Theo de Jager engages in a thought-provoking discourse on the contemporary challenges confronted by family farms in the wake of a shifting global perspective on food systems. The backdrop to his discussion is the recent Food System Summits, particularly the main summit held in Rome, which prompted a collective reevaluation ...
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Press briefing: Soil Carbon Sequestration and Food Security Johannes Lehmann Cornell University Dawit Solomon Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Addis Ababa Cornell University Johannes Lehmann and Dawit Solomon highlighted the importance of soil organic carbon in the global carbon cycles, stating that every 7-10 years all carbon in ...
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This Oceans Action Event at COP 22, Marrakech covers solutions to Core Issues, i.e. Food Security, Mitigation, Adaptation and Resilience – challenges are far more easily identified than solutions, with this being a time of ‘Action’, the first step to the solutions space is a recognition of the role the ...
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