Janet Dwyer's presentation made at the LEAF Marque summit - March 2018. Detailing research conducted by the CCRI on the impact of the LEAF Marque in delivering more sustainable farming
The guidelines are intended to assist in the effective development of new programmatic and policy efforts to build incentives to value and encourage the provision of ecosystem services on farmland and rangeland. These guidelines are preliminary, serving as a first attempt to align a wide range of interests behind a common set of approaches, and we anticipate their evolution as the field develops. As always, CRAE guidelines assume an open and transparent process of implementation.
This document discusses a layered approach to managing solid waste using source separation and organics diversion. Layer 1 involves source separating organics through programs like the Green Bag Organix collection program which allows residents to collect food scraps in compostable bags and co-collect with trash. Layer 2 involves processing source separated organics and recyclables at a materials recovery facility. Layer 3 uses an anaerobic digestion system to process organics into renewable energy. Layer 4 involves highest value use of processed engineered feedstock.
This document summarizes an EPA Region 1 presentation on sustainable materials management and food waste reduction programs. It promotes EPA's Food Recovery Challenge program and provides resources for conducting waste audits, setting reduction goals, and tracking performance over time using the ReTRAC system. The presentation also outlines key considerations for large-scale food scrap recycling like quality of life, land needs, environmental impacts, economics, and regulations. Contact information is provided for further questions.
Sustainability for Ag 101 Nottawasaga 21 jan 2014Nick Betts
Presentation was given to a room of farmers in Ontario, outlining the background to sustainability, how sustainability will affect you on-farm and how the industry is moving forward.
Assn. of Int'l Research & Development Centers for Agriculture (AIRCA)Crops for the Future
AIRCA (Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture) is a nine-member alliance focused on increasing global food security by supporting smallholder agriculture within healthy, sustainable and climate-smart landscapes.
The combined expertise of AIRCA centers cover a large spectrum of the research for development continuum including agrobiodiversity, agroforestry, integrated pest management, drought-tolerance crops, natural resource management and the conservation and use of underutilized species.
For more information, please visit the official website of AIRCA at http://www.airca.org/
The nine-member alliance comprises of:
AVRDC – Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center
CABI – Centre for Agriculture and Bio-Sciences International
CATIE – Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center
CFF – Crops for the Future
ICBA – International Center for Biosaline Agriculture
ICIMOD – International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
ICIPE – International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
IFDC – International Fertilizer Development Center
INBAR – International Network for Bamboo and Rattan
This document outlines a proposed sustainability market program to improve water quality by connecting corporate funding to farmers who adopt conservation practices. The program would work as follows: Buyers commit funds and acres; producers enroll eligible land and meet conservation standards; field stewards ensure connections between buyers and producers; and an administrator oversees recruitment, contracts, audits. The goals are to reward good actors, provide a sustainability tool for corporations, and strengthen local conservation programs. Next steps include expanding the certification to include greenhouse gases and testing multi-year contracts.
This document discusses mainstreaming biodiversity into IFAD investments. It notes that IFAD aims to pursue multiple-benefit approaches that enhance biodiversity, agricultural productivity, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. Specific challenges for IFAD beneficiaries in marginal environments with low incomes and market connections include historically relying on low-input agriculture. The document explores means for biodiversity-related investments, such as IFAD grants to NGOs for research, but notes challenges with scaling pathways. Biodiversity impacts discussed include projects supporting forest and natural resource management that provide insights around tenure, time, and building social capital.
This document summarizes a presentation on landscape approaches in agroforestry systems that reduce climate, water and community risks. It reviewed over 100 initiatives and selected three in-depth case studies, including Olam's partnership with Rainforest Alliance on a cocoa agroforestry project in Ghana. Businesses face increasing sustainability risks from climate change, resource competition, and poverty. Landscape approaches address these risks at larger scales. Case studies were analyzed to understand the business rationales, engagement modes, and value propositions of these collaborative initiatives.
The guidelines are intended to assist in the effective development of new programmatic and policy efforts to build incentives to value and encourage the provision of ecosystem services on farmland and rangeland. These guidelines are preliminary, serving as a first attempt to align a wide range of interests behind a common set of approaches, and we anticipate their evolution as the field develops. As always, CRAE guidelines assume an open and transparent process of implementation.
This document discusses a layered approach to managing solid waste using source separation and organics diversion. Layer 1 involves source separating organics through programs like the Green Bag Organix collection program which allows residents to collect food scraps in compostable bags and co-collect with trash. Layer 2 involves processing source separated organics and recyclables at a materials recovery facility. Layer 3 uses an anaerobic digestion system to process organics into renewable energy. Layer 4 involves highest value use of processed engineered feedstock.
This document summarizes an EPA Region 1 presentation on sustainable materials management and food waste reduction programs. It promotes EPA's Food Recovery Challenge program and provides resources for conducting waste audits, setting reduction goals, and tracking performance over time using the ReTRAC system. The presentation also outlines key considerations for large-scale food scrap recycling like quality of life, land needs, environmental impacts, economics, and regulations. Contact information is provided for further questions.
Sustainability for Ag 101 Nottawasaga 21 jan 2014Nick Betts
Presentation was given to a room of farmers in Ontario, outlining the background to sustainability, how sustainability will affect you on-farm and how the industry is moving forward.
Assn. of Int'l Research & Development Centers for Agriculture (AIRCA)Crops for the Future
AIRCA (Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture) is a nine-member alliance focused on increasing global food security by supporting smallholder agriculture within healthy, sustainable and climate-smart landscapes.
The combined expertise of AIRCA centers cover a large spectrum of the research for development continuum including agrobiodiversity, agroforestry, integrated pest management, drought-tolerance crops, natural resource management and the conservation and use of underutilized species.
