition minister - Second-in-command - Climate policiy - EU commissioner - Ursula von der Leyen -
17 September 2024
Spain’s Teresa Ribera gets top job in charge of competition, climate in new Commission
Ursula von der Leyen appoints the socialist politician as her No. 2.
BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has chosen Spanish Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera as her second-in-command, tasking her with overseeing a vast portfolio including climate and competition policy.
EU - European Court of Auditors - Organic market
23 September 2024
EU must step up support for organic market, EU auditors say
The European Union will miss its target of 25% organic farmland by 2030 because of weak support for the sector, the European Court of Auditors said in a report published on Organic Farming Day on Monday (23 September).
Switzerland - Vote - Swiss Confederation - Agriculture - Biodiversity
September 2024
Swiss to vote on pension reform and biodiversity in September
Swiss citizens will vote on a reform of occupational pension schemes and a biodiversity initiative on September 22, the Federal Council announced on Wednesday.
UN’s Summit of the Future - Pact for the Future - Agriculture (Action 3) - New York
13 September 2024
New York: The UN’s Summit of the Future takes place there on 22-23 September. The Summit will start with world leaders adopting a negotiated ‘Pact for the Future’.
Commission européenne - Déforestation - Loi européenne - Agriculture - Alimentation - Entreprises
26 septembre 2024
La loi européenne contre la déforestation importée pourrait bien finir dans le buisson
La pression est de plus en plus forte pour que la Commission européenne reporte l’entrée en application du règlement sur la déforestation importée, prévue au 31 décembre. Le texte entend mettre fin à l’importation de produits issus de la déforestation sur le continent tels que le cacao, le café, le soja, l’huile de palme, le bois, la viande bovine mais aussi le caoutchouc. Un grand nombre d’entreprises y sont déjà préparées.
Suisse - Vote - Confédération suisse - Agriculture - Biodiversité - Initiative «Oui à la biodiversité»
19 septembre 2024
«Une biodiversité en bon état est utile à l’agriculture»
L’initiative «Oui à la biodiversité», soumise aux urnes ce dimanche, représente-t-elle une menace pour le monde agricole? Explications de l’association genevoise Noé21, spécialiste des questions énergétiques et climatiques, qui plaide en faveur de l’initiative.
https://lecourrier.ch/2024/09/19/une-biodiversite-en-bon-etat-est-utile-a-lagriculture/
Research and Studies
Climate change - Food systems - Food productions - Human health - Environmental impacts - Livestock - Crops - Greenhouse gas emissions - Land-use changes - Agriculture - Global South
November 2024
Nexus among climate change, food systems, and human health: An interdisciplinary research framework in the Global South - Sávio Marcelino Gomes and all.
This article unravels the intricate connections between climate change, food systems, and human health, offering a comprehensive exploration within a concise framework focused on the Global South. The contemporary crisis stemming from the mass production model, emphasising climate change and public health repercussions, is a focal point. We highlight food production as an important driver of climate change, significantly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. Livestock and staple crops exert varied environmental impacts. We scrutinise the implications of land-use changes, emphasising the imperative to curtail agricultural expansion into forested areas. Central to our analysis is the role of governance systems. We advocate for a multi-level, polycentric governance approach integrating health considerations with ecology and socio-economic drivers. By exploring the nuances of gender, age, and ethnicity, we underscore the need for a climate transition guided by climate justice principles. Finally, we discuss methodological challenges in researching the complex nexus of food systems, climate change, and health. We navigate the limitations of disciplinary boundaries and traditional analytical methods, urging an interdisciplinary approach for a comprehensive understanding. Our work aims to contribute to a holistic perspective, informing policy-making and action to build a resilient and sustainable future, especially in the Global South.
Climate change mitigation - Agricultural soil - Organic C inputs - Isotopic labelling - Microbial soil carbon - Long-term field experiment (LTE)
April 2024
Liming effects on microbial carbon use efficiency and its potential consequences for soil organic carbon stocks - Julia Schroeder, Claudia Dǎmǎtîrcǎ, Tobias Bölscher, Claire Chenu, Lars Elsgaard, Christoph C. Tebbe, Laura Skadell, Christopher Poeplau
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038071724000312
Society
Independent Climate 100 List 2024 - Environmentalists
22 September 2024
The Independent Climate 100 List 2024
Our inaugural list of the world’s foremost environmentalists is not in order of importance, nor does it compare or rank one climate changemaker against another. It is published to coincide with Climate Week NYC, where The Independent will also be holding its own Climate 100 event
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/climate-100/climate-100-list-2024-nyc-b2613432.html
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September 13 to 20, 2024
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Agriculture - Farmers - Crops - Forests - Climate - Sierra Leone Environment Matters
18 September 2024
Sierra Leone group helps farmers adapt to changing climate, protect forest
* In response to damage caused by deforestation and illegal mining, the Sierra Leone Environment Matters (SLEM) organization is helping Kenema district residents to plant trees and switch to growing more climate-resilient crops.
