It is becoming increasingly obvious that human-induced climate change is affecting us all albeit in different ways. We all have to adapt and although the practices may be different there are common principles. We also all have a role to play in mitigating the effects, even if our responsibilities differ.
For example, the enormity of land degradation in both developed and developing countries requires that we invest in climate smart soils. Sustainable Intensification also offers a framework for addressing these complex global challenges. Maybe there are other solutions and lessons to draw?
Metrics and sustainable diets was the focus of a presentation by Thomas Allen of Bioversity International delivered at the Joint Conference on Sustainable Diet and Food Security co-organized by the Belgian Nutrition Society, The Nutrition Society and Société Française de Nutrition on 28 and 29 May 2013 in Lille, France under the auspices of the Federation of European Nutrition Societies, a conference on Sustainable Diet and Food Security. : A system approach to assessing Sustainable Diets. Read more about Bioversity International’s work on diet diversity for nutrition and health
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/diet-diversity/
Livestock and Climate Change - Tara Garnett, Food Climate Research Network, U...guycollender
This document summarizes livestock and dairy production's significant contributions to greenhouse gas emissions and discusses options for reducing emissions. Livestock accounts for around 15-18% of global GHG emissions. Meeting projected global demand increases in meat and dairy by 2050 without changes would be unsustainable. Technological improvements could reduce emissions by 13-30% by 2020 and 50% by 2050, but reductions in consumption are also needed to see an actual decrease in emissions. To meet UK climate targets, livestock consumption may need to be cut by 11-36% by 2020 and 48% by 2050. Approaches that focus on ecological constraints and meeting needs rather than demand are recommended.
Forests, biodiversity and food securityCIFOR-ICRAF
The world faces many challenges in attempting to achieve global food
security, and one of those challenges is the continuing loss of forests and
biodiversity. How do we feed the world’s growing population while
maintaining its biodiversity? The answer could be in new approaches to
integrating agriculture and biodiversity.
CIFOR scientist Terry Sunderland explores the links between forests,
biodiversity and food security in this presentation, which he recently gave at the
2nd World Biodiversity Congress in Malaysia to more than 150 delegates.
34. Biodiversity and food security A Presentation By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Vi...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
This document discusses biodiversity and its importance for food security. It notes that biodiversity is declining rapidly due to factors like habitat loss, overexploitation, pollution, and climate change. This loss of biodiversity threatens food security as the vast majority of food comes from a small number of plant and animal species. Maintaining genetic diversity through in situ and ex situ conservation is crucial for ensuring continued food supply. Biodiversity can be promoted through practices like polyculture farming and growing neglected crop varieties.
The document discusses the role of agricultural biodiversity in improving nutrition and diets in developing countries. It notes that loss of biodiversity has contributed to poor nutrition outcomes and outlines several traditional agroecosystems that optimize both yields and nutrient outputs through the use of diverse crop combinations and intercropping practices. These systems provide dietary diversity and complementarities that help address micronutrient deficiencies. The document also raises important open questions about how to scale agricultural biodiversity approaches to improve nutrition security.
This document discusses the environmental drivers of food and nutrition insecurity. It notes that while technological advancements have increased food production, it has also led to environmental degradation and threats to ecosystems. Climate change is projected to reduce crop production in some areas. It argues for a sustainable food systems approach based on diversified eco-agriculture, optimizing efficiency, and addressing issues like subsidies and access to resources to empower smallholders and ensure long-term food security.
by Claudia Sorlini, President, Scientific Committee for EXPO 2015 of Milan
at IAI-OCP international seminar on
"Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in the Euro-Mediterranean Area", Rome – February 2, 2015
Metrics and sustainable diets was the focus of a presentation by Thomas Allen of Bioversity International delivered at the Joint Conference on Sustainable Diet and Food Security co-organized by the Belgian Nutrition Society, The Nutrition Society and Société Française de Nutrition on 28 and 29 May 2013 in Lille, France under the auspices of the Federation of European Nutrition Societies, a conference on Sustainable Diet and Food Security. : A system approach to assessing Sustainable Diets. Read more about Bioversity International’s work on diet diversity for nutrition and health
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/diet-diversity/
Livestock and Climate Change - Tara Garnett, Food Climate Research Network, U...guycollender
This document summarizes livestock and dairy production's significant contributions to greenhouse gas emissions and discusses options for reducing emissions. Livestock accounts for around 15-18% of global GHG emissions. Meeting projected global demand increases in meat and dairy by 2050 without changes would be unsustainable. Technological improvements could reduce emissions by 13-30% by 2020 and 50% by 2050, but reductions in consumption are also needed to see an actual decrease in emissions. To meet UK climate targets, livestock consumption may need to be cut by 11-36% by 2020 and 48% by 2050. Approaches that focus on ecological constraints and meeting needs rather than demand are recommended.
Forests, biodiversity and food securityCIFOR-ICRAF
The world faces many challenges in attempting to achieve global food
security, and one of those challenges is the continuing loss of forests and
biodiversity. How do we feed the world’s growing population while
maintaining its biodiversity? The answer could be in new approaches to
integrating agriculture and biodiversity.
CIFOR scientist Terry Sunderland explores the links between forests,
biodiversity and food security in this presentation, which he recently gave at the
2nd World Biodiversity Congress in Malaysia to more than 150 delegates.
34. Biodiversity and food security A Presentation By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Vi...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
This document discusses biodiversity and its importance for food security. It notes that biodiversity is declining rapidly due to factors like habitat loss, overexploitation, pollution, and climate change. This loss of biodiversity threatens food security as the vast majority of food comes from a small number of plant and animal species. Maintaining genetic diversity through in situ and ex situ conservation is crucial for ensuring continued food supply. Biodiversity can be promoted through practices like polyculture farming and growing neglected crop varieties.
The document discusses the role of agricultural biodiversity in improving nutrition and diets in developing countries. It notes that loss of biodiversity has contributed to poor nutrition outcomes and outlines several traditional agroecosystems that optimize both yields and nutrient outputs through the use of diverse crop combinations and intercropping practices. These systems provide dietary diversity and complementarities that help address micronutrient deficiencies. The document also raises important open questions about how to scale agricultural biodiversity approaches to improve nutrition security.