For more information, please visit the official website of AIRCA at http://www.airca.org/
The nine-member alliance comprises of:
AVRDC – Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center
CABI – Centre for Agriculture and Bio-Sciences International
CATIE – Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center
CFF – Crops for the Future
ICBA – International Center for Biosaline Agriculture
ICIMOD – International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
ICIPE – International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
IFDC – International Fertilizer Development Center
INBAR – International Network for Bamboo and Rattan
This document outlines a proposed sustainability market program to improve water quality by connecting corporate funding to farmers who adopt conservation practices. The program would work as follows: Buyers commit funds and acres; producers enroll eligible land and meet conservation standards; field stewards ensure connections between buyers and producers; and an administrator oversees recruitment, contracts, audits. The goals are to reward good actors, provide a sustainability tool for corporations, and strengthen local conservation programs. Next steps include expanding the certification to include greenhouse gases and testing multi-year contracts.
This document discusses mainstreaming biodiversity into IFAD investments. It notes that IFAD aims to pursue multiple-benefit approaches that enhance biodiversity, agricultural productivity, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. Specific challenges for IFAD beneficiaries in marginal environments with low incomes and market connections include historically relying on low-input agriculture. The document explores means for biodiversity-related investments, such as IFAD grants to NGOs for research, but notes challenges with scaling pathways. Biodiversity impacts discussed include projects supporting forest and natural resource management that provide insights around tenure, time, and building social capital.
This document summarizes a presentation on landscape approaches in agroforestry systems that reduce climate, water and community risks. It reviewed over 100 initiatives and selected three in-depth case studies, including Olam's partnership with Rainforest Alliance on a cocoa agroforestry project in Ghana. Businesses face increasing sustainability risks from climate change, resource competition, and poverty. Landscape approaches address these risks at larger scales. Case studies were analyzed to understand the business rationales, engagement modes, and value propositions of these collaborative initiatives.
James Stevenson and Paul Viek
Policy Seminar
Managing natural resources for sustainable production systems: A research agenda at the crossroads
Co-organized by CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC); IFPRI; and CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets
Feb 28, 2018 - 12:15 pm to 01:45 pm EST
This document summarizes the key points from a presentation on assessing the impact of natural resource management (NRM) research. It discusses CGIAR's NRM research agenda, past impact assessments of NRM innovations, gaps in the evidence base, and insights on ways to strengthen impact assessment going forward. The presentation calls for rethinking the focus on technology adoption and instead documenting how NRM research changes discourses and understanding. It emphasizes the need for new impact assessment methods that can evaluate outcomes at farm and landscape scales and account for non-linear impacts over time.
This document discusses the CGIAR reform and the CRP 1.3 program. It summarizes that the reform restructured the CGIAR from 15 independent centers to 1 consortium focused on 15 mega programs. It also discusses the goals and approaches of CRP 1.3, which focuses on improving aquatic agricultural systems for poor communities in Bangladesh through increasing productivity, diversification, resilience, gender equity, and partnerships.
Sara J. Scherr
Policy Seminar
Managing natural resources for sustainable production systems: A research agenda at the crossroads
Co-organized by CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC); IFPRI; and CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets
Feb 28, 2018 - 12:15 pm to 01:45 pm EST
The document summarizes research from a survey of maple syrup producers on how the industry contributes to adaptive capacity in rural areas and how it may be impacted by climate change. The survey found that producers believe weather variability is increasing and are open to new technologies and tree management to adapt. More research is still needed to understand impacts and develop robust, holistic governance policies that support sustainable adaptation strategies tailored to different regions.
The Pacific Northwest is anticipating massive growth in the years ahead, most of which is likely to occur in areas of environmental sensitivity.
Environmental markets (also referred to as ecosystem service markets) represent a way for our growing communities to offset or mitigate for the unavoidable impacts of growth and development at the lowest reasonable cost. At the same time, they can provide supplemental income for our farmers and ranchers, improving their economic viability, and providing the funding necessary for them to protect their land and remain in agriculture.
Forest Certification: Biological Benefits or Just Landowner Costs?D. Stuart Hale, CF
Presentation outlining the benefits and costs of forest certification and sustainable forest management. First presented at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville on October 6, 2010.
Motivations for Water Stewardship Strategy at GreenBiz16 02-24-2015Heather Rippman
Join Heather Rippman from the CEO Water Mandate to explore the unique motivations behind corporate water stewardship strategies at Ford Motor Company, Gap, Inc., Olam International, and Ecolab. Understand how diverse water-related risks necessitate different approaches to water stewardship in direct operations and supply chains across multiple industries, and how Sustainable Development Goal #6 for Water and Sanitation can provide a unifying framework to track and report progress.
This document provides information on various projects and activities related to climate-smart agriculture. It discusses the development of climate-smart agricultural practices for smallholder farmers in South Asia under Flagship Project 1.1. It describes the framework for targeting adoption of these practices and mechanisms for verifying their impacts. It also discusses recommendations, incentives and institutions for scaling up climate-smart practices under Flagship Project 1.2. The document outlines research sites and approaches, and provides examples of research results on topics like crop yields, water use, and costs under different scenarios. It discusses linkages between these activities and other projects and initiatives, as well as opportunities for convergence. It also notes efforts to mainstream gender and describes high-level policymaker visits
The Challenge Program on Water and Food aims to improve water management for food production through research partnerships. In the Volta Basin, several research projects contribute to the integrated management of rainwater and small reservoirs to improve livelihoods and reduce poverty. If successful, the projects will develop tools to identify appropriate sites for agricultural interventions, improve rainwater management strategies to benefit crops and livestock, strengthen management of small reservoirs for multiple uses, and enhance governance and coordination across the basin.
This document discusses key aspects of sustainability and behavior change for businesses including environmental impacts, business challenges and drivers, and defining sustainability. It outlines areas for businesses to change behaviors around management, engagement, impacts and more. It also discusses sustainability strategies like reducing pollution, integrating stakeholder views, and creating a roadmap to meet needs.