* The landscape around Kambui Hills, a commercial timber reserve, is vital to local communities for agriculture, tourism, cultural significance as well as water conservation and climate regulation; the area is also home to numerous endangered species.
* Local farmers are facing changing climatic patterns and declining harvests of their primary crop, rice; SLEM has promoted alternative, more climate-resistant options, such as sweet potato, cassava and yams as well as fruit trees like mango and papaya.
Agriculture - Viticulture - Climate change - Wine - Wasabi - Crops - Producers - UK
17 September 2024
Wine and wasabi - the new front line for climate change
Producers of wasabi and wine have described the challenges of growing their crops in increasingly wet and unpredictable weather.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c04pp3703edo
Agriculture - Ecological restoration - Landscape - Livelihoods - Ecosystems - John D. Liu
12 September 2024
Why I quit the film industry to work on ecological restoration (commentary)
* John Liu set up a CBS News bureau in China during the 1980s, where he was witness to rising pollution levels caused by rapid industrialization across the country.
* The rapid diminishment of China’s landscape at the time struck him deeply and he decided that restoration was key to reclaiming lands and livelihoods for people, both there and globally, and so he left journalism to promote it worldwide.
* “We should recognize what true wealth is. This isn’t just an environmental imperative; it’s a moral one. We must ensure our planet remains vibrant and life-supporting for generations to come,” he argues in this op-ed for Mongabay.
* This post is a commentary. The views expressed are those of the author, not necessarily Mongabay.
Agriculture - Agroécologie - Sols - Microbiome - Médecine - Santé
18 septembre 2024
Quand la médecine prône l'agroécologie
Le microbiome des sols influe directement sur la composition de notre propre organisme : nous sommes vraiment ce que nous mangeons. Il en est d'autant plus urgent de restaurer les sols, prévient Gaspard Koenig.
https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/editos-analyses/quand-la-medecine-prone-lagroecologie-2119607
Agriculture - Elevage bovin - Décapitalisation - Sols - Climat
17 septembre 2024
Décapitalisation de l’élevage bovin : bonne ou mauvaise nouvelle pour le climat ?
https://www.carbone4.com/article-decapitalisation-elevage-bovin
Agriculture - Elevage - Sols - Paysages
17 septembre 2024
Commentaire. L’élevage, un capital précieux et fragile
Il permet de capter du carbone dans les sols mais fait aussi l’objet de nombreuses controverses. L’élevage façonne les paysages de l’Ouest. Il contribue à leur prospérité. Comme chaque année, toutes ces questions seront au cœur des débats lors du Space, un salon professionnel qui rassemble plusieurs dizaines de milliers de visiteurs venus du monde entier.
Agriculture - Viticulture régénératrice - Pratiques régénératives - Sols - Biodiversité - Carbone - Domaine Mirabeau - France
19 septembre 2024
Une première en France : en Provence, un domaine certifié «viticulture régénérative»
Le domaine Mirabeau, dans le Var, s’est engagé à utiliser des pratiques d'agriculture régénérative pour favoriser l'activité microbienne, séquestrer le carbone et augmenter la biodiversité au-dessus et au-dessous du sol. Explications.
Agriculture régénératrice - Sols - Systèmes alimentaires - Action climatique - Agriculture numérique - IA - Empreinte carbone
15 septembre 2024
Agriculture régénératrice : Rendre les systèmes alimentaires plus résilients
Il y a plusieurs défis aujourd’hui qui devraient être relevés pour s’assurer que l’IA facilite effectivement l’action climatique. Les étapes à cet égard comprennent la réduction de l’empreinte carbone de l’IA ainsi que l’optimisation de l’infrastructure et du cadre de données, pour ne citer que ces deux défis.
https://elwatan-dz.com/agriculture-regeneratrice-rendre-les-systemes-alimentaires-plus-resilients
Agriculture - Sols - Sécurité alimentaire - Sols - Cartographie des sols - Organisation Néerlandaise pour le Développement (SNV) - Université de Wageningen (WUR) - IFDC - Niger
19 septembre 2024
Sécurité alimentaire : les Pays-Bas et l'IFDC engagent une révolution agricole au Niger avec la cartographie de la fertilité des sols
L'hôtel Radisson Blu de Niamey abrite du 18 au 19 septembre 2024 un atelier stratégique consacré à la cartographie de la fertilité des sols au Niger. Organisé par le programme « Soil Values », mis en œuvre par un consortium composé du Centre International de Développement des Engrais (IFDC), de l'Organisation Néerlandaise pour le Développement (SNV) et de l'Université de Wageningen (WUR), cet atelier de deux jours vise à créer une plateforme d'échange entre experts, partenaires et acteurs du développement pour aborder les défis liés à la gestion durable des sols au Niger. Face à la dégradation des terres et aux effets dévastateurs des changements climatiques, la cartographie de la fertilité des sols s'impose comme un levier essentiel pour garantir la sécurité alimentaire du pays et renforcer la résilience des petits producteurs, en particulier les femmes et les jeunes.