This document discusses the environmental drivers of food and nutrition insecurity. It notes that while technological advancements have increased food production, it has also led to environmental degradation and threats to ecosystems. Climate change is projected to reduce crop production in some areas. It argues for a sustainable food systems approach based on diversified eco-agriculture, optimizing efficiency, and addressing issues like subsidies and access to resources to empower smallholders and ensure long-term food security.
by Claudia Sorlini, President, Scientific Committee for EXPO 2015 of Milan
at IAI-OCP international seminar on
"Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in the Euro-Mediterranean Area", Rome – February 2, 2015
The document discusses the global consequences of livestock production and meat consumption. It addresses the major impacts on the environment (including climate change), world nutrition and hunger, animal welfare, and human health. Regarding the environment, livestock accounts for 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions and is a key driver of deforestation, water pollution from manure, and inefficient use of land and resources. Around a third of global grain harvest is used for livestock feed rather than direct human consumption. Alternatives to animal products that could help address these issues are also presented.
This document summarizes a talk given about issues related to food and food waste. It discusses how:
1) Rich countries like the UK have unsustainable food systems and diets, and waste a significant amount of food.
2) The global food system contributes substantially to greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, and other environmental problems. Changing many aspects of how food is produced, packaged, marketed and consumed will be needed to develop a sustainable system.
3) Making these changes will be very challenging given the complexity of the food system and entrenched interests, but awareness of the need for change is growing among governments, businesses and civil society groups.
Priorities for Public Sector Research on Food Security and Natural Resources Report Presentation by Frank Place, ICRAF and Alexandre Meybeck, FAO
on April 12, 2013 at the Food Security Futures Conference in Dublin, Ireland.
The document discusses opportunities and solutions for sustainable food production to meet rising global demand. It proposes the following post-2015 goals: 1) Increase global food supply by 70-100% through higher productivity and less waste, 2) Eradicate hunger and malnutrition by 2030, and 3) Make agriculture more environmentally sustainable and resource efficient. Achieving these will require agro-ecological intensification through improved varieties, agronomic practices, and technologies to increase smallholder incomes and efficiency of inputs like water and fertilizer. Early solutions proposed include closing yield gaps, agronomic innovations, increasing mechanization, and technologies to save energy, water and labor.
This document discusses issues related to food security and the environment in India. It provides background on India's agricultural development since independence, including the Green Revolution that made India self-sufficient in food grains. However, it also notes agriculture's negative impacts on the environment such as greenhouse gas emissions and loss of biodiversity. The document then focuses on specific issues like monocropping, genetically modified crops, and the problems faced by Indian farmers. Overall, it examines the need to balance food security with environmental sustainability in India's agricultural system.
This document discusses the challenges of ensuring global food security in the face of population growth and climate change. It outlines four dimensions of food security and notes that over 900 million people were undernourished as of 2010 due to food price increases and low purchasing power. The main drivers threatening food security are identified as population growth, urbanization, rising affluence, and global climate change. The impacts of climate change like extreme heat, droughts, floods, and storms are expected to negatively impact food availability, access, and stability. Potential strategies discussed to address this issue include reducing food loss and waste, prioritizing human food over animal feed, developing improved and resilient crop varieties, organic agriculture, and utilizing alternative foods like seawe
Presentation on success stories and challenges ahead to make global agriculture more climate smart. Brownbag presentation in the WorldBank on 15th May by Andy Jarvis from the CCAFS program of the CGIAR.
This document discusses the role of livestock in food security, climate change, and resource use. It notes that livestock accounts for about 24% of global greenhouse gas emissions and that beef has the highest GHG intensity of various animal proteins. Rising incomes in developing countries are driving increased consumption of meat and dairy. Meeting future global food demand will require boosting productivity while reducing losses and limiting new agricultural land clearing and conversion to pasture. Improving the sustainability and efficiency of livestock production systems worldwide can help address these challenges.
The document summarizes constraints to food security and poverty in dry areas, and discusses ICARDA's research approaches and outputs to enhance food security and livelihoods. It outlines challenges including climate change, water scarcity, and population growth. ICARDA's strategic plan focuses on risk management, integrated water and land management, diversification, and capacity building. The organization develops improved crop varieties and management practices to intensify sustainable production and increase resilience to stresses.
Nutrition-sensitive landscapes was a side-event at the Int. Conference on Forests for Food Security organized by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and Bioversity International, all members of the CGIAR Consortium.
Céline Termote, research assistant with Bioversity International's Nutrition and Marketing Diversity Programme, shared some of her experiences from research she carried out in the Tshopo District in the Democratic Republic of Congo on wild edible plant knowledge and use. She found that peoples' knowledge of biodiversity was not always translated into their effective use of wild edible plants. She argued for better integration of participatory research techniques: "We should put people at the centre of the landscapes approach. Food is an expression of their culture, we must not forget that, “she said.
Learn more: http://liveblog.cifor.org/Event/Forests_for_food_security_and_nutrition/76707058#.UZNeGVGcnD4
Read more about Bioversity International’s work on marketing diversity for income and equity
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/marketing-diversity/?L=0
Terry Sunderland | Key findings from the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) r...CIFOR-ICRAF
Terry Sunderland, Professor of tropical forestry at the University of British Columbia, senior associate at CIFOR, and HLPE project team leader, presented during a seminar on food system resilience on Feb. 12, 2019, organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA).
The document outlines the changes made to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) through a reform process. Key changes include:
1) Fifteen new CGIAR Research Programs were established to conduct integrated research across core competencies and form appropriate partnerships to achieve four system-level outcomes: reduction in poverty, increased global food security, improved nutrition, and better natural resource management.
2) A leaner structure was implemented with the Consortium providing a single contact point for donors and overseeing fifteen research centers and programs. A CGIAR Fund was also established as a new multi-donor funding mechanism.