The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) conducts research on sustainable forest management, agroforestry, and tree genetic resources. It has over 100 partners worldwide and works across six research themes. Key achievements include over 1,300 publications, significant outcomes, strong monitoring and evaluation, gender mainstreaming, capacity building activities, and securing over $45 million in funding. FTA aims to refine its approach based on evaluations and adapt its research themes and focus over subsequent phases to 2025 to maximize impacts.
This document provides an introduction and overview of a project focused on conserving tropical fruit tree diversity through sustainable livelihood approaches. The project aims to conserve tropical fruit tree genetic resources on farms and in situ through building capacity of local communities and institutions. The goal is to improve livelihoods and food security by strengthening the ability of farmers, groups, and communities to sustainably manage and benefit from tropical fruit tree species. Key outcomes include conserving diversity on farms through improved knowledge and practices, stakeholders benefiting from management methodologies, and empowering communities and institutions through enhanced capacity and partnerships. The impact will be global conservation of tropical fruit tree diversity and knowledge as well as domestic benefits like increased production, income, food supply and land area devoted
Biodiversity Mainstreaming Experiences of Mexico ExternalEvents
The document summarizes a multi-stakeholder dialogue on mainstreaming biodiversity across agricultural sectors held by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It discusses Mexico's efforts to promote biodiversity-friendly agricultural practices through collaboration between environmental and agricultural ministries, incentives for sustainable production, and spatial planning tools. Examples highlight partnerships supporting crocodile farming and conserving maize diversity. The workshop aims to review progress on mainstreaming biodiversity and identify opportunities to strengthen implementation of biodiversity action plans across key sectors.
Biodiversity Mainstreaming through Incentives and Investments: The Case for A...ExternalEvents
This document discusses mainstreaming agricultural biodiversity through incentives and investments. It argues that conservation strategies for wild and agricultural biodiversity are largely pursued separately despite their interdependencies. Only 30% of national biodiversity strategic action plans include details on agrobiodiversity conservation and use. The document highlights examples from Brazil of using school feeding programs and market incentives to promote consumption of nutrient-rich native species. It also discusses the benefits of maintaining forest borders around coffee fields to reduce crop pests by attracting predators like the yellow warbler. The document advocates for payment programs that reward farmers for conserving crop wild relatives and genetic resources and outlines threats to forest foods in Burkina Faso mapped through a multi-threat model. In the end,
An evaluation of sustainable forestry initiatives of APPYe Han
This document evaluates the sustainable forestry initiatives of Asia Pulp and Paper (APP). It discusses APP's sustainable forest management journey including establishing conservation policies and commitments. It also analyzes APP's performance based on 7 criteria: 1) enabling conditions, 2) forest extent and condition, 3) environmental impact, 4) forest production, 5) biological diversity, 6) management planning, and 7) social engagement. While APP has made progress in some areas like establishing conservation areas and certification programs, the document finds issues with APP's protection of biodiversity and management of high conservation areas, and a lack of research on environmental impacts.
Integrated Farm Management - Anthony Goggin (Leaf)Farming Futures
- LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) was established in 1991 to promote Integrated Farm Management (IFM), a system of farming that is environmentally responsible, economically viable and socially supportive.
- IFM aims to meet economic and social needs while minimizing environmental impacts through best practices like crop rotations, efficient soil and pest management.
- A study found that LEAF membership provides significant economic benefits through lower input costs, environmental benefits like improved wildlife, and social benefits like increased community engagement.
The new CGIAR: Food security, global change and international agricultural r...ILRI
The document discusses the new CGIAR strategy and structure for international agricultural research and development. Key points:
1) The new strategy focuses research on reducing rural poverty, improving food security, nutrition/health, and natural resource management through CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs).
2) CRPs are implemented by research centers and partners to achieve impacts aligned with the strategy. They focus on integration, appropriate partnerships, and impact measurement.
3) Examples include CRP 1.1 on dryland agriculture and CRP 3.7 to increase availability of meat, milk and fish for the poor through value chain approaches.
James Stevenson and Paul Viek
Policy Seminar
Managing natural resources for sustainable production systems: A research agenda at the crossroads
Co-organized by CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC); IFPRI; and CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets
Feb 28, 2018 - 12:15 pm to 01:45 pm EST
This document summarizes the key points from a presentation on assessing the impact of natural resource management (NRM) research. It discusses CGIAR's NRM research agenda, past impact assessments of NRM innovations, gaps in the evidence base, and insights on ways to strengthen impact assessment going forward. The presentation calls for rethinking the focus on technology adoption and instead documenting how NRM research changes discourses and understanding. It emphasizes the need for new impact assessment methods that can evaluate outcomes at farm and landscape scales and account for non-linear impacts over time.
This document discusses the CGIAR reform and the CRP 1.3 program. It summarizes that the reform restructured the CGIAR from 15 independent centers to 1 consortium focused on 15 mega programs. It also discusses the goals and approaches of CRP 1.3, which focuses on improving aquatic agricultural systems for poor communities in Bangladesh through increasing productivity, diversification, resilience, gender equity, and partnerships.
Sara J. Scherr
Policy Seminar
Managing natural resources for sustainable production systems: A research agenda at the crossroads
Co-organized by CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC); IFPRI; and CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets
Feb 28, 2018 - 12:15 pm to 01:45 pm EST
The document summarizes research from a survey of maple syrup producers on how the industry contributes to adaptive capacity in rural areas and how it may be impacted by climate change. The survey found that producers believe weather variability is increasing and are open to new technologies and tree management to adapt. More research is still needed to understand impacts and develop robust, holistic governance policies that support sustainable adaptation strategies tailored to different regions.
The Pacific Northwest is anticipating massive growth in the years ahead, most of which is likely to occur in areas of environmental sensitivity.
