The world faces interlinked crises of #biodiversityloss, #climatechange, land degradation, and #hunger. We need to tackle them together.
Here's how #agroecology – an ecologically, socially and economically sustainable approach to food and farming – can help.🧵
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A critical analysis of competing framings and narratives connected to #agroecology, #regenerativeagriculture, and #naturebasedsolutions in agriculture and food. ipes-food.org/_img/upload/fi
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Happening tonight! 📅
Do not miss the #webinar and learn how to assess the progress of farms in their #agroecological transition with the indicator system OASIS developed by 👩🌾👨🏽