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BookletRecarbonization of global soils - A tool to support the implementation of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture 2019
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The implementation of proven Soil Organic Carbon (SOC)-centred Sustainable Soil Management (SSM) practices for maintaining carbon rich soils (peatlands, black soils, permafrost, etc.) and for sequestering more carbon in soils with such potential (croplands and degraded soils), would address the challenge of compensating global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Soil organic carbon sequestration has been shown to hold the largest sink potential in terrestrial ecosystems and agroecosystems. SOC-centred SSM practices could not only mitigate GHGs emissions but also provides multiple benefits such as enhancing food security and farm income, reducing poverty and malnutrition, providing essential ecosystem services (climate and hydrological regulation, biodiversity maintenance, and nutrient cycling, among others), contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and building resilience to extreme climatic events. RECSOIL is designed to address the key challenges humanity faces today within an enabling framework integrated by a series of institutions and commitments related to climate change and sustainability. The main objective of the programme is to support and improve the national and regional GHG mitigation and carbon sequestration initiatives. -
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Book (stand-alone)Final Report of the Regional Meeting on Agroecology in sub-Saharan Africa 2016
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The Multistakeholder Consultation on agroecology for sub-Saharan Africa was held in Dakar, Senegal on 5-6 November 2015. Agroecology was presented as a solution to harness Africa’s social, natural and economic assets as it enhances local biodiversity and the conservation of natural resources. It also represents a paradigm shift in the way agriculture has been practised and analysed by proponent of mainstream science for over a century with an essentially reductionist approach and an increasing d ependence on external inputs. A significant part of conversations around food security and climate change has focused on production and productivity to meet present and future needs. While this can make important contributions to solving these problems, a further observation points out that public goods like social development and innovation are strong—and perhaps the strongest—levers for increasing food security. It was recognized that this requires a dramatic shift, starting with understanding the current conditions and incentivizing the systems that employ the best solutions: building the soil as a living organism; managing pests through natural practices and with increased biodiversity; and focusing on knowledge development and community empowerment at the local level. It was highlighted that food producers were the backbone of these local innovation systems, integrating local and scientific knowledge.Read the reports and other materials from other Meetings on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition :
- Indigenous Food Systems, Agroecology and the Voluntary Guidelines on Tenure. A Meeting between Indigenous Peoples and FAO. 2-3 February 2015 - FAO, Rome Headquarters
- Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition Proceedings of the FAO International Symposium. 18-19 September 2014, Rome, Italy
- Abstracts for the Final Report for the International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition. Scientific Knowledge Session, 18 September 2014
- Agroecology to reverse soil degradation and achieve food security
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