March 28 to April 4, 2025

"4 per 1000" Initiative - FAO -

January 2025

Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism

Development of a 4x1000 interface to access ABC-Map, NEXT and AURORA

https://www.fao.org/in-action/forest-landscape-restoration-mechanism/activities/projects/masa/en

Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Citation - Gaspard Koenig - Genesis - INRAE

1er avril 2025

Sauver les sols, une priorité absolue        

Pour Gaspard Koenig, ce n'est pas la planète, ce gros caillou perdu dans l'univers, qu'il faut sauver. Ce sont les quelques dizaines de centimètres d'humus qui l'enserrent, « fruit de millions d'années d'une évolution complexe ».

https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/editos-analyses/sauver-les-sols-une-priorite-absolue-2157289

Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon

Agriculture - Agroecology - Food Systems - People - Planet - FAO

31 March 2025

Nourishing Food Systems for People and the Planet through Agroecology

https://www.fao.org/agroecology/database/detail/fr/c/1735548/


Agriculture - Colombia’s coffee farmers - Researchers - Cenicafé - Sustanabilty - Economy

1st April 2025

Colombia’s coffee farmers try to balance innovation and tradition to adapt to climate change

* Researchers and coffee farmers in Colombia are trying to find strategies to adapt to unpredictable weather, rising temperatures and erratic rainfall, which are disrupting Colombia’s coffee industry by fueling pests and diseases like the coffee berry borer and coffee leaf rust.

* Cenicafé, the national coffee research center, is continuously developing new hybrid coffee varieties that are resistant to diseases and climate change for farmers, but pests are evolving, requiring more research and genetic diversification.

* Some farmers are restoring the much slower traditional shade-grown coffee practices through reforestation and agroforestry, which help them access premium high-end coffee markets while tackling and adapting to climate change.

* With the limited options presented, some researchers say coffee growers must at times choose between high-yield hybrids or eco-friendly organic farming, weighing sustainability against economic survival.

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/colombias-coffee-farmers-try-to-balance-innovation-and-tradition-to-adapt-to-climate-change/


Agriculture - Farmers - Landscapes - Scientists - Biodiversity - Irland

1st April 2025

When farmers and scientists collaborate, biodiversity and agriculture can thrive – here’s how

https://theconversation.com/when-farmers-and-scientists-collaborate-biodiversity-and-agriculture-can-thrive-heres-how-250333


Agriculture - Smallholder agriculture - Renewables - Agricultural value chains - The World Resources Institute (WRI)

31 March 2025

Smallholder agriculture blossoming with the use of renewables in Africa

* With agriculture employing more than 60% of Africa’s workforce, experts emphasize boosting energy access as a critical input to enhancing productivity and food security.

* The World Resources Institute (WRI) has collaborated with local partners and policymakers to support the integration of clean energy in the smallholder agriculture sector.

* The Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE) aims to support efforts to integrate renewable energy into agricultural value chains.

* Innovative irrigation systems with solar panels are now becoming important job creators in Africa, yet the capital investment for ordinary farmers to acquire the technology is still high.

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/smallholder-agriculture-blossoming-with-the-use-of-renewables-in-africa/


Agriculture - Africa - Net-Zero Agriculture - Climate-smart agricultural practices

31 March 2025

Africa has an opportunity to deliver on Net-Zero Agriculture

Youthful population and gender-responsive approach can help drive change

https://farmersreviewafrica.com/africa-has-an-opportunity-to-deliver-on-net-zero-agriculture/


Agriculture - Soil - Water - Chlordecone pesticide - Pollution - Martinique - France

30 March 2025

Martinique's water woes drive anger at French rule

* Tap and bottled water more expensive than in French mainland

* Chlordecone pesticide polluted soil and water, a significant health concern

* Protests over high prices and poor services lead to concessions from Paris

* Activists demand more action on economic transparency and anti-competitive practices

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/martiniques-water-woes-drive-anger-french-rule-2025-03-30/


Agriculture - U.S. Agriculture - Farmers - Rangers - Farms - Federal aid - Climate change - Extreme weather -

28 March 2025

Extreme weather wiped out billions in crops last year — but most federal aid may end up going to the wrong farms.