Environmental markets (also referred to as ecosystem service markets) represent a way for our growing communities to offset or mitigate for the unavoidable impacts of growth and development at the lowest reasonable cost. At the same time, they can provide supplemental income for our farmers and ranchers, improving their economic viability, and providing the funding necessary for them to protect their land and remain in agriculture.
Forest Certification: Biological Benefits or Just Landowner Costs?D. Stuart Hale, CF
Presentation outlining the benefits and costs of forest certification and sustainable forest management. First presented at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville on October 6, 2010.
Motivations for Water Stewardship Strategy at GreenBiz16 02-24-2015Heather Rippman
Join Heather Rippman from the CEO Water Mandate to explore the unique motivations behind corporate water stewardship strategies at Ford Motor Company, Gap, Inc., Olam International, and Ecolab. Understand how diverse water-related risks necessitate different approaches to water stewardship in direct operations and supply chains across multiple industries, and how Sustainable Development Goal #6 for Water and Sanitation can provide a unifying framework to track and report progress.
This document provides information on various projects and activities related to climate-smart agriculture. It discusses the development of climate-smart agricultural practices for smallholder farmers in South Asia under Flagship Project 1.1. It describes the framework for targeting adoption of these practices and mechanisms for verifying their impacts. It also discusses recommendations, incentives and institutions for scaling up climate-smart practices under Flagship Project 1.2. The document outlines research sites and approaches, and provides examples of research results on topics like crop yields, water use, and costs under different scenarios. It discusses linkages between these activities and other projects and initiatives, as well as opportunities for convergence. It also notes efforts to mainstream gender and describes high-level policymaker visits
The Challenge Program on Water and Food aims to improve water management for food production through research partnerships. In the Volta Basin, several research projects contribute to the integrated management of rainwater and small reservoirs to improve livelihoods and reduce poverty. If successful, the projects will develop tools to identify appropriate sites for agricultural interventions, improve rainwater management strategies to benefit crops and livestock, strengthen management of small reservoirs for multiple uses, and enhance governance and coordination across the basin.
This document discusses key aspects of sustainability and behavior change for businesses including environmental impacts, business challenges and drivers, and defining sustainability. It outlines areas for businesses to change behaviors around management, engagement, impacts and more. It also discusses sustainability strategies like reducing pollution, integrating stakeholder views, and creating a roadmap to meet needs.
The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) conducts research on sustainable forest management, agroforestry, and tree genetic resources. It has over 100 partners worldwide and works across six research themes. Key achievements include over 1,300 publications, significant outcomes, strong monitoring and evaluation, gender mainstreaming, capacity building activities, and securing over $45 million in funding. FTA aims to refine its approach based on evaluations and adapt its research themes and focus over subsequent phases to 2025 to maximize impacts.
This document provides an introduction and overview of a project focused on conserving tropical fruit tree diversity through sustainable livelihood approaches. The project aims to conserve tropical fruit tree genetic resources on farms and in situ through building capacity of local communities and institutions. The goal is to improve livelihoods and food security by strengthening the ability of farmers, groups, and communities to sustainably manage and benefit from tropical fruit tree species. Key outcomes include conserving diversity on farms through improved knowledge and practices, stakeholders benefiting from management methodologies, and empowering communities and institutions through enhanced capacity and partnerships. The impact will be global conservation of tropical fruit tree diversity and knowledge as well as domestic benefits like increased production, income, food supply and land area devoted
Biodiversity Mainstreaming Experiences of Mexico ExternalEvents
The document summarizes a multi-stakeholder dialogue on mainstreaming biodiversity across agricultural sectors held by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It discusses Mexico's efforts to promote biodiversity-friendly agricultural practices through collaboration between environmental and agricultural ministries, incentives for sustainable production, and spatial planning tools. Examples highlight partnerships supporting crocodile farming and conserving maize diversity. The workshop aims to review progress on mainstreaming biodiversity and identify opportunities to strengthen implementation of biodiversity action plans across key sectors.
Biodiversity Mainstreaming through Incentives and Investments: The Case for A...ExternalEvents
This document discusses mainstreaming agricultural biodiversity through incentives and investments. It argues that conservation strategies for wild and agricultural biodiversity are largely pursued separately despite their interdependencies. Only 30% of national biodiversity strategic action plans include details on agrobiodiversity conservation and use. The document highlights examples from Brazil of using school feeding programs and market incentives to promote consumption of nutrient-rich native species. It also discusses the benefits of maintaining forest borders around coffee fields to reduce crop pests by attracting predators like the yellow warbler. The document advocates for payment programs that reward farmers for conserving crop wild relatives and genetic resources and outlines threats to forest foods in Burkina Faso mapped through a multi-threat model. In the end,
An evaluation of sustainable forestry initiatives of APPYe Han
This document evaluates the sustainable forestry initiatives of Asia Pulp and Paper (APP). It discusses APP's sustainable forest management journey including establishing conservation policies and commitments. It also analyzes APP's performance based on 7 criteria: 1) enabling conditions, 2) forest extent and condition, 3) environmental impact, 4) forest production, 5) biological diversity, 6) management planning, and 7) social engagement. While APP has made progress in some areas like establishing conservation areas and certification programs, the document finds issues with APP's protection of biodiversity and management of high conservation areas, and a lack of research on environmental impacts.
Integrated Farm Management - Anthony Goggin (Leaf)Farming Futures
- LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) was established in 1991 to promote Integrated Farm Management (IFM), a system of farming that is environmentally responsible, economically viable and socially supportive.
- IFM aims to meet economic and social needs while minimizing environmental impacts through best practices like crop rotations, efficient soil and pest management.
- A study found that LEAF membership provides significant economic benefits through lower input costs, environmental benefits like improved wildlife, and social benefits like increased community engagement.
