Soil health is critical for sustainable agriculture in Africa!

Industrial farming relies on chemical fertilizers and heavy tillage which destroy soil health. Heinrich Böll Stiftung explores how agroecological practices can promote soil health and productivity. 🌱 bit.ly/3V4ro1t

Africa’s soils are in crisis. Decades of reliance on chemical fertilizers and pesticides have exacerbated the problem.

Shifting to #agroecology can restore soil health and biodiversity, and improve food security. Important piece in African Arguments.
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A major scale-up of investment in #agroecology and regenerative approaches would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve biodiversity, food security and nutrition. ✅

Blog by IPES-Food bit.ly/4bwJKiN

🌱The Road to Belem and beyond: financing and leveraging #agroecology .
Don't miss this upcoming hybrid event!
📅 3 June, 16:15 – 17:30 CEST
👉Find out more: agroecology-coalition.org/events/

🎉 Great news from Agroecology Fund & TrustAfrica who are launching regional funds in West & Eastern Africa to fund grassroots #FoodSystems transformation.

Philanthropic organizations including Global Alliance members have financed the funds.
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Industrial food systems drive biodiversity loss.

But, there's a better way to produce food! Agroecology and regenerative approaches to farming support biodiversity.

Watch IKEA Foundation's good explainer video ⬇️ #BiodiversityDay

Hundreds of climate scientists expect temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C above preindustrial levels by 2100.

Food systems account for 1/3 of greenhouse gas emissions. We must urgently wean global #FoodSystems off fossil fuels for a liveable future. 🌡️🌍bit.ly/44TbEmj

Hiring: Do you have a deep understanding of the relationships between #FoodSystems , the climate crisis, biodiversity, and health?

Apply for our Director of Climate and Nature role!
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#hiring #charityjobs #climatejobs

Despite making up 1/3 of global greenhouse gas emissions, #FoodSystems receive just 2% of climate mitigation finance. 👀

Filling the climate financing gap for food and agriculture is critical to fighting the climate crisis!

New World Bank report: bit.ly/3wATl8Q

A new report by The Rockefeller Foundation explores the benefits of integrating Indigenous Knowledge and modern science for sustainable #FoodSystems transformation. bit.ly/3UWv3Q2

New IPES-Food blog calls for urgent #ClimateAction on food systems.

Incremental changes to industrialized #FoodSystems are not enough to avert the climate crisis. We need to restructure food and farming based on agroecology and regenerative approaches. 🌱
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New report: Land prices have doubled globally since 2008 but farmers aren’t benefiting. Land grabs for carbon schemes and speculation threaten farmers and food production.

New @ipesfood report explores how to achieve equitable access to land
bit.ly/4ai5OvN #LandSqueeze

This week we worked with 🤝 CGIAR #AgroecologyInitiative , Global Alliance for the Future of Food, Biovision Foundation, WWF & UN Biodiversity on a peer-to-peer session ahead of #SBSTTA26 .
A great opportunity to showcase the role of #agroecology in building social capital beyond #nutrition and livelihoods.