Sols - Forêts - Carbone - CO2 - Puits de carbone
16 septembre 2024
[Podcast] - Puits de carbone : la rupture de stock
En 2023, les forêts et les sols ont seulement absorbé un quart du CO2 qu’ils captaient en moyenne les années précédentes. Face à l’urgence climatique, les niveaux de puits terrestres doivent être accrus. Quelles sont les solutions possibles ?
Sols - Forêts - Carbone - CO2 - Stockage - Réchauffement climatique
13 septembre 2024
Quand le réchauffement climatique incite le sol à rejeter du CO2: un cercle vicieux est entamé
Les sols des forêts, en particulier dans les régions boréales, jouent un rôle central dans la régulation du dioxyde de carbone (CO2) atmosphérique. Ils stockent une quantité considérable de carbone, agissant ainsi comme un réservoir essentiel dans la lutte contre le réchauffement climatique.
Hérissons - Sols - Santé des sols - Agriculture - Biodiversité - Pesticides
12 septembre 2024
Les hérissons disparaissent : une catastrophe que tout le monde ignore
Policies and Governments
Canada - Ontario - Agriculture - Ontario Farms - Sustainability - Productivity - Soils
16 septembre 2024
[News release] - Governments Strengthening the Sustainability and Productivity of Ontario Farms
Colombia - Peasants’ Summit - La Via Campesina - Declaration - Agriculture - Biodiversity - COP16
12 September 2024
Colombia: Declaration from the Peasants’ Summit as preparations for Biodiversity COP16 gather pace
On 29 and 30 August, in the run-up to the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16), to be held in Cali later this year, a delegation from La Via Campesina was be present at the Peasant Summit in Fusagasugá, Cudinamarca, Colombia. We produce below the full text of the Declaration from the Summit.
England - Environment minister - Steve Reed - Agriculture - Farmer - Funding
13 September 2024
Environment minister declines to commit to farmer funding before Budget
Environment Secretary Steve Reed said he would ‘fight the corner’ for farmers.
Canada - Ontario - Agriculture - Exploitations agricoles - Durabilité - Productivité - Sols
16 septembre 2024
[Communiqué de presse] - Les gouvernements renforcent la durabilité et la productivité des exploitations agricoles ontariennes
Colombie - Sommet Paysan - La Via Campesina - Déclaration - Agriculture - Biodiversité - COP16
12 septembre 2024
Colombie : Déclaration du Sommet Paysan alors que les préparatifs de la COP16 sur la biodiversité s’accélèrent
Les 29 et 30 août, en prélude à la 16e Conférence des Parties de la Convention sur la diversité biologique (COP16), qui se tiendra à Cali plus tard cette année, une délégation de La Via Campesina a été présente au Sommet Paysan à Fusagasugá, Cudinamarca, Colombie. Nous reproduisons ci-dessous l’intégralité du texte de la Déclaration du Sommet.
France - Gers - Agriculteurs - PAC - Subventions - Coriandre - Agriculture - Colère
17 septembre 2024
"On n'est pas des voyous" : dans le Gers, la frénésie de la coriandre, dopée aux subventions, sème la zizanie chez les agriculteurs
Plusieurs centaines d'exploitants se sont lancés dans la culture de la coriandre bio en espérant pouvoir toucher une aide européenne de la Politique agricole commune, allant jusqu'à 18 000 euros. Mais face à l'afflux de demandes et sans débouché réel pour la filière, la préfecture a plafonné cette prime et relancé la colère du secteur agricole.
Research and Studies
Agriculture - Environmental impacts - Climate change - Greenhouse gas emissions - Soil - Water - Biodiversity
6 September 2024
Climate change exacerbates the environmental impacts of agriculture - Yang et al.