3) The goals of CGIAR's research are now defined as four system-level
This document provides an overview of sustainable agriculture. It discusses how sustainable agriculture considers the environmental, social and economic dimensions of food production. The three main dimensions are protecting the environment, ensuring social well-being, and having an economically productive system. It provides examples of issues within each dimension like climate change, water scarcity, land use, pest management, and economic and social aspects. The intention is to give an easy understanding of sustainable agriculture and showcase business case studies that demonstrate success stories.
This document provides summaries of three FAO success stories implementing climate-smart agriculture in different regions. In Tanzania, an agroforestry system covering 120,000 hectares on Mount Kilimanjaro's slopes was preserved through introducing coffee and vanilla cash crops and trout aquaculture to increase incomes while maintaining the ecological integrity of the system. In China, a project in Qinghai province aims to restore degraded grasslands through sustainable grazing management to sequester carbon, increase productivity, and improve livelihoods for herding communities.
Eco-Farming Addresses Hunger, Poverty and Climate Changex3G9
1) A UN report shows that small-scale farmers can double their food production within 10 years using agroecological farming methods instead of industrial agriculture. Agroecology improves soil quality, uses natural pest control, and diversifies crops.
2) Studies have found agroecological methods increased yields by 79% on average in projects across 57 countries. In Africa yields increased by 116% on average. These methods improve incomes and livelihoods for small-scale farmers while preserving ecosystems.
3) Supporting small-scale farmers' transition to agroecology worldwide is vital for avoiding future food and climate crises, as agroecology addresses hunger, poverty, and climate change in a sustainable way.
1) Recent research shows that the production of food, especially meat, contributes more greenhouse gases than transportation or industry.
2) Livestock, particularly cattle, are major contributors to climate change through methane emissions from digestion and manure, as well as greenhouse gases from deforestation to create grazing land and growing feed crops.
3) Shifting diets to include less meat and reducing food waste could significantly decrease greenhouse gas emissions from the food system.
This document provides information about a special edition magazine called "Tomorrow's Food, Tomorrow's Farms" produced by Green Futures magazine in association with other organizations. It lists the editor, production staff, and design details. It also provides background on the organizations Farming Futures and the Food and Drink Federation. Green Futures magazine is described as focusing on environmental solutions and sustainable futures. The document encourages subscribing to or ordering copies of the special edition magazine.
Presentation by Sir Gordon Conway, professor of international development at Imperial College, London and former president of the Rockefeller Foundation
IFPRI, in collaboration with the USAID Alumni Association, hosted this special event where Sir Gordon Conway emphasized that sustainable intensification offers a practical pathway towards the goal of producing more food while ensuring that the natural resource base, on which agriculture depends, is sustained and improved for future generations.
He explored Sustainable Intensification through three mutually reinforcing pillars – Ecological Intensification, Genetic Intensification, and Socio-Economic Intensification.
The document discusses the global consequences of livestock production and meat consumption. It addresses the major impacts on the environment (including climate change), world nutrition and hunger, animal welfare, and human health. Regarding the environment, livestock accounts for 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions and is a key driver of deforestation, water pollution from manure, and inefficient use of land and resources. Around a third of global grain harvest is used for livestock feed rather than direct human consumption. Alternatives to animal products that could help address these issues are also presented.
This document summarizes a talk given about issues related to food and food waste. It discusses how:
1) Rich countries like the UK have unsustainable food systems and diets, and waste a significant amount of food.
2) The global food system contributes substantially to greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, and other environmental problems. Changing many aspects of how food is produced, packaged, marketed and consumed will be needed to develop a sustainable system.
3) Making these changes will be very challenging given the complexity of the food system and entrenched interests, but awareness of the need for change is growing among governments, businesses and civil society groups.
Priorities for Public Sector Research on Food Security and Natural Resources Report Presentation by Frank Place, ICRAF and Alexandre Meybeck, FAO
on April 12, 2013 at the Food Security Futures Conference in Dublin, Ireland.
The document discusses opportunities and solutions for sustainable food production to meet rising global demand. It proposes the following post-2015 goals: 1) Increase global food supply by 70-100% through higher productivity and less waste, 2) Eradicate hunger and malnutrition by 2030, and 3) Make agriculture more environmentally sustainable and resource efficient. Achieving these will require agro-ecological intensification through improved varieties, agronomic practices, and technologies to increase smallholder incomes and efficiency of inputs like water and fertilizer. Early solutions proposed include closing yield gaps, agronomic innovations, increasing mechanization, and technologies to save energy, water and labor.
This document discusses issues related to food security and the environment in India. It provides background on India's agricultural development since independence, including the Green Revolution that made India self-sufficient in food grains. However, it also notes agriculture's negative impacts on the environment such as greenhouse gas emissions and loss of biodiversity. The document then focuses on specific issues like monocropping, genetically modified crops, and the problems faced by Indian farmers. Overall, it examines the need to balance food security with environmental sustainability in India's agricultural system.
This document discusses the challenges of ensuring global food security in the face of population growth and climate change. It outlines four dimensions of food security and notes that over 900 million people were undernourished as of 2010 due to food price increases and low purchasing power. The main drivers threatening food security are identified as population growth, urbanization, rising affluence, and global climate change. The impacts of climate change like extreme heat, droughts, floods, and storms are expected to negatively impact food availability, access, and stability. Potential strategies discussed to address this issue include reducing food loss and waste, prioritizing human food over animal feed, developing improved and resilient crop varieties, organic agriculture, and utilizing alternative foods like seawe
Presentation on success stories and challenges ahead to make global agriculture more climate smart. Brownbag presentation in the WorldBank on 15th May by Andy Jarvis from the CCAFS program of the CGIAR.
This document discusses the role of livestock in food security, climate change, and resource use. It notes that livestock accounts for about 24% of global greenhouse gas emissions and that beef has the highest GHG intensity of various animal proteins. Rising incomes in developing countries are driving increased consumption of meat and dairy. Meeting future global food demand will require boosting productivity while reducing losses and limiting new agricultural land clearing and conversion to pasture. Improving the sustainability and efficiency of livestock production systems worldwide can help address these challenges.