The new CGIAR: Food security, global change and international agricultural r...ILRI
The document discusses the new CGIAR strategy and structure for international agricultural research and development. Key points:
1) The new strategy focuses research on reducing rural poverty, improving food security, nutrition/health, and natural resource management through CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs).
2) CRPs are implemented by research centers and partners to achieve impacts aligned with the strategy. They focus on integration, appropriate partnerships, and impact measurement.
3) Examples include CRP 1.1 on dryland agriculture and CRP 3.7 to increase availability of meat, milk and fish for the poor through value chain approaches.
DRM Webinar III: Benefits of farm-level disaster risk reduction practices in ...FAO
Over the past decade, economic damages resulting from natural hazards have amounted to USD 1.5 trillion caused by geophysical hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis and landslides, as well as hydro-meteorological hazards, including storms, floods, droughts and wild fires. Climate-related disasters, in particular, are increasing worldwide and expected to intensify with climate change. They disproportionately affect food insecure, poor people – over 75 percent of whom derive their livelihoods from agriculture. Agricultural livelihoods can only be protected from multiple hazards if adequate disaster risk reduction and management efforts are strengthened within and across sectors, anchored in the context-specific needs of local livelihoods systems.
This series of three webinars on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRR/M) in agriculture is organized to:
1. Discuss the new opportunities and pressing challenges in reducing and managing disaster risk in agriculture;
2. Learn and share experiences about disaster risk reduction and management good practices based on concrete examples from the field; discuss how to create evidence and conditions for upscaling of good practices; and
3. Exchange experiences and knowledge with partners around resilience to natural hazards and climate-related disasters.
This webinar covered:
• measuring the benefits of farm-level disaster risk reduction practices in agriculture – approaches, methods and findings from FAO’s preliminary study;
• a case study from Uganda on how the agricultural practices for disaster risk reduction were implemented and monitored at farm level; and
• perspective from the Philippines on the challenges and opportunities to upscale the agriculture good practices for disaster risk reduction at national level.
The document provides an overview of pesticides and agrochemicals in India. It discusses the Indian agrochemical market size and growth rate. It outlines the industry structure, including the number of technical manufacturers, formulators, and distributors. It also examines challenges faced and opportunities in the industry. The document then provides recommendations for various stakeholders, including the need for product innovation, farmer solutions, and integrated pest management.
"Challenges, opportunities and priorities for transitioning to low emissions agriculture" was presented by Lini Wollenberg at a NUI Galway seminar on January 30, 2020.
The document discusses corporate environmentalism and why companies pursue green strategies. It provides examples of companies like Apple, Pepsi, and Coke that have made commitments to renewable energy and reducing water usage. The document suggests that with proper incentives, companies can achieve large gains in sustainability through their existing knowledge of markets and technologies. It examines theories like social license that propose companies improve their environmental performance in order to maintain public trust and acceptance of their operations.
Olivia Knight Adams Coca Cola Profiting from Sustainability Conference York D...Stevencann1
Coca-Cola is committed to sustainable agriculture to ensure a secure supply chain and meet changing consumer preferences. It works with suppliers and farmers to promote practices like optimizing fertilizer use and minimizing pesticides. Coca-Cola's 2020 goals aim for all priority commodities, like sugar, corn, and coffee, to meet sustainable standards. The company supports projects globally and partners with organizations in key regions to implement solutions tailored to local challenges, such as improving water management on the River Nar in England to reduce agricultural runoff pollution.
The document discusses how actions to mitigate climate change through reducing deforestation and enhancing carbon stocks in agricultural and degraded landscapes can also help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change by increasing food security, productivity and biodiversity conservation. It describes agroforestry projects that combine climate mitigation, adaptation, and development benefits as an opportunity to achieve multiple goals at once. Community engagement and standards like the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards are important for project quality, transparency and equitable outcomes.
Research on sustainable intensification in the CGIAR research programsILRI
The document summarizes several projects related to sustainable agriculture in developing areas. It discusses a project to improve food security and farm income in Ethiopia through sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems. It then outlines seven key components of sustainable intensification projects, including combining crops and animals, building trust, improving farmer knowledge, engaging the private sector, focusing on women, and ensuring support. It also summarizes several CGIAR Research Programs related to integrated production systems, policies and markets, staple crops, livestock, nutrition, water and land management, and climate change.
Value Chain Analysis for Sustainable Rural Development
by: Ivan Idrovo and Marian Boquiren.
Contracted by: GIZ-Department of Agriculture-NCI-Philippines
This document discusses business ecosystems and how they relate to sustainability. It defines a business ecosystem as the network of organizations involved in delivering a product or service, including suppliers, distributors, customers, competitors, and government agencies. It notes that in an ecosystem, these organizations both compete and cooperate, and each entity affects and is affected by the others. This creates constantly evolving relationships where organizations must adapt to survive, similar to biological ecosystems. The document also discusses how ecosystems create barriers to entry and how their goals include driving innovation, sharing knowledge, and addressing social/environmental challenges.
In the ever-evolving landscape of environmental sustainability, the utilization of biological treatment technologies stands as a beacon of hope. According to a comprehensive report by TechSci Research, titled "Global Biological Treatment Technologies Market Industry Size, Share, Trends, Competition, Opportunity and Forecast, 2018-2028," the global market for biological treatment technologies witnessed substantial growth, with a valuation of USD 2.38 billion in 2022. Projections indicate an impressive growth trajectory, with an anticipated Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 6.42% through 2028. This growth is attributed to various factors, including collaborations among industry leaders, heightened public and corporate sustainability initiatives, and advancements in technological innovations.
Collaborations and Partnerships: A Catalyst for Growth
One of the driving forces behind the growth of the biological treatment technologies market is the strategic collaborations and partnerships among leading companies. These alliances facilitate the merging of expertise and resources, ultimately strengthening the position of these companies within the market. An illustrative example of such collaborations is the agreement between Lummus Technology and Siemens Energy, announced in May 2023.
