International Food Policy Research Institute blog that focuses on implementing sustainable and resilient management of soils, water in agriculture, and climate risks.
SOURCE: International Food Policy Research Institute
A long-term study suggests C4 grasslands could soak up carbon dioxide at higher levels than previously thought.
SOURCE: Nature
In 2015, the Australian Government released a National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy. The strategy outlines how Australia is managing the risks of a variable and changing climate.
SOURCE: Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy
Access to reports from various agencies regarding climate change and adaptation strategies.
SOURCE: Global Agriculture
This report, generated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, reflects views of more than 300 scientists from around the world under the auspices of the FAO’s Global Soil Partnership and its Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, and the European Commission. It discusses threats and solutions that soil biodiversity can provide to problems in different fields.
SOURCE: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The Decade of Family Farming provides an extraordinary opportunity for the United Nations to achieve its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in an inclusive, collaborative and coherent way. Putting family farming and all family-based production models1 at the focus of interventions for a period of ten years, will contribute to a world free of hunger and poverty, where natural resources are managed sustainably, and where no one is left behind–corresponding to the top commitments of the 2030 Agenda.
SOURCE: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The world is facing a growing number of complex and interconnected challenges—from slowing global growth and persistent economic inequality to climate change, geopolitical tensions and the accelerating pace of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In isolation, these are daunting challenges; faced simultaneously, we will struggle if we do not work together. There has never been a more pressing need for a collaborative and multistakeholder approach to shared global problems.
SOURCE: World Economic Forum
Insight from 2,020 farmers from across the country reflected enthusiasm for cover crops and—for the fourth year in a row—found a yield boost in corn and soybeans following cover crops. Multi-year data shows the yield boost increases as cover crops are planted year after year, a revelation that points to an appealing long-term benefit of the conservation practice. The survey offers data unavailable elsewhere, providing a vital glimpse into farmers’ use of and perceptions about cover crops: Previous SARE/CTIC Cover Crop Surveys have been used by researchers and farm groups, and even cited in Congressional testimony.
SOURCE: SARE