The document summarizes constraints to food security and poverty in dry areas, and discusses ICARDA's research approaches and outputs to enhance food security and livelihoods. It outlines challenges including climate change, water scarcity, and population growth. ICARDA's strategic plan focuses on risk management, integrated water and land management, diversification, and capacity building. The organization develops improved crop varieties and management practices to intensify sustainable production and increase resilience to stresses.
Nutrition-sensitive landscapes was a side-event at the Int. Conference on Forests for Food Security organized by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and Bioversity International, all members of the CGIAR Consortium.
Céline Termote, research assistant with Bioversity International's Nutrition and Marketing Diversity Programme, shared some of her experiences from research she carried out in the Tshopo District in the Democratic Republic of Congo on wild edible plant knowledge and use. She found that peoples' knowledge of biodiversity was not always translated into their effective use of wild edible plants. She argued for better integration of participatory research techniques: "We should put people at the centre of the landscapes approach. Food is an expression of their culture, we must not forget that, “she said.
Learn more: http://liveblog.cifor.org/Event/Forests_for_food_security_and_nutrition/76707058#.UZNeGVGcnD4
Read more about Bioversity International’s work on marketing diversity for income and equity
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/marketing-diversity/?L=0
Terry Sunderland | Key findings from the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) r...CIFOR-ICRAF
Terry Sunderland, Professor of tropical forestry at the University of British Columbia, senior associate at CIFOR, and HLPE project team leader, presented during a seminar on food system resilience on Feb. 12, 2019, organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA).
The document outlines the changes made to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) through a reform process. Key changes include:
1) Fifteen new CGIAR Research Programs were established to conduct integrated research across core competencies and form appropriate partnerships to achieve four system-level outcomes: reduction in poverty, increased global food security, improved nutrition, and better natural resource management.
2) A leaner structure was implemented with the Consortium providing a single contact point for donors and overseeing fifteen research centers and programs. A CGIAR Fund was also established as a new multi-donor funding mechanism.
3) The goals of CGIAR's research are now defined as four system-level
This document provides an overview of sustainable agriculture. It discusses how sustainable agriculture considers the environmental, social and economic dimensions of food production. The three main dimensions are protecting the environment, ensuring social well-being, and having an economically productive system. It provides examples of issues within each dimension like climate change, water scarcity, land use, pest management, and economic and social aspects. The intention is to give an easy understanding of sustainable agriculture and showcase business case studies that demonstrate success stories.
This document provides summaries of three FAO success stories implementing climate-smart agriculture in different regions. In Tanzania, an agroforestry system covering 120,000 hectares on Mount Kilimanjaro's slopes was preserved through introducing coffee and vanilla cash crops and trout aquaculture to increase incomes while maintaining the ecological integrity of the system. In China, a project in Qinghai province aims to restore degraded grasslands through sustainable grazing management to sequester carbon, increase productivity, and improve livelihoods for herding communities.
Eco-Farming Addresses Hunger, Poverty and Climate Changex3G9
1) A UN report shows that small-scale farmers can double their food production within 10 years using agroecological farming methods instead of industrial agriculture. Agroecology improves soil quality, uses natural pest control, and diversifies crops.
2) Studies have found agroecological methods increased yields by 79% on average in projects across 57 countries. In Africa yields increased by 116% on average. These methods improve incomes and livelihoods for small-scale farmers while preserving ecosystems.
3) Supporting small-scale farmers' transition to agroecology worldwide is vital for avoiding future food and climate crises, as agroecology addresses hunger, poverty, and climate change in a sustainable way.
1) Recent research shows that the production of food, especially meat, contributes more greenhouse gases than transportation or industry.
2) Livestock, particularly cattle, are major contributors to climate change through methane emissions from digestion and manure, as well as greenhouse gases from deforestation to create grazing land and growing feed crops.
3) Shifting diets to include less meat and reducing food waste could significantly decrease greenhouse gas emissions from the food system.
This document provides information about a special edition magazine called "Tomorrow's Food, Tomorrow's Farms" produced by Green Futures magazine in association with other organizations. It lists the editor, production staff, and design details. It also provides background on the organizations Farming Futures and the Food and Drink Federation. Green Futures magazine is described as focusing on environmental solutions and sustainable futures. The document encourages subscribing to or ordering copies of the special edition magazine.
Presentation by Sir Gordon Conway, professor of international development at Imperial College, London and former president of the Rockefeller Foundation
IFPRI, in collaboration with the USAID Alumni Association, hosted this special event where Sir Gordon Conway emphasized that sustainable intensification offers a practical pathway towards the goal of producing more food while ensuring that the natural resource base, on which agriculture depends, is sustained and improved for future generations.
He explored Sustainable Intensification through three mutually reinforcing pillars – Ecological Intensification, Genetic Intensification, and Socio-Economic Intensification.
Sustainable Agriculture as Solution to Global Challengessekem
Presentation by Helmy Abouleish, CEO, SEKEM Group
· What are the pressing Global Challenges of the 21st century?
· How is Sustainable Agriculture addressing them all?
· Why can the SEKEM experience serve as inspiring example?
Agroecology as an opportunity to address the challenges of European and Centr...ExternalEvents
http://www.fao.org/europe/events/detail-events/en/c/429132/
Presentation of Michel Pimbert, from Conventry University, illustrating agroecology as an opportunity to address the challenges of European and Central Asian food and agriculture. The presentation was prepared and delivered in occasion of the Regional Symposium on Agroecology in Europe and Central Asia, held in Budapest, Hungary on 23-25 November 2016.
This module discusses technology in food processing and its role in addressing sustainability issues in the global food system. It covers how food processing extends shelf life through methods like canning, pickling, and fermentation. Meat substitutes created from plants are also discussed as a way to reduce the environmental impact of meat consumption. While processed foods are often criticized, food technology has played an important role in human development and survival. The module advocates for using food processing methods to incorporate more preserved foods into diets as a potential solution to problems in the global food system.
