Latest Montpellier Panel report gets a mention in a Thomson Reuters article about soil and food security in Mali. Mali’s remarkable fertility (population will triple to reach 45 million by 2050) is said to be a great threat to the country’s food security and sovereignty. Three out of four Malians live on a farm and… Read more »
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ONE WORLD – NO HUNGER: OUR RESPONSIBILITY
The Agriculture for Impact team will be attending the ONE WORLD – No Hunger event in Berlin on the 24th-25th of March. The BMZ aims to address the greatest challenge facing humankind and to contribute significantly to the eradication of hunger and malnutrition, a top priority shared by the post-2015 agenda and the German G7… Read more »
THIRD GLOBAL SOIL WEEK 2015: SOIL THE SUBSTANCE OF TRANSFORMATION.
The Agriculture for Impact team will be attending Global Soil Week in Berlin. This year’s Global Soil Week will highlight the importance of land and soil to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in this the UN designated International Year of Soils. The Global Soil Week 2015 will bring together politicians, scientists from different disciplines, practitioners from… Read more »
GORDON CONWAY SITS ON A HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON GENDER, CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGRICULTURE
Gordon Conway sat on a panel at the Seminar and High-Level Panel on “Gender, Climate Change and Agriculture” in Paris, hosted by the CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and Future Earth, the global research platform for environmental change research. The Panel is linked… Read more »
“WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT: FOOD PRODUCTION AND FOOD SECURITY UNDER THREAT BY CLIMATE CHANGE”
Gordon Conway gave a very well received speech “We are all in the same boat: food production and food security under threat by climate change”at the opening ceremony of the 3rd Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture, held from March 16 to 18, 2015 in Montpellier. It is becoming increasingly obvious that human-induced climate change… Read more »
A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR FEEDING AFRICA
In his recently released annual letter, Bill Gates has made a series of “big bets” for development. One of these bets, that Africa will be able to feed itself by 2030, is a view I also share. But I don’t think we need a big bet to make it happen. Rather, I have a “modest… Read more »
MYTH-BUSTING FOR AFRICAN AGRICULTURE
If you know anything about African agriculture, many commonly held beliefs about the sector will easily spring to mind. Most farmers are women. Uptake of fertilizer and improved seed is low. Post harvest losses are huge. Yet according to a new project “Agriculture in Africa – Telling Facts from Myths,” the evidence upon which we base… Read more »
CAMILLA TOULMIN SPEAKS ON ON BBC SCIENCE IN ACTION
Montpellier Panel member Camilla Toulmin was interviewed on BBC Science in Action about soils, an under appreciated part of our planet. She discusses the key issues and the recommendations that are raised in the latest Montpellier Panel report ‘No ordinary matter: Conserving, restoring and enhancing Africa’s soils‘. Click here to listen to the interview with BBC Science… Read more »
A4I HAVE JOINED THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE (GASCA)
Agriculture for Impact are please to say that we are now members of the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture. Launched in 2014 at the UN Climate Summit, GASCA seeks to improve people’s food security and nutrition in the face of climate change. The Alliance will help governments, farmers, scientists, businesses, and civil society, as well as regional unions… Read more »
BEYOND INTENSIFICATION: MEASURING THE “SUSTAINABLE” IN SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION
Gordon Conway is to take part in a session at the AAAS Conference in San Jose entitled ‘Beyond Intensification: Measuring the “Sustainable” in Sustainable Intensification’ Sustainable intensification (SI) provides a useful and widely adopted conceptual framework for achieving the necessary increases in farm productivity while also ensuring support for social and ecological resources. Unlike the… Read more »
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