Modern agriculture has large global environmental impacts, from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to water and air pollution to biodiversity loss. It is widely expected that agriculture’s environmental impacts will escalate because a growing and richer global population will likely demand more agricultural products, including foods, feeds, fibers, and biofuels. Climate change, though less studied in this regard, is a second potential amplifier of agricultural environmental impacts. As climate change intensifies, it not only poses great risks to agricultural productivity, but its deviation from the relatively stable state under which modern agriculture evolved and has long operated also has profound implications for how agriculture interacts with the environment, and vice versa. In this Review, we present a synthesis of how climate change could amplify the environmental impacts of agriculture, from increases in GHG emissions, water use and scarcity, soil erosion, nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, pest outbreaks and pesticide use and pollution, and biodiversity loss. We discuss solutions to the challenges raised by how climate change could affect agricultural sustainability.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn3747?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
4 per 1000 initiative - Agriculture - Agricultural soil management - Carbon sequestration scenarios - Bavaria
June 2020
Feasibility of the 4 per 1000 initiative in Bavaria: A reality check of agricultural soil management and carbon sequestration scenarios - Martin Wiesmeier and all
- Estimation of the C sequestration potential in Bavaria according to the 4‰ initiative.
- Analysis of current (2012–2015) soil management for each agricultural field.
- Development of C sequestration scenarios for five promising management practices.
- Annual C sequestration potential of 0.3–0.4 Mt C, around 1‰ of SOC stocks.
- Cover crops and agroforestry as most effective management options.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016706119324450
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September 6 to 13, 2024
Initiative internationale « 4 pour 1000 » - Act For Global Impact - Innovations écosystémiques - Solutions durables - ODD
Act For Global Impact, le portail des innovations écosystémiques, "L'économie régénérative et circulaire ?" :
+ de 1000 solutions innovantes et durables passées au crible de notre grille d'analyse, corrélées aux 17 ODD et à leurs 169 sous-cibles planétaires
+ de 2500 acteurs engagés dans la transition écologique, prêts à lier des alliances multilatérales.
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Agriculture - Farmers - Carbon - Soil - Nutrition - Practices - Planet
6 September 2024
The farmers changing how they work to protect the planet
Carbon may be a dirty word, but in farming and food terms, it is currency.
It creates life in the soil which translates to nutrition.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9v84gz2lezo
Agriculture - Zai farming technique - Soil - Soil fertility - EcoNorCam project - North Cameroon
11 September 2024
How the Zai farming technique is transforming soil fertility in North Cameroon
* Cameroon has 12 million hectares (30 million acres) of degraded land including 26,029 hectares (about 64,000 acres) around two national parks Bénoué and Faro in the North region.
* Large human and livestock populations, over cultivation and overgrazing, the growing demand for fuelwood supplies and poor rangeland management are at the forefront of the environmental problem of human-made desertification in northern Cameroon.
* A project called EcoNorCam, which uses an agroecology method known as the Zai technique, aims to restore the soil around the Bénoué National Park.
* Farmers adopting the Zai method have seen a boom in their yield despite the hefty work involved.
Agriculture - Regenerative agriculture - Regenerative grazing - Practices - Climate change - Climate solution
10 September 2024
Regenerative agriculture is sold as a climate solution. Can it do all it says?
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/10/g-s1-17179/regenerative-agriculture-climate-change-soil-carbon
Agriculture - Farmers - Solution - Climate change
5 September 2024
Viewpoint: Climate change is real … and farmers are the solution
https://www.agdaily.com/insights/viewpoint-climate-change-is-real-and-farmers-are-the-solution/
Agriculture - Farmers - Carbon - Crops - Magic dust - Basalt - Practices - Nature - Conservation
12 September 2024
How farms are using 'magic dust' to capture carbon
Ryan Nelson sprinkles tonnes of "magic dust" across his farm near Culross, Fife.
The dust is crushed basalt – volcanic rock which can be found in abundance in quarries across the country.
The magic comes from its ability to both capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and help crops grow through a process known as enhanced rock weathering.
The dust is being given to farmers for free by a company which hopes to remove millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg3legn80xo
Agriculture - Regenerative agriculture - Farmers - Food system - Greenhouse gas emissions - Coffee - Cocoa - Palm oil - Soy
September 2024
Growing against the grain
The farmers trying to create a healthier food system
Food systems currently accounting for about 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, 70% of freshwater and 80% of deforestation and habitat loss in tropical areas. So it is no exaggeration to say that how farmers produce our food could make or break life as we know it on the planet. At the same time, farmers are suffering from extreme weather events like drought and flooding, and scientists warn that these climate impacts will only get worse unless we take steps to boost their resilience. In the latest issue of The Ethical Corporation magazine we look at what regenerative agriculture is in critical commodities such as coffee, cocoa, palm oil and soy. And we ask what will it take to bring about this needed revolution in our food system.
https://1.reutersevents.com/LP=37396#anchor-point
Agriculture - Ancient wheat - Crops - Food security - Climate change - Middle East’s - Research
6 September 2024
Can the Middle East’s ancient wheat save the world’s crops from climate change?