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and energy solutions, seized the opportunity to acquire assets from Siemens Energy's water solutions portfolio. This strategic move encompasses the acquisition of intellectual property, copyrights, trade secrets, and research and development assets. These assets are specifically tailored to address the water and wastewater treatment needs of the oil and gas industry, employing cutting-edge technologies such as carbon adsorption, biological treatment, and hydrothermal processes.
This document discusses the challenges of climate change for global food security and the role of climate-smart agriculture. It summarizes the following key points:
1. Climate change is already causing crop yield losses in some areas and extreme weather events are expected to intensify in the future, threatening global food security.
2. Climate-smart agriculture promotes technologies, practices, and policies that help communities adapt to climate change, reduce greenhouse gases, and ensure future food security.
3. The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security is working with partners in various regions to research, promote, and implement climate-smart agriculture through activities like developing climate information services, insurance products, and policies to support resilient
This document provides a summary of a presentation on sustainability practices in the pesticides and agrochemicals industry. It discusses the Indian agrochemical market overview and industry structure. It then covers challenges faced like non-genuine products and opportunities in exports and declining Japanese industry. Imperatives are discussed for various stakeholders like companies needing product innovation and the government regulating non-genuine pesticides. Sustainability strategies and practices of companies like Rallis India, Bayer CropScience and Monsanto India are then summarized.
The Rio +20 Summit will address progress on sustainable development commitments from previous summits. Key issues include the green economy and poverty reduction. Agriculture can contribute to the green economy through sustainable practices that produce more with less and minimize environmental impacts. Farmers represent half the world's poor and managing natural resources sustainably helps alleviate poverty. The summit should develop approaches to reward farmers for ecosystem services and help them adapt to issues like drought and disasters.
The document discusses transforming the CGIAR system to address issues like mission creep, complexity, and stagnating resources. It proposes consolidating research into "Mega Programs" focused on strategic objectives like crops, nutrition, and climate change. These programs would build partnerships and have clear impact pathways. The transformation would streamline governance and coordination to improve effectiveness and accountability.
Farming Connect provided services to help farmers in Wales run their businesses more efficiently and protect the environment from 2011-2013. Their activities included knowledge transfer through clinics, demonstrations, discussions and events on topics like renewable energy and soil management. They also offered subsidized whole farm planning and advisory services to help farmers address issues like clean water separation and develop nutrient management plans. Skills training courses further helped farmers address environmental issues.
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Sania Dzalbe is a PhD student in economic geography at Umeå University in Sweden who studies how people in rural areas adapt to crisis and adversity. Drawing from her upbringing in rural Latvia, she notes the importance of social reproduction in sustaining rural livelihoods, which often goes overlooked in traditional regional economic analysis. She argues that the concept of resilience is connected to the concept of loss, as during moments of crisis and major restructuring, societies lose not only jobs and industries but also the very mechanisms through which they shape their environment, both physically and socially. Current resilience studies in economic geography tend to disregard the role of social reproduction and the losses experienced by individuals by predominantly focusing on firms and economic production. However, to understand the evolution of rural regions and communities amid various challenges they face, one must recognize that social reproduction cannot be separated from economic and knowledge production processes.
A presentation of participatory research methods and how CCRI has used them over time throughto the Living Labs approach now in use in a number of our grant funded research projects.
This presentation introduces the UK Treescapes Ambassador team and the research projects and research fellows they have funded under the programme.
The presentation also looks at some of the research being carried out at the CCRI on Trees, Woods and Forests.
This presentation highlights key methods and issues arising from the research in the EU Horizon funded projects MINAGRIS and SPRINT regading the presence and effect of pesticides and plastics in the soil.
This presentation considers the changing policy environment for public funding of agri-environment, the shift from entitlements to action-based funding and 'public good' outcomes, using a 'Test and Trials' case study.
Footage for the associated seminar: https://youtu.be/Z0Hkt7Sf0VA
The talk will focus on the current state of soil governance in Australia, alongside the recently released National Soil Strategy and debate how knowledge exchange on sustainable soil management is progressing. The need to maintain a healthy and functioning soil that is resilient and less vulnerable to climate change and land degradation is an ever-present goal. Yet to achieve this goal requires a critical mass of soil scientists who can effectively undertake research and more importantly people who can communicate such knowledge to farmers so that soil is protected through the use of landscape-appropriate practices. Decades of government de-investment and privatisation have led to a diminished and fragmented workforce that is distant from, rather than part of, the rural community, and farmers are also increasingly isolated with few functional social networks for knowledge exchange. Is it possible to chart a course that can see this decline in expertise and local soil knowledge corrected, and restore to it vitality and legitimacy?
Presentation made to CCRI as part of our seminar series. Footage of seminar: https://youtu.be/tWcArqtqxjI
Latvian meadows are inextricably connected to the Latvian identity. An identity built on the concept of the industrious peasant working their own land, free from the oppression of tyrannical regimes. This cultural association also feeds into the mid-summer festivals as the women weave the flower-filled crowns and people collect herbal teas to ward off illness over the winter. These biodiverse havens are under threat, as they are neglected or replaced with improved grasslands with their higher yields but lower diversity.
1) The document discusses research into how social and intellectual capital contribute to collective environmental action through Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund (CSFF) groups in the UK.
2) Key findings indicate that while CSFF funding aims to develop social capital, most knowledge sharing currently occurs between members with close ties, and there is limited evidence of collective environmental action.
3) Continued support is needed to strengthen relationships, facilitate knowledge exchange across different actor groups, and provide funding to enable CSFF groups to deliver landscape-scale environmental improvements over time.
Professor Ian Hodge's seminar for the CCRI on 24th October 2022.
There are two emergent movements in the governance of rural land: voluntary and local government initiatives that assess, plan and enhance landscape and biodiversity and a largely separate central government initiative for the development of Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes as a key element of national agricultural policy. This is developed and implemented by central government with a relatively large budget.