This module discusses technology in food processing and its role in addressing sustainability issues in the global food system. It covers how food processing extends shelf life through methods like canning, pickling, and fermentation. Meat substitutes created from plants are also discussed as a way to reduce the environmental impact of meat consumption. While processed foods are often criticized, food technology has played an important role in human development and survival. The module advocates for using food processing methods to incorporate more preserved foods into diets as a potential solution to problems in the global food system.
This module discusses technology in food processing and its role in addressing sustainability issues in the global food system. It covers how food processing extends shelf life through methods like canning, pickling, and fermentation. Meat substitutes created from plants are also discussed as a way to reduce the environmental impact of meat consumption. While processed foods are often criticized, food technology has played an important role in human development and survival. The module advocates for using food processing methods to incorporate more preserved foods into diets as a potential solution to problems in the global food system.
Climate change poses serious threats to the environment and dairy production in Africa. Dairy production contributes to climate change through feed production, processing, transportation, and enteric methane emissions from cattle. However, climate change also negatively impacts dairy production by shortening growing seasons, causing water scarcity, and increasing heat stress for cattle. To adapt, the dairy industry needs to improve resilience through better herd management, feed strategies, and manure management to mitigate emissions. The future will require more sustainable dairy production to meet increasing demand while protecting the environment.
FAO - Infografia: Agricultura de conservaciónHernani Larrea
This document provides an overview of conservation agriculture as a method for climate change adaptation. It notes that conservation agriculture principles include minimum soil disturbance, permanent soil cover, and crop rotation/intercropping. This helps adapt to unpredictable rainfall, reduce crop failures, and improve food security and reduce poverty. The document encourages adopting conservation agriculture techniques like Likoti and water harvesting to match planting times with rainfall and ensure a sustainable future with improved soil and food production.
What is Climate-Smart Agriculture? Background, opportunities and challengesCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Alexandre Meybeck of the FAO was given at a session titled "Using climate-smart technologies to scale up climate-smart agriculture practices" at the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, Peru, on December 7, 2014.
The panel presentation and discussion focused on how these climate-smart technologies can be scaled-up to benefit smallholder farmers. This was followed by a public debate.
Realizing sustainable agricultural mechanization in Africa. Conservation agriculture (CA) principles include minimum soil disturbance, permanent soil cover, and crop rotations. CA can help address food security challenges in Africa by increasing yields while protecting soils from degradation. The three principles overlap to provide maximum benefits like improved water infiltration, soil structure and biology. CA is applicable in different environments and to various crops. Challenges include integrating crops and livestock, weeding, and labor requirements. Adoption of CA is increasing globally and in some African countries but remains low across much of the continent.
Climate action is necessary for sustainable agriculture.
Steps include
1. Investment in public research
2. Improved access to electricity, quality health centres and other essential services
3. Expanding conservation programs
etc.
Can agricultural biotechnologies address the challenges of climate change. li...ExternalEvents
- The document discusses the impacts of climate change on agriculture and agriculture on climate change, and whether agricultural biotechnologies can address climate change challenges.
- It analyzes drought tolerance in genetically engineered, marker-assisted selection bred, and organic/ecological crops. Genetically engineered maize provides a 6% yield advantage under drought, while marker-assisted varieties yield 30% more. Organic corn yields were 31% higher than conventional in drought years.
- The document concludes that diversified agroecological systems are more productive and resilient than industrial agriculture under climate change. A paradigm shift toward biodiverse, agroecological farming is needed to meet social, economic and environmental goals sustainably.
This document provides an overview of food farming. It begins with introductions to food and farming. There are then sections on the history of food farming, types of farming including crop, livestock, and organic, challenges facing food farming like climate change and soil degradation, solutions and innovations, and the concept of "farm to fork" representing the entire food supply chain. The document concludes that food farming is critical to global food security and environmental sustainability.
Climate change, water scarcity, rising energy costs, and increasing global food demand are converging threats that must be addressed together through integrated solutions. Agricultural systems need to use resources like climate, water, energy, and nutrients more efficiently while transitioning to renewable energy and sustainable practices. Long-term food security in Timor-Leste requires building agricultural knowledge and capacity, strengthening legal frameworks, conducting environmental research, and considering these interconnected issues now to determine future success.
Transforming Agri-food Systems to Achieve Healthy Diets for AllCGIAR
Challenges: Why Agri-Food Systems Need to Be Transformed
Opportunities: What Science Can Offer to Address these Challenges
The CGIAR partnership: Our Contribution to achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Targets
5.2 Food production and consumption system in EuropeUtttam Kumar
The document summarizes key aspects of the European food production and consumption system, including:
1) It has become highly industrialized and globalized, with power concentrated in few large companies and retailers.
2) This system relies heavily on fuel, causes environmental issues like biodiversity loss and pollution, and unsustainable meat production.
3) Ensuring sufficient, healthy food for a growing population in a sustainable way is a challenge, as current consumption levels in many places are too high. Fair trading relationships along the supply chain are also important socio-ethical issues.
170404 middleton j wcph planetary health 4John Middleton
This document discusses the interconnectedness of planetary and public health. It provides examples of negative feedback loops between environmental issues like ocean acidification, loss of habitats, and climate change that exacerbate one another. These issues in turn impact public health by reducing food supply, increasing conflicts over resources, and causing climate refugees. The document advocates thinking globally and acting locally to address these challenges. It offers examples of local initiatives that promote renewable energy, active transportation, urban agriculture, and green spaces to improve health and the environment.