Legacy of century-old wheat collection is at heart of research creating future food security
Agriculture - British Farmers - Crops - Poor harvest - Climate change - Study
10 September 2024
Study: Farmers braced for 'historically poor harvest' following extreme wet winter weather
Agriculture - Regenerative agriculture - Farms - AI - Food security - Climate change - Tech
10 September 2024
Farms of the future: How can AI accelerate regenerative agriculture?
* Regenerative agriculture offers a way to ensure food security and help combat climate change.
* Developments in AI can help accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture.
* We outline how emerging technology can be harnessed and scaled in low and middle-income countries.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/09/farms-ai-accelerate-regenerative-agriculture/
Agriculture - Regenerative agriculture - Carbon certificates - Financing - Firm - Soil Capital
3 September 2024
Trill Impact Ventures leads Soil Capital’s EUR 15m Series B financing round
Belgian start-up facilitating farmers’ transition to regenerative agriculture and issuing carbon certificates to large food corporates.
https://www.trillimpact.com/insights/press-release/trill-impact-soil-capital
Agriculture - Huile Olive - Production - Maghreb - Tunisie - Maroc - Algérie
5 septembre 2024
L’huile d’olive au Maghreb en plein essor
L’huile d’olive, trésor culinaire méditerranéen, connaît une croissance fulgurante sur la scène mondiale. Sa production a bondi de plus de 60 % ces dernières années, propulsée par des géants comme l’Espagne, l’Italie et la Grèce. Cependant, les pays du Maghreb – Tunisie, Maroc et Algérie – s’imposent comme des acteurs incontournables de cette industrie florissante, contribuant non seulement à leurs économies locales mais aussi au marché international grâce à leurs exportations de qualité.
https://www.afrik.com/l-huile-d-olive-au-maghreb-en-plein-essor
Agriculture - Ferme - Régénération - Biodiversité - Environnement - Alimentation - Ferme de la Granja - France
3 septembre 2024
La ferme de la Granja
Il y a 3 ans, Martin d'Archimbaud a repris une ferme près de Toulouse avec un objectif : nourrir et protéger l’environnement. Sur son exploitation agricole, il produit des amandes tout en créant de l’emploi et régénérant la biodiversité. 60 hectares, 25 000 amandiers, bienvenue à "La Granja".
https://www.brut.media/fr/videos/environnement/ecologie/la-ferme-de-la-granja
Policies and Governments
EU - European Union - European agriculture - Strategic Dialogue on the future of EU Agriculture - Final Report - Executive summary
4 September 2024
On Sep 4 (Wednesday), a 110-page tome outlining the steps needed to make European agriculture fairer, greener, healthier, and more sustainable. It’s the culmination of a seven-month process known as the “Strategic Dialogue on the future of EU Agriculture”.
A 9-page executive summary:
Analysis by Thin Ink:
https://news.thin-ink.net/p/a-bold-and-fair-vision
The future of EU agriculture: 14 key recommendations unveiled by Jane Byrne:
The Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture’s report outlines the steps needed to ensure the sustainability and resilience of farming in the bloc.
EU - European Union - European farming - Future - European Commission - Final Report
4 September 2024
The plan to save European farming
Five things you need to know about a report on the future of farming presented to Commission chief von der Leyen.
https://www.politico.eu/article/plan-save-europe-farming/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
EU - European Union - EU Nature Restoration - Deforestation - Major policy
11 September 2024
EU Nature Restoration Law goes into effect, and 3 other major policy updates
China has reportedly rejected the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation.
EU - European Union - European Commission - Dutch Scheme for Livestock Producers - €700M
19 August 2024
EU Commission Greenlights €700M Dutch Scheme for Livestock Producers to Voluntarily Close Their Farms
The European Commission has approved a €700M sustainability scheme by the Dutch government to compensate farmers who voluntarily close livestock sites.
Australia - Government farming policies - Farmers - Agriculture - Livelihoods - Animal policies - Environment policies - Protestation
10 September 2024
Australian farmers protest animal, environment policies they say harm them
CANBERRA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Hundreds of farmers from across Australia held a protest on Tuesday against government farming policies they said were influenced by environmental and animal welfare activists and which were harming their livelihoods.
Ukraine - Agriculture - Food - Agrifoods exports - Supply chain - EU accession
5 September 2024
Ukraine eyes agrifoods exports boom ahead of EU accession.
Ukraine is ramping up agricultural exports this year and next, according to its deputy minister for agrarian policy & food – but the country is still facing multiple challenges with agrifoods production levels because of the Russian invasion.