These two movements should be better integrated through the development of a system of Local Environmental Governance Organisations (LEGOs). A LEGO would stand as a ‘trustee’ with a remit to protect and enhance the quality of the local environment in the long term. It can assemble evidence on natural capital, co-ordinate amongst stakeholders and work with them to identify local priorities for nature recovery. It would search for synergies and collaborative partnerships and raise funds to support priority projects. A key point is that a proportion of central government funding should be devolved to LEGOs. This would link the vision being developed locally with the capacity to generate financial incentives for land managers to change land management.
Natural Cambridgeshire as the Local Nature Partnership is developing a number of the attributes of a LEGO. It is engaging with and appears to have support from a broad variety of stakeholders and is energising actions at several different levels. Through a local deliberative process, it can have a much clearer view of local opportunities and priorities than can be possible via central government. Natural Cambridgeshire has begun to raise funds but the likelihood is that this is will be too little, relatively short term and unsystematic. Longer term core funding would give Natural Cambridgeshire the capacity to back up proposals with financial support, potentially matching funding from other sources. It would then need to monitor and audit the implementation of projects and report on expenditure and outcomes. Over time it would adopt an adaptive approach to respond to outcomes and changing threats and opportunities.
National government needs to establish a framework for the development and operation of a system of LEGOs. It would continue to act in support of national standards, both through regulation and investment to meet international commitments, such as for biodiversity and climate change.
The presentation will give a brief overview of the 'UrbanFarmer' project and its various facets, including the integration of a cohort of Norwegian farmers and agricultural research organisations in the co-production of applied knowledge.
The main thrust of the presentation will be to present similarities and differences in the way that food in short food supply chains is marketed through different farm enterprise business models, and different sales channels. Differences in policy backdrops and other, related, contexts which help or hinder urban marketing through short food supply chains concluding with some ideas of emerging recommendations will also be explored.
Dr Anna Birgitte Milford is a researcher at Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, working on topics related to sustainable food production and consumption, including organic/pesticide reduced fruit and veg production, local sales channels and climate friendly diets. She was a visiting scholar at CCRI, University of Gloucestershire in autumn 2021 conducting field research on urban agriculture and local sales channels in Bristol.
Dr Dan Keech is a Senior Research Fellow at CCRI, University of Gloucestershire. His research topics cover European urban and alternative food networks, Anglo-German cultural geography and trans-disciplinary methods which link art and social science.
Slides from Damian Maye's Seminar - Using Living Labs to Strengthen Rural-Urban Linkages - Reflections from a multi-actor research project
Footage available at: https://youtu.be/Es1VHe69Mcw
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Presentation given by Dr Alessio Russ 8th July for CCRI seminar series.
Over the last few decades, the school of thought surrounding the urban ecosystem has increasingly become in vogue among researchers worldwide. Since half of the world’s population lives in cities, urban ecosystem services have become essential to human health and wellbeing. Rapid urban growth has forced sustainable urban developers to rethink important steps by updating and, to some degree, recreating the human–ecosystem service linkage. This talk addresses concepts and metaphors such as nature-based solutions and wellbeing, ecosystem services, nature-based thinking, urban regeneration, urban agriculture, urban-rural interface, rewilding.
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GFW Office Hours: How to Use Planet Imagery on Global Forest Watch_June 11, 2024Global Forest Watch
Earlier this year, we hosted a webinar on Deforestation Exposed: Using High Resolution Satellite Imagery to Investigate Forest Clearing.
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Janet Dwyer LEAF Summit presentation March 2018
1. The impact of the LEAF Marque
in delivering more sustainable
farming:
- understanding the
added value to farmers
Research Team: Matt Reed, Nick
Lewis and Janet Dwyer
2. The research
– what we did
• Interviews and case studies with LEAF
Marque farmers and growers, winter 2017
• Self-reported changes and discussion
about the impact of the LEAF Marque
system
• Comparison with previous CCRI study in
2013 for consistency
• Case studies approved by participants,
focusing on business strategy, attainments
to date, and future goals
3. Financial Benefits
Significant extra income can derive from LEAF Marque membership;
36% of those who answered the question reported improved income,
23% reported receiving a premium for their product due to LEAF Marque.
97% said LEAF Marque had secured them access to market opportunities.
36% of those who answered the question said LEAF Marque had improved the
quality of their product.
4. Organisation
& Planning 69% of respondents said LEAF Marque had
helped them with the paperwork for
regulations or accreditation schemes.
36% of respondents who answered the
question said LEAF Marque had helped
them join an environmental scheme, giving
opportunities to create synergies between
conservation on the farm and gaining extra
income.
5. Soil Fertility
Management
64% of participants who answered agreed
LEAF Marque had improved the condition
of their soil
34% participants regularly test soil organic
matter, scoring 3.5 – 7 (out of 10)
90% of participants who answered the
question reported improvements in the
condition of the soil and the life within it
47% were testing for increased soil
biodiversity, from counting earthworms to
experimental work with University
researchers
28% of participants reported improved
water infiltration on their fields
6. Crop Health & Protection
A general decrease in the use of plant protection products : falls of 8 –
20%, with resulting cost savings
For many growers and farmers, the tool of first choice is biological control:
e.g. use of nematodes and bacillus, predatory insects, Falcons for bird scaring.
Improved farmland biodiversity is an important tool in pest management,
encouraging pollinators and protecting predators
e.g. insects, raptors, owls, snakes - to boost populations of beneficial insects
Trend to lower use of herbicides, with targeting
“herbicides applied to 40% of our land rather than 100%”,
Widespread use of weed-suppressing green manures and fumigant cover
crops.
7. Energy Efficiency
54% of participants who answered the question said LEAF Marque
improved energy efficiency in their business, with savings reported at
£10,000 -£17,000 per year.