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The debris of the ‘last major merger’ is dynamically youngSérgio Sacani
The Milky Way’s (MW) inner stellar halo contains an [Fe/H]-rich component with highly eccentric orbits, often referred to as the
‘last major merger.’ Hypotheses for the origin of this component include Gaia-Sausage/Enceladus (GSE), where the progenitor
collided with the MW proto-disc 8–11 Gyr ago, and the Virgo Radial Merger (VRM), where the progenitor collided with the
MW disc within the last 3 Gyr. These two scenarios make different predictions about observable structure in local phase space,
because the morphology of debris depends on how long it has had to phase mix. The recently identified phase-space folds in Gaia
DR3 have positive caustic velocities, making them fundamentally different than the phase-mixed chevrons found in simulations
at late times. Roughly 20 per cent of the stars in the prograde local stellar halo are associated with the observed caustics. Based
on a simple phase-mixing model, the observed number of caustics are consistent with a merger that occurred 1–2 Gyr ago.
We also compare the observed phase-space distribution to FIRE-2 Latte simulations of GSE-like mergers, using a quantitative
measurement of phase mixing (2D causticality). The observed local phase-space distribution best matches the simulated data
1–2 Gyr after collision, and certainly not later than 3 Gyr. This is further evidence that the progenitor of the ‘last major merger’
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Assuming spherical symmetry and weak field, it is shown that if one solves the Poisson equation or the Einstein field
equations sourced by a topological defect, i.e. a singularity of a very specific form, the result is a localized gravitational
field capable of driving flat rotation (i.e. Keplerian circular orbits at a constant speed for all radii) of test masses on a thin
spherical shell without any underlying mass. Moreover, a large-scale structure which exploits this solution by assembling
concentrically a number of such topological defects can establish a flat stellar or galactic rotation curve, and can also deflect
light in the same manner as an equipotential (isothermal) sphere. Thus, the need for dark matter or modified gravity theory is
mitigated, at least in part.
ESPP presentation to EU Waste Water Network, 4th June 2024 “EU policies driving nutrient removal and recycling
and the revised UWWTD (Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive)”
Unlocking the mysteries of reproduction: Exploring fecundity and gonadosomati...AbdullaAlAsif1
The pygmy halfbeak Dermogenys colletei, is known for its viviparous nature, this presents an intriguing case of relatively low fecundity, raising questions about potential compensatory reproductive strategies employed by this species. Our study delves into the examination of fecundity and the Gonadosomatic Index (GSI) in the Pygmy Halfbeak, D. colletei (Meisner, 2001), an intriguing viviparous fish indigenous to Sarawak, Borneo. We hypothesize that the Pygmy halfbeak, D. colletei, may exhibit unique reproductive adaptations to offset its low fecundity, thus enhancing its survival and fitness. To address this, we conducted a comprehensive study utilizing 28 mature female specimens of D. colletei, carefully measuring fecundity and GSI to shed light on the reproductive adaptations of this species. Our findings reveal that D. colletei indeed exhibits low fecundity, with a mean of 16.76 ± 2.01, and a mean GSI of 12.83 ± 1.27, providing crucial insights into the reproductive mechanisms at play in this species. These results underscore the existence of unique reproductive strategies in D. colletei, enabling its adaptation and persistence in Borneo's diverse aquatic ecosystems, and call for further ecological research to elucidate these mechanisms. This study lends to a better understanding of viviparous fish in Borneo and contributes to the broader field of aquatic ecology, enhancing our knowledge of species adaptations to unique ecological challenges.
PPT on Direct Seeded Rice presented at the three-day 'Training and Validation Workshop on Modules of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Technologies in South Asia' workshop on April 22, 2024.
Current Ms word generated power point presentation covers major details about the micronuclei test. It's significance and assays to conduct it. It is used to detect the micronuclei formation inside the cells of nearly every multicellular organism. It's formation takes place during chromosomal sepration at metaphase.
Phenomics assisted breeding in crop improvementIshaGoswami9
As the population is increasing and will reach about 9 billion upto 2050. Also due to climate change, it is difficult to meet the food requirement of such a large population. Facing the challenges presented by resource shortages, climate
change, and increasing global population, crop yield and quality need to be improved in a sustainable way over the coming decades. Genetic improvement by breeding is the best way to increase crop productivity. With the rapid progression of functional
genomics, an increasing number of crop genomes have been sequenced and dozens of genes influencing key agronomic traits have been identified. However, current genome sequence information has not been adequately exploited for understanding
the complex characteristics of multiple gene, owing to a lack of crop phenotypic data. Efficient, automatic, and accurate technologies and platforms that can capture phenotypic data that can
be linked to genomics information for crop improvement at all growth stages have become as important as genotyping. Thus,
high-throughput phenotyping has become the major bottleneck restricting crop breeding. Plant phenomics has been defined as the high-throughput, accurate acquisition and analysis of multi-dimensional phenotypes
during crop growing stages at the organism level, including the cell, tissue, organ, individual plant, plot, and field levels. With the rapid development of novel sensors, imaging technology,
and analysis methods, numerous infrastructure platforms have been developed for phenotyping.
Remote Sensing and Computational, Evolutionary, Supercomputing, and Intellige...University of Maribor
Slides from talk:
Aleš Zamuda: Remote Sensing and Computational, Evolutionary, Supercomputing, and Intelligent Systems.
11th International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (IcETRAN), Niš, 3-6 June 2024
Inter-Society Networking Panel GRSS/MTT-S/CIS Panel Session: Promoting Connection and Cooperation
https://www.etran.rs/2024/en/home-english/
Immersive Learning That Works: Research Grounding and Paths ForwardLeonel Morgado
We will metaverse into the essence of immersive learning, into its three dimensions and conceptual models. This approach encompasses elements from teaching methodologies to social involvement, through organizational concerns and technologies. Challenging the perception of learning as knowledge transfer, we introduce a 'Uses, Practices & Strategies' model operationalized by the 'Immersive Learning Brain' and ‘Immersion Cube’ frameworks. This approach offers a comprehensive guide through the intricacies of immersive educational experiences and spotlighting research frontiers, along the immersion dimensions of system, narrative, and agency. Our discourse extends to stakeholders beyond the academic sphere, addressing the interests of technologists, instructional designers, and policymakers. We span various contexts, from formal education to organizational transformation to the new horizon of an AI-pervasive society. This keynote aims to unite the iLRN community in a collaborative journey towards a future where immersive learning research and practice coalesce, paving the way for innovative educational research and practice landscapes.