Ghana - Cocoa - Traceability - EU deforestation law
5 September 2024
Ghana begins pilot program to trace cocoa as EU deforestation law looms, official says
LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Ghana is piloting a system that traces cocoa beans from farm to port as it gears up for a new EU law banning the import of commodities linked to deforestation, a government official said on Thursday.
Vietnam - High-quality rice project - Rice value chains - Investment
31 August 2024
Around $2.7 billion needed to carry out 1 million ha high-quality rice project
Vietnam projects $2.7 billion needed for low-emission rice project. Vietnam has estimated that $2.7 billion will be required to implement a World Bank-supported 1 million-hectare low-emission rice project. The World Bank has already agreed to cover $330 million for the initial phase of the project, which will focus on developing high-quality, low-emission rice value chains. [source Capital For Climate]
Europe - Commission européenne - Transition écologique - Projets
11 septembre 2024
Transition écologique : les cinq dossiers chauds de la nouvelle Commission européenne
Feuille de route agricole, objectif climatique à 2040, pacte des océans… Voici les principaux projets qui attendent la nouvelle Commission européenne en matière de transition écologique.
France - Gouvernement - Secrétariat général à la Planification écologique (SGPE) - Biomasse
Juillet 2024
Bouclage biomasse enjeux et orientations
https://www.info.gouv.fr/upload/media/content/0001/10/00d496ed6c39499c18e94e799f0803c87649b3f5.pdf
Research and Studies
Agriculture - Climate-resilient agriculture - Climate change - Food production - Research
9 September 2024
Sweeping global study charts a path forward for climate-resilient agriculture
Around the world, research on climate change and agriculture has revealed a complex two-way relationship. Global agriculture is a major driver of climate change, extinctions and pollution, and its influence on the environment is growing. At the same time, the flooding, droughts, and extreme temperatures resulting from climate change are beginning to threaten global food production.
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-global-path-climate-resilient-agriculture.html
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International “4 per 1000” Initiative - Earth Gratitude - 4p1000 STC
3 September 2024
[Video, from 1’21] - Food & Soil - Did you know that healthy soil sequesters more carbon than our rainforests do? As consumers we can support the worldwide regenerative agriculture movement with smarter food choices, which is healthier for us personally, as well. Learn all this and more in this episode.
https://launchmoxie.com/docuseries-page-9mjttj3/
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Agriculture - Farmers - Hedgerows - Nature - Experts
5 September 2024
Farmers urged to limit hedge cutting to aid nature
Experts are calling on farmers to cut hedgerows in a different way this autumn to help nature.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyvp07q1r6vo
Agriculture - Modern agricultural techniques - Natural farming - Japan
29 August 2024
The Value of a Do-Nothing Mindset
Technology and modern agricultural techniques are mowing, fertilizing, tilling, and pruning land all over the world. One family of farmers puts forward the case for doing nothing.
Agriculture - Food security - Climate - Floods - Farmland - Nigeria
31 August 2024
Nigeria floods kill scores and wash away farmland, raising food security fears
Agriculture - Cabbage - Climate change - South Korea
3 September 2024
Kimchi no more? Climate change puts South Korea's beloved cabbage dish at risk
Agriculture - Food security - Crops - Climate - Drought - Coffee - Sugar - Soybeans - Brazil
30 August 2024
Worst Drought in 40 Years Puts Brazil’s Major Crops at Risk
* World’s top shipper sees threat for coffee, sugar and soybeans
* Dry weather to persist over crop areas in coming weeks
Agriculture - Rice - Harvest - Shortage - Climate - Global warming - Japan
29 August 2024
Japan faces rice shortage from global warming and overtourism
In anticipation of a 2024 harvest deemed encouraging by the government, several retailers have limited purchases to one packet of rice per family. The powerful typhoon Shansha – which hit Kyushu on Wednesday – could further exacerbate the situation.
Agriculture - Intensive agriculture - Factory farming - Effects - Human health - Europe
23 August 2024
‘I am always tired’: life in the long shadow of factory farming in Europe
Photojournalist Selene Magnolia Gatti has been documenting the effects on human health and wellbeing of living alongside intensive agriculture
Agriculture - Food - Cocoa - Chocolate - Climate change - Laboratory - Scientists
2 September 2024
The scientists making cocoa in a laboratory to meet world’s demand for chocolate
Companies are aiming to grow cocoa in a bid to buffer chocolate’s key ingredient from climate change
Agriculture - Sustainable rice production system - Bali
26 August 2024
In Bali, water temple priests guide a sustainable rice production system
* Subak is an ancient rice irrigation system developed in line with the Balinese philosophy of Tri Hita Karana, which holds that human well-being is maintained by balance between people, nature and the gods.
* Water distribution is controlled by a series of water temples and priests who schedule planting, harvesting and fallow cycles in consultation with farming communities.