Savings in electricity were widespread: on specific pieces of equipment
can be considerable, on lighting, such as Light-Emitting Diode (LED) bulbs,
or changing energy provider. Reported savings range from 10-33% of the
annual bill.
In one case saving of £12,000 in one year.
Incremental savings in fossil fuel through greater efficiency in operations
and better matching of machinery, with one report of a 46% saving per
hectare cultivated after 9 years.
One participant saved 6,200 litres petrol in a year,
2 others reported they had expanded area farmed but held their fuel
consumption at the same level.
Another said moving to a no-till system saved them 30% in fuel.
8. Energy Production
2 large-scale businesses are carbon neutral.
51% participants generate renewable energy, either electricity or heating.
With electricity, excess is sold into the national grid. Heating is a direct saving
to the business,
One larger business reported annual savings of £12,000 and income from the
RHI and a payment of £16,000 in one year from biomass grown on their land.
One participant reported creating 600 tonnes of woodchip for the boiler from
60 hectares of woodland on the estate.
9. Water
Management
20% have access to reservoirs,
11% have own boreholes,
14% access to large rivers.
Treating water as a limited resource
stimulated precision management options
tailored to individual systems:
• Only irrigating to start germination
• Controlling humidity in greenhouses
• Using Ultraviolet light to lower bacterial
levels in the water for salad crops
• Changing the pH of water for poultry
production
• Self-sufficiency for polytunnels through
rainwater harvesting
10. Landscape &
Nature
Conservation
66% of participants who answered the
question said biodiversity on their land had
improved because of LEAF Marque
certification.
Participants reported bird species increases,
including
over 40 species on one farm; 3x the number
of species on another; rises in the absolute
number of species on many.
9 LEAF Marque certified businesses had
been, or are part of, Higher Level agri-
environment schemes.
53% of participants who answered the
question, said LEAF Marque improved the
landscape value of the farm.
11. Community Engagement
71% of participants who answered the question said LEAF Marque had
improved their relationships with the public.
Reported benefits include better understanding by the community, resolution
of complaints, sympathetic hearing of planning issues and improved sales from
the farm.
Several pointed to the strategic importance of better relationships
regarding recruiting new staff and understanding policy support
mechanisms.
47% of participants who answered the question said that LEAF Marque
had improved their engagement with the wider agricultural sector F.
LEAF Marque certified businesses are collaborating with leading
researchers to improve their operations and secure their intellectual
property.
12. Animal
Husbandry
Consumers expect very high levels of
welfare -not achieving this would be a
threat to the continuity of the business.
Poor animal health reduces optimal
performance, by increasing costs and
lowering productivity.
13. Pollution Control & By-product
management
32% of participants have secondary markets for their produce. Most common
way of absorbing excess production includes wholesale markets for processing
into juices, jams and packaged foods
11% report sending waste products to anaerobic digestion (AD) so that energy
can be recovered and nutrients returned via the digestate
The creation of risk registers tailored to each business
Improved physical security around storage facilities (bunding, bio-beds), not
moving some potential pollutants (slurry) across water sources and avoiding
some chemicals altogether (metaldehyde, glyphosate), reducing risks
Working with responsible bodies such as National Parks, Natural England and
water companies to reduce diffuse pollution at source.
14. Conclusions (1)
Farmers report economic benefits:
LEAF Marque allows managers to engage in a
critical reflection on the strategic direction of
their activities; particularly important where
management capacity is limited
LEAF Marque provides participants with
valuable market opportunities;
e.g. a premium, or access to higher value supply
chains
It lowers the costs of collaborating with other
businesses in LEAF Marque, fostering networks
Integrated Farm Management and close
attention to detail in farming operations offers
significant incremental savings, so operations
can be more efficient
“There are so many [benefits], and they
are so subtle it is hard to choose one
particular thing …LEAF has made us go
a lot further than we would have gone.”
“[LEAF Marque] has certainly given us a
greater awareness of why we are using
[products]. We would have been driven
by chemical companies in the past, and
now we are encouraged to ask exactly
why. Over the last 5 years we have
reduced our chemical inputs
considerably”
15. Conclusions (2)
Farmer members recognise environmental
benefits:
Being in LEAF Marque results in marked
improvements in farmland birds, insects and
mammals, working in synergy with other
programmes and schemes. These have wider
benefits to the farming system, such as pest
management, as well as inherent value.
LEAF Marque, working with other drivers, has
changed the emphasis on crop protection
towards integrated pest management, with
reduced use of fossil fuels and potentially
polluting chemicals
The integration of farming operations realises
synergies, e.g. management of resistance in
weeds and pests focusing on biological controls
and ecosystem management together
“We put in grass leys, and we are
monitoring earthworm counts before
and after, to see if we can see any
improvements”
“We are taking organic matter
samples more regularly, and moving
to minimal tillage – it is a high priority,
it is changing and we are seeing great
benefits”
16. Conclusions (3)
Farmers also report and value social benefits:
LEAF Marque requirements build confidence in
dealing with other compliance schemes
LEAF Marque provides opportunities for farmers
and growers to network, exchange relevant
expertise and information, and opportunities for
personal growth
LEAF Open Farm Sunday enables Marque-certified
businesses to showcase their activities,
establishing and enhancing goodwill and
understanding in the local community, building
pride in the farm team
Empowered by training around LEAF Marque;
members increasingly represent their businesses
and the industry more broadly, in a bottom-up
effort to change public awareness about food and
farming
“[LEAF Marque] has changed the way we
communicate with staff, staff
environmental awareness has been raised,
I really like that part of LEAF – and we are
happy to go beyond that”
“LEAF have very good connections with
different stakeholders, and that is
advantageous to us as a business…. I
wouldn't want to lose the invitation to the
party - bringing people together is very,
very important, those connections should
not be underestimated”