Describing and Interpreting an Immersive Learning Case with the Immersion Cub...Leonel Morgado
Current descriptions of immersive learning cases are often difficult or impossible to compare. This is due to a myriad of different options on what details to include, which aspects are relevant, and on the descriptive approaches employed. Also, these aspects often combine very specific details with more general guidelines or indicate intents and rationales without clarifying their implementation. In this paper we provide a method to describe immersive learning cases that is structured to enable comparisons, yet flexible enough to allow researchers and practitioners to decide which aspects to include. This method leverages a taxonomy that classifies educational aspects at three levels (uses, practices, and strategies) and then utilizes two frameworks, the Immersive Learning Brain and the Immersion Cube, to enable a structured description and interpretation of immersive learning cases. The method is then demonstrated on a published immersive learning case on training for wind turbine maintenance using virtual reality. Applying the method results in a structured artifact, the Immersive Learning Case Sheet, that tags the case with its proximal uses, practices, and strategies, and refines the free text case description to ensure that matching details are included. This contribution is thus a case description method in support of future comparative research of immersive learning cases. We then discuss how the resulting description and interpretation can be leveraged to change immersion learning cases, by enriching them (considering low-effort changes or additions) or innovating (exploring more challenging avenues of transformation). The method holds significant promise to support better-grounded research in immersive learning.
The cost of acquiring information by natural selectionCarl Bergstrom
This is a short talk that I gave at the Banff International Research Station workshop on Modeling and Theory in Population Biology. The idea is to try to understand how the burden of natural selection relates to the amount of information that selection puts into the genome.
It's based on the first part of this research paper:
The cost of information acquisition by natural selection
Ryan Seamus McGee, Olivia Kosterlitz, Artem Kaznatcheev, Benjamin Kerr, Carl T. Bergstrom
bioRxiv 2022.07.02.498577; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.02.498577
The technology uses reclaimed CO₂ as the dyeing medium in a closed loop process. When pressurized, CO₂ becomes supercritical (SC-CO₂). In this state CO₂ has a very high solvent power, allowing the dye to dissolve easily.
Sharlene Leurig - Enabling Onsite Water Use with Net Zero Water
We are all in the same boat.climate smart agriculture seminar, Montpellier march 15, 2015
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Sir Gordon Conway
Professor of International Development,
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We are all in the same boat:
Food production and food
security under threat by
climate change
Climate-Smart Agriculture Conference
Montpellier, France
March 15, 2015
2. The Global Crises
Financial
Food security
Water
Civil Strife
Climate Change
Energy Supply
Ecosystem
Functions
The Crises all
Around Us
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3. What we have to
achieve
A Key role for agriculture, food & nutrition security
in the international climate change negotiations.
• Agricultural adaptation: agree on the principles and
practices.
• Agricultural mitigation: agree the potential practical role
of agriculture in mitigating climate change.
• National strategies that reflect targets for achieving
climate smart agriculture.
• Public and private financing mechanisms to make this
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5. Increasing food prices and recurring food price
spikes
About 1 billion people
(1 in 6 of the world’s population)
are chronically hungry
We have to increase food production by 60-
100% by 2050
We Face 3 Interconnected
Challenges
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7. They are under height for their age and suffer from
stunted development and possible blindness and
death
Child malnutrition
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8. Demand
• Population Growth
• Changing Diets
• Biofuel Demand
Supply
• Rising fuel and
fertiliser prices
• Land degradation
• Water scarcity
CLIMATE CHANGE MAKES ALL OF THIS MORE
DIFFICULT
Feeding the World by 2050
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9. Emissions continue to rise over next
century, leading to about 40C above
preindustrial levels.
IPPC, 2014. Summary for Policy Makers
If GHG emissions
remain high
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11. • Crop Plants and Livestock are inherently
affected by:
• Too much or too little water
• Too high or too low temperatures
• The length of growing season
• Seasonal variation
• Other climatic extremes
Agriculture is especially
vulnerable
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12. Source: ILRI, 2006, Mapping climate vulnerability and poverty.
Rwanda and
neighbours
Days
Length of Growing Period
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13. More than 5%
reduction in length of
growing period.
Over next 100 years?
Source: Ericksen et al Mapping hotspots of climate change
and food insecurity in the global tropics
Shorter growing periods
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15. The Climate is Changing - UK
Variation in farm income induced
by climate change under high
emissions
Climate Change in the UK
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16. Average
Annual Max
Temp > 300C
by 2050
Source: Ericksen et al Mapping hotspots of climate change
and food insecurity in the global tropics
High temperatures
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17. Each degree day spent above
30 °C
reduced the final yield by 1%
under optimal rain-fed
conditions
by 1.7% under drought
conditions.
Lobell,, D.B. et al. 2011.Nonlinear heat effects on African maize as
evidenced by historical yield trials.Nature Climate Change (2011)
doi:10.1038/nclimate1043
Maize: Effects of High
Temperatures
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18. Grain-filling stage
CIMMYT. Atlas of Maize in Africa. CIMMYT,
Mexico
www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/atl
asafricanag_all.pdf
Maize is highly
vulnerable
High Inputs
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19. Over 80% Global Production, Value over $4bn
Groundwater Depletion and Aquifer collapse
Drought and Almonds in California,
2014/15
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20. Russia
• Severe heatwave in 2010
• 30% of grain crops lost to burning
• $15bn total loss
Pakistan
• Worst floods in 80 years
• Submerged 1/5th of the country,
• Including 14% of Pakistan’s cultivated land
Weather Extremes,
2010/11
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21. Farmers are
especially vulnerable
• Millions of Farmers in developing countries:
• are small smallholders with <1ha
• are poor <$1 a day
• cannot feed their families
• are highly vulnerable to extreme climatic events
• In developed countries, many farmers:
• struggle to make a living
• depend on subsidies and insurance payouts
• and are also highly vulnerable to extreme climatic
events
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22. • 80% of population in sub-Saharan Africa is rural
• 70% of these depend on food production (crops or
livestock) for most of their livelihoods.