Agriculture - Regenerative agriculture - Resilient agricultural portfolio - Environmental Finance - Investors - Commentary
21 August 2024
Building a resilient agricultural portfolio: Five issues investors can't miss
The focus on agriculture is intensifying ahead of COP30, presenting opportunities for investors, writes Max Boucher.
Environmental Finance carries a commentary from Max Boucher of the FAIRR Initiative, who argues that in the lead-up to COP30, investors need to take full advantage of these opportunities to encourage a transition to a food system that works in harmony with climate and nature and stay attuned to proposals - such as the proposed JBS IPO – that could limit shareholder influence. "Of the risks and opportunities discussed here, governance may be the area where investors have the most impact through their influence, and an area that will affect how corporate ambitions translate to sustainable change, from deforestation to regenerative agriculture and just transition," he concludes. [source Nature4Climate]
Agriculture - Climate change - Cropland - Food - Timber - Study
29 August 2024
Global timber supply threatened as climate change pushes cropland northwards
Climate change will move and reduce the land suitable for growing food and timber, putting the production of these 2 vital resources into direct competition, a new study has found.
Sols - Sols agricoles - Sols viticoles - Sols français - Biodiversité - Bonnes pratiques - Cartographie des sols - INRAE
3 septembre 2024
Les sols français sont-ils « morts » ?
Régulièrement agitée dans le débat public, l’idée qu’il existerait en France des « sols morts », rendus « stériles » par l’urbanisation ou l’agriculture intensive, ne correspond à aucune réalité.
https://www.lepoint.fr/eureka/les-sols-francais-sont-ils-morts-03-09-2024-2569253_4706.php#11
Agriculture - Riz - Récolte - Pénurie - Climat - Réchauffement climatique - Japon
29 août 2024
La pénurie de riz au Japon, conséquence du réchauffement climatique et du surtourisme
Dans l’attente d’une récolte 2024 jugée encourageante par le gouvernement, plusieurs enseignes ont limité les achats à un paquet de riz par famille. Le puissant typhon Shanshan, qui a atteint Kyushu mercredi 28 août, pourrait aggraver la situation.
Agriculture - Elevage - Industrie bovine - Gaz à effet de serre - GES - Réduction - Etude
4 septembre 2024
Comment réduire de 30 % les émissions de l’industrie bovine
Depuis le milieu du vingtième siècle, l’activité humaine est un moteur clé du changement climatique avec l’agriculture en tête de liste des secteurs les plus polluants. Aux États-Unis, l’industrie du bétail est un contributeur majeur responsable de 3,3 % des émissions nationales de gaz à effet de serre. Malgré les engagements de réduction et les progrès réalisés au fil des décennies, la complexité de la chaîne d’approvisionnement en viande bovine rend la résolution de ce problème compliqué. Une étude récente propose des solutions concrètes pour réduire ces émissions jusqu’à 30 % en se concentrant sur des pratiques spécifiques adaptées aux différentes régions.
https://sciencepost.fr/comment-reduire-emissions-industrie-bovine/
Agriculture - Carbone - Prime - Sols - Transition - Agroécologie - Nataïs
4 septembre 2024
Prime carbone record pour Nataïs qui ambitionne d’augmenter ses surfaces
À l’occasion du salon Innovagri qui se déroule ces 4 et 5 septembre à Ondes (31), le leader européen du pop-corn présentera son nouveau contrat 2025.
https://presselib.com/article/natais-prime-carbone-record-augmentation-surfaces-innovagri
Carbone - Captation - Sols - Nature - Imagerie satellite - IA - Climat - NetCarbon - Basile Goussard
3 septembre 2024
[Vidéo 6’29] - Basile Goussard, fondateur de NetCarbon, était l'invité de Laure Closier dans French Tech, ce mardi 3 septembre. Il s'est penché sur un grand projet de captation de carbone, notamment avec Netcarbon qui tire de l'imagerie satellite et de l'IA pour regarder les images du sol, dans Good Morning Business.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjapEAz3MMo
Agriculture - Carbone - Elevage - Idele
4 septembre 2024
Quels leviers pour effacer l’empreinte carbone d’un élevage ?
https://www.entraid.com/articles/levier-reduction-empreinte-carbone-elevage
Foresterie durable - Sols - Biodiversité - Projet - Investissement - TotalEnergies - États-Unis
30 août 2024
TotalEnergies annonce un investissement majeur dans la foresterie durable aux États-Unis
TotalEnergies a investi 100 millions de dollars dans des opérations forestières durables aux États-Unis. En partenariat avec Anew Climate et Aurora Sustainable Lands, le projet vise à améliorer le stockage du carbone et à promouvoir des pratiques de gestion durable sur 300 000 hectares dans dix États. L'initiative vise à protéger les forêts de l'exploitation forestière intensive, à améliorer la qualité de l'eau et des sols et à préserver la biodiversité.
