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August 30 to September 6, 2024

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.

https://atmos.earth/the-value-of-a-do-nothing-mindset/?utm_source=Atmos&utm_campaign=e2ec6dcce0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_08_29_08_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-e2ec6dcce0-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=e2ec6dcce0&mc_eid=7f743fdbb9


Agriculture - Food security - Climate - Floods - Farmland - Nigeria

31 August 2024

Nigeria floods kill scores and wash away farmland, raising food security fears

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/24554097.nigeria-floods-kill-scores-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

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/kimchi-no-more-climate-change-puts-south-koreas-beloved-cabbage-dish-risk-2024-09-03/


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

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-30/worst-drought-in-40-years-puts-brazil-s-major-crops-at-risk?srnd=green


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.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2024/08/29/japan-s-rice-shortage-the-result-of-global-warming-and-overtourism_6723528_114.html


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

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/23/long-shadow-life-under-the-veiled-grasp-of-factory-farming-in-europe?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email


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

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/chocolate-cocoa-global-shortage-b2605476.html


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.

https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/in-bali-water-temple-priests-guide-a-sustainable-rice-production-system/


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]

https://www.environmental-finance.com/content/analysis/building-a-resilient-agricultural-portfolio-five-issues-investors-cant-miss.html


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.

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/global-timber-supply-threatened-as-climate-change-pushes-cropland-northwards?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email


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.

https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2024/08/29/la-penurie-de-riz-au-japon-consequence-du-rechauffement-climatique-et-du-surtourisme_6298333_3244.html


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.

https://www.webdisclosure.com/article/totalenergies-annonce-un-investissement-majeur-dans-la-foresterie-durable-aux-etats-unis-Idw84m9Xf2K

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.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/09/04/france-greece-and-spain-pledge-investment-in-water-saving-tech-to-shield-farmers-from-drou


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.

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/government-polling-policy-exchange-ukraine-covid-b2605932.html


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

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/03/englands-nature-friendly-farming-budget-to-be-cut-by-100m


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

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/04/europe-farming-lobbies-recognise-need-eat-less-meat-report


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.

https://www.pleinchamp.com/actualite/les-aides-aux-agriculteurs-devraient-etre-beaucoup-plus-ciblees-selon-un-rapport-europeen


COPs - Biodiversité - Climat

2 septembre 2024

Les grands rendez-vous de la rentrée : trois COPs sinon rien

https://www.novethic.fr/environnement/biodiversite/les-grands-rendez-vous-de-la-rentree-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


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