https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/the-20-billion-question-hanging-over-americas-struggling-farmers/


Soil - Global soil moisture - Water cycle - Climate change - Study

27 March 2025

Global soil moisture in ‘permanent’ decline due to climate change

A new study warns that global declines in soil moisture in the 21st century could mark a “permanent” shift in the world’s water cycle.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/global-soil-moisture-in-permanent-decline-due-to-climate-change/?utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2025-03-29&utm_campaign=DeBriefed+South+Korea+s+record-breaking+wildfires+Arctic+sea+ice+hits+record-low+peak+Butterfly+biodiversity+imperilled


Agriculture - Soil - Water cycle - Climate change

27 March 2025

Earth’s storage of water in soil, lakes and rivers is dwindling. And it’s especially bad for farming

New research finds that global warming has significantly reduced the amount of water that’s being stored around the world in soil, lakes, rivers, snow and other places on land

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/earth-seo-science-agriculture-university-of-melbourne-b2722902.html


Agriculture - Foods - Food supply - US supermarket - Climate change

27 March 2025

Eight foods in danger of disappearing from US supermarket shelves as fears grow of devastating blight

Fluxuations in the wine market and the sudden spike in olive oil prices are just two recent examples of the food chain being slammed by climate change related weather

https://www.themirror.com/lifestyle/food-drink/eight-foods-danger-disappearing-supermarket-1055661#google_vignette


World’s fungi - Agriculture - Deforestation - IUCN red list

28 March 2025

World’s fungi at risk from agriculture, deforestation and urban sprawl – experts

The latest update to IUCN red list has 1,300 species of fungi assessed with at least 411 at risk of extinction.

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/iucn-world-earth-yemen-b2722763.html


Sols - Carbone - Puits terrestres de carbone - Forêts - Etude - INRAE

2 avril 2025

Les forêts ne sont pas les principaux puits terrestres de carbone

Les forêts ne sont pas les principaux puits terrestres de carbone. Les sols, les sédiments des lacs, étangs et les tourbières en stockent beaucoup plus et sont même de plus en plus efficaces, révèle une étude internationale.

https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nature-environnement/climat/les-forets-ne-sont-pas-les-principaux-puits-terrestres-de-carbone_184920


Agriculture - Producteurs de cacao - Sols - Crédits carbone - Economie circulaire - Dak Lak - Vietnam

1er avril 2025

À Dak Lak, les producteurs de cacao s’orientent vers un modèle d’économie circulaire

Les agriculteurs d’EaKar, qui est le plus grand district de culture de cacaotiers de la province de Dak Lak, dans les Hauts Plateaux du Centre, pilotent la production de biochar à partir de cabosses de cacao en vue de vendre des crédits carbone.

https://fr.vietnamplus.vn/a-dak-lak-les-producteurs-de-cacao-sorientent-vers-un-modele-deconomie-circulaire-post241872.vnp


Agriculture - Sols - Santé des sols - Terres agricoles - Nam Tan - Vietnam

31 mars 2025

Restaurer la « santé » des terres agricoles à Nam Tan (Nam Sach)

La commune de Nam Tan (Nam Sach, Hai Duong) dispose d'un bon moyen de restaurer et d'équilibrer les nutriments dans les sols agricoles, créant ainsi des récoltes abondantes.

https://www.vietnam.vn/fr/phuc-hoi-suc-khoe-dat-nong-nghiep-o-nam-tan-nam-sach


Sols - Sols organiques - Santé des sols - Biocharbon - Université de Laval - Québec

31 mars 2025

Régénérer les sols organiques où poussent nos légumes grâce au biocharbon

Une équipe de l'Université Laval, en partenariat avec l'entreprise Airex Énergie, teste l'efficacité de ce matériau riche en carbone pour freiner la dégradation des sols cultivés

https://nouvelles.ulaval.ca/2025/03/31/regenerer-les-sols-organiques-ou-poussent-nos-legumes-grace-au-biocharbon-29275c96-1e5e-44f8-a803-57d302058cd0