Policies and Governments
Europe - European Commission - CAP - Strategic Dialogue - Final Report - Farmers
4 September 2024
Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture delivers its final report to President von der Leyen
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen received today the final report of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture, handed over by the group's chair, Professor Peter Strohschneider. Entitled “A shared prospect for farming and food in Europe”, the report presents an assessment of challenges and opportunities, followed by a set of recommendations. These suggestions will guide the work of the European Commission when shaping its Vision for Agriculture and Food, to be delivered in the first 100 days of President von der Leyen's second mandate.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_4528
Europe Union - France - Greece - Spain - Agriculture - Farmers - Drought - Water - Crops
4 September 2024
France, Greece and Spain pledge investment in water-saving tech to shield farmers from drought
Solar power, smart irrigation and weather-resistant crops are among the proposals to protect farmers and food security.
European Union officials pledged on Tuesday to develop more water-saving technologies in agriculture as droughts worsen.
England - Government - Food security strategy - Ecosystem
3 September 2024
Government urged to put food security at heart of plans for growth
Ministers are urged to ensure a food security strategy encompasses the entire ecosystem – including manufacturing, logistics and retail.
England - Budget - Nature-friendly farming - Farmland
3 September 2024
England’s nature-friendly farming budget to be cut by £100m
Exclusive: Cut would mean at least 239,000 fewer hectares of nature-friendly farmland, according to RSPB
Europe’s farming lobbies - Agriculture - Food - Meat - Report
4 September 2024
Europe’s farming lobbies recognise need to eat less meat in shared vision report
Dialogue with green groups results in agreement on ‘urgent, ambitious and feasible’ reforms in agriculture
Europe - Commission européenne - PAC - Rapport - Agriculteurs
4 septembre 2024
Le dialogue stratégique sur l'avenir de l'agriculture de l'UE remet son rapport final à la présidente von der Leyen
La présidente de la Commission européenne, Ursula von der Leyen, a reçu aujourd'hui le rapport final du dialogue stratégique sur l'avenir de l'agriculture de l'UE, remis par le président du groupe, le professeur Peter Strohschneider. Intitulé «Une perspective commune pour l'agriculture et l'alimentation en Europe», ce rapport présente une évaluation des défis et des possibilités, suivie d'une série de recommandations. Ces suggestions guideront les travaux de la Commission européenne lors de l'élaboration de sa vision pour l'agriculture et l'alimentation, dont la présentation est prévue au cours des 100 premiers jours du second mandat de la présidente von der Leyen.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/fr/ip_24_4528
Europe - Commission européenne - PAC - Rapport - Agriculteurs - Aide
4 septembre 2024
Les aides aux agriculteurs devraient être "beaucoup plus ciblées", selon un rapport européen
Un rapport commandé par la Commission européenne appelle à recentrer la future politique agricole commune "vers les agriculteurs "qui en ont le plus besoin" et plaide pour la création d'un fonds spécifique dédié à la transition écologique du secteur.
COPs - Biodiversité - Climat
2 septembre 2024
Les grands rendez-vous de la rentrée : trois COPs sinon rien
France - Ministère Agriculture et Souveraineté Alimentaire - Enseignement - Lycées agricoles - Agroécologie - Sols - Climat
2 septembre 2024
Un enseignement moteur pour les transitions agroécologique et climatique
https://agriculture.gouv.fr/un-enseignement-moteur-pour-les-transitions-agroecologique-et-climatique
Research and Studies
Sustainable agricultural systems - Greenhouse gas emissions - Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) - Research - Study - University of São Paulo (USP)
28 August 2024
Sustainable agricultural systems reduce greenhouse gas emissions, researchers confirm
A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) has investigated the extent to which climate-smart agriculture (CSA), an integrated approach involving methods and practices designed to make farming more sustainable and economically, socially and environmentally resilient, affects Brazil's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-sustainable-agricultural-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html
Soil recovery - Microbiome - Organic residues - Circular economy - SOM molecular composition - Climate change
June 2024
Long-term restoration with organic amendments is clearer evidenced by soil organic matter composition than by changes in microbial taxonomy and functionality - José A. Siles and all
* A degraded soil amended for 17 years with sludge and compost was investigated.
* Restoration enriched soil with SOM of intermediate recalcitrance.
* Plant cover and microbial abundances and activities were higher in amended plots.
* Microbial taxonomy and functionality barely changed with treatments.
* Differences in SOM and microbiomes between amendment types were not detected.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929139324001148?via%3Dihub
