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Harvesting Solutions: How Food Systems Can Unlock Progress on Climate and Biodiversity

Food Tank

This is the first part of an articles series based on based on conversations held during COP16 (Cali) and COP29 (Baku) side events by leading food system actors, who explored solutions provided by agroecology. And efforts to make food systems more nature positive, including through agroecology, must be integral to each.

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Brainfood: Marroon rice, Dutch aroids, Sicilian saffron, Inca agriculture, Native American agriculture, Mexican peppers, Afro-Mexican agriculture, Sahelian landraces, Small-scale fisheries, Coconut remote sensing

Agricultural Biodiversity

Trees, terraces and llamas: Resilient watershed management and sustainable agriculture the Inca way. Afro-Indigenous harvests: Cultivating participatory agroecologies in Guerrero, Mexico. There might have been two distinct saffron species in ancient Sicily. The sedimentary record can be used to recover traditional knowledge too.

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Brainfood: Diverse ecologists, Wild vs cultivated, Ecosystem services, Indigenous people, Mixtures, On-farm trees, Monitoring protected areas, Social media & protected areas, Wild harvesting, Land sparing vs sharing, Agroecology & plant health, Wild vs cultivated

Agricultural Biodiversity

Actually, the Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) could also usefully be applied to agricultural biodiversity. Does long-term harvesting impact genetic diversity and population genetic structure? Intensifying agriculture can be good for land sparing, but its sustainability depends on land sharing.

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Commentary: With Agriculture Facing a ‘Great Collision,’ More Farmers Seek to Nourish and Heal  

Daily Yonder

Farmers in many parts of the world, particularly smallholder, Indigenous, and family farmers, are increasingly seeing their agriculture practices turn against them. They also embraced crop diversity by adopting traditional crops, including hardier, more nutritious varieties that had been orphaned by modern agriculture demands.

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Op-Ed | Why the World’s Food Systems Need to Transition Away from Industrial Agriculture

Food Tank

Today, this model of industrial agriculture is no longer fit for purpose. We need to rethink our food systems and transition to diversified agroecological systems that can ensure we address this twin challenge, and to provide nutritious diets to a growing population without destroying the planet.

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25 Books Guiding Us Toward More Regenerative Food Systems

Food Tank

Food Tank is rounding up 25 books about the past, present, and future of global food and agriculture systems to get you through the winter. Decolonizing African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology and the Need for Radical Transformation by William G. Moseley In Decolonizing African Agriculture , William G.

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What is Regenerative Agriculture, and Why Does It Matter?

Sustainable Harvest International

Before defining regenerative agriculture, it’s important to note what it isn’t. Regenerative agriculture offers a powerful solution to today’s interconnected crises, including the climate crisis, poverty, declining food security, and biodiversity loss. Industrial agriculture prioritizes profit over the health of the planet.