• In SSA rural poverty accounts for 90% of total poverty
• Small-scale farming provides
most of the food produced in Africa
Employs 60 – 70% of working people.
Farmers are
especially vulnerable
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25. Agricultural land is becoming
severely degraded
Water for agriculture is becoming
scarce
We have to produce More with Less
Greater productivity but minimised
environmental footprint
We have to
Intensify
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26. But it has to be
sustainable
• With efficient and prudent use of inputs
• Pesticides, herbicides, fertilisers
• Adapting to Climate Change
• Ecological, genetic, Socio-economic approaches
• Minimising emissions of Greenhouse Gases
• Methane, nitrous oxide, CO2
• While increasing natural capital
and environmental services
• Soil moisture, natural enemies of pests
• Strengthening Resilience
• Reducing environmental impact
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29. • Use ecological principles to design adaptive
agricultural practices
e.g.
–Agroforestry
–Integrated Pest
Management
–Organic farming
Intercropping
maize and legume
Sustainable Adaptive
Agro-ecological Intensification
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32. • Plants more nutritious
– carbohydrate and protein
– micronutrients (Vit A, iron, zinc)
• Plants more resilient to
– pests and diseases
– climate change
• Plants more efficient at
– converting sunlight to food
– taking up nitrogen from
the atmosphere
– using water
Sustainable Adaptive
Genetic Intensification
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35. Sustainably Intensifying the links between farmers and markets
Kenya
Sussex
Tanzania Ethiopia
Sustainable Adaptive
Socio-economic Intensification
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37. Adaptation:
Top Down or
Bottom Up?
• Contingency plans and adaptive measures
need to be taken.
• Anticipatory, proactive approaches are better
than reactive approaches.
• There is need for large-scale publically
funded and supported adaptation initiatives.
• But we need to build on local initiatives
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38. Increasingly frequent and severe
droughts, floods, and storms
Fertile lowlands good crops but
can be destroyed during flood
Highlands good crops of maize
and cassava during flood years,
but less productive otherwise
http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/landscape/projects/adaptiv...
Eduardo Mondlane
Resilience in Nwadjahane,
Mozambique
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39. Risk and The Dynamics of
Resilience
The Dynamics of Resilience
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44. • Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Combines modern technology, the application of synthetic, yet
selective, pesticides, and the engineering of pest resistance
with natural methods of control.
• Integrated Soil Management (ISM)
Combines organic approaches with a prudent use of necessary
inputs, through microdosing water and fertiliser.
On Africa’s depleted soils,
production cannot be increased and maintained
without bringing nutrients in from the outside,
either through livestock manure, mineral fertiliser
or cultivation of legumes.
Integrated Approaches
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45. Le, Q.B., Nkonya, E. and A. Mirzabaev. 2014. Biomass Productivity-Based Mapping of Global Land
Degradation Hotspots. (ZEF Discussion Papers 193)
Land degradation hot spots cover about 29% of global land area,
inhabited by 3.2b people
Global Soils are Degrading
Rapidly
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46. Africa’s Soils are Degrading
Rapidly
For SSA land
degradation hotspots
affect 26% of the land
area
The economic loss is
about $68 billion a
year affecting 180
million people
Le, Q.B., Nkonya, E. and A. Mirzabaev. 2014. Biomass Productivity-Based Mapping of Global Land
Degradation Hotspots. (ZEF Discussion Papers 193)
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47. A Healthy Soil is strong in Structure
With an optimal mix of large and small
particle sizes
Providing good permeability and
water holding capacity.
It is highly fertile with rich humus
and sufficient nutrients for high yields
It is also rich in soil biota
and contains no pollutants.
REPAIR, RESTORE, ENHANCE AND CARE
Healthy Soils
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54. Agriculture is a Significant
Emitter of GreenHouse Gases
• Agriculture emits nitrous oxide, methane and
carbon dioxide.
• Nitrous oxide and methane are 300 times and 35
times respectively as powerful in contributing to
global warming as carbon dioxide.
• Cultivation of the soil can reduce the carbon
containing humus.
• The cumulative historical loss of carbon dioxide
from agriculture is between 50 and 78 Gt of carbon
dioxide.
AGRICULTURE HAS A POTENTIAL ROLE IN MITIGATION
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56. • Key is Soil Organic Carbon (SOC)
• SOC lost due to agricultural practices
• Can be put back
– Conservation
farming
– Agroforestry
Carbon Sequestration
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58. Incentives
• Despite the considerable potential gains
• Uptake of ISM in Africa remains low
• Many factors affect farmers decisions
• Too often the choice is made to forgo better land
management practices in lieu of
more affordable, less labour intensive or
alternative uses of resources
• We need stronger incentives and better
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59. There is a need to scale-up funding
• Development organisations, governments and the private
sector need to devise new financial and programming
instruments to address these challenges
A good example is IFAD’s ASAP programme:
World's largest climate change adaptation programme
focused explicitly on smallholder farmers;
More than USD 300 million channelled to at least 8 million
smallholder farmers to build their resilience to climate-
related shocks and stresses;
Financed by IFAD and the governments of Belgium,
Canada, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden,
Switzerland and United Kingdom.
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60. • Countries have agreed to publicly outline in their
INDCs what actions they intend to take under a
global agreement well before the Paris Summit.
• Their form and rigor will largely determine
whether an ambitious 2015 agreement will be
achieved.
• It is crucial that INDCs address both options for
adaptation and mitigation in agriculture
Intended Nationally Determined
Contributions (NDCs)
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61. • Eg
• Country X will agree to plant ????million ha of
Faidherbia agroforestry.
• They will be rewarded on the basis of estimates of:
1. The adaptation contribution
2. The reduction in methane and nitrous oxide
emissions
3. The carbon sequestered
Intended Nationally Determined
Contributions (NDCs)
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63. It Is All About People
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64. Thank you
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