Agriculture - Sols - Santé des sols - Terres agricoles françaises

31 mars 2025

«Il y a urgence à travailler sur la santé des sols»: l’état alarmant des terres agricoles françaises

https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/il-y-a-urgence-a-travailler-sur-la-sante-des-sols-l-etat-alarmant-des-terres-agricoles-francaises-20250331


Agriculture - Terres agricoles - Dégradation - France - Genesis

27 mars 2025

52 % des terres agricoles en France sont en dégradation, un constat alarmant

Les sols français sont-ils en bon état ? Une nouvelle étude révèle des chiffres inquiétants.

https://www.presse-citron.net/france-terre-agricole-etat-sante-science/


Agriculture - Sécurité alimentaire - Dr Siméon Ehui - Institut international d’Agriculture tropicale (IITA)

28 mars 2025

Agriculture: Dr Siméon Ehui «Nous avons le potentiel d’assurer la sécurité alimentaire pour tous»

https://connectionivoirienne.net/2025/03/28/agriculture-dr-simeon-ehui-nous-avons-le-potentiel-dassurer-la-securite-alimentaire-pour-tous/


Agriculture - Soil Capital - Agriculteurs - Rémunération - Services environnementaux - Aides financières

2 avril 2025

Soil Capital, l’entreprise qui mise sur l’agriculture

Dans un monde où les aides aux entreprises indépendantes deviennent essentielles pour accompagner la transition écologique et environnementale, Soil Capital s’impose comme un acteur clé de l’agriculture régénératrice en Europe et particulièrement en Belgique. Soil Capital est une entreprise belge dont la société sœur est Soil Capital Farming. Ces deux-ci changent radicalement la manière de produire durablement et écologiquement tout en rémunérant les agriculteurs pour les services environnementaux qu’ils fournissent. Jetons un coup d’œil sur un modèle innovant qui lie la performance économique, l’impact environnemental ainsi que la gestion indépendante.

https://mes-aides-financieres.be/aides-entreprises-independants/soil-capital


Agriculture - Agroecología - Ciencia - Técnica - Turismo - Santiago de Cuba

1 Abril 2025

Monte de Sión, donde la agroecología y el turismo tejen un futuro sostenible

En el corazón de San Luis, municipio de la provincia Santiago de Cuba, se alza Monte de Sión, una finca que trasciende el concepto tradicional de cultivo para convertirse en un modelo de diversificación, resiliencia y sostenibilidad. Bajo la gestión del reconocido productor Roberto Montero Fuentes, este espacio combina con maestría los principios de la agroecología con los avances de la ciencia y la técnica, atrayendo no solo a quienes buscan alimentos de calidad, sino también a visitantes deseosos de conectar con la naturaleza.

https://www.excelenciascuba.com/turismo/monte-de-sion-donde-la-agroecologia-y-el-turismo-tejen-un-futuro-sostenible


Agriculture - Agroecología - Biofábrica - Producción sostenible - Medellín

1 Abril 2025

Medellín inaugura su primera biofábrica comunitaria para fortalecer la producción sostenible

El nuevo espacio en el barrio Aranjuez, impulsará la generación de abonos orgánicos y biopreparados para la regeneración de suelos.

https://caracol.com.co/2025/04/01/medellin-inaugura-su-primera-biofabrica-comunitaria-para-fortalecer-la-produccion-sostenible/


Agriculture - Agroecología - Proyecto - Mujeres - El Salvador

30 marzo 2025

Agroecología en El Salvador: El éxito de un proyecto liderado por mujeres

https://efe.com/economia/2025-03-30/el-salvador-mujeres-agroecologia/

Policies and Governments

Australia - Australia-Africa Partnership - Funding - Smallholder farmers - Resilient farming - Food Security

27 March 2025

Australia pledges $76m to support climate-resilient agriculture in Africa

In a significant boost for Africa’s agricultural sector, Australia has pledged $76 million over six years to support climate-resilient farming across the continent.

Speaking at the climate symposium at Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU), Australian High Commissioner to Ghana, Berenice Owen-Jones, announced the Australia-Africa Partnership for Climate Responsive Agriculture (AAPCRA), which will focus on smallholder farmers and food security.

https://3news.com/news/australia-pledges-76m-to-support-climate-resilient-agriculture-in-africa/