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This recommendation paper presents general recommendations for food systems transformation to achieve net-zero emissions from food production by 2030 and net negative emissions from food systems by 2050.
According to the document the following actions are needed to transform food systems:
1. A global shift to nature-positive production: Nature-positive food production systems protect...
Policy brief/paper
2021
The AgroEcos Newsletter presents 'solidarity economy' based on three agroecology case studies from Bolívia and Brazil.
Newsletter
2021
Agroecological production methods strengthen farmers’ autonomy and adaptive capacity. When expanding agroecological systems, greater societal benefits depend on closer relationships between producers and consumers. Connecting producers to more equitable and sustainable markets through short food supply chains can increase producers’ income, at the same time as maintaining a fair price...
Brazil
Case study
2021
The Government of Andhra Pradesh introduced Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) in 2016 as an alternative to chemical-based and capital intensive agriculture through its implementing agency Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS). The main objective of the ZBNF is to make agriculture economically viable, agrarian livelihoods profitable, thereby reducing agrarian distress through...
India
Report
2020
This second Biodiversity Advantage report of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) showcases five projects which highlight the integral importance of biodiversity in agriculture.
These projects show how promoting biodiversity improves human and ecosystem health, and the roles of small-scale agricultural producers in preserving and restoring biodiversity and schemes that reward them for their stewardship...
Bangladesh - Brazil - Burkina Faso - Kenya - Türkiye
Report
2021
Humanity faces interlinked social, environmental and economic challenges of a magnitude not experienced before, and which are now compounded by the socio-economic challenges brought by COVID-19. A degraded natural resource base and fragmented social webs are being further tested through the impact of climate change and the loss of biodiversity.
Transition...
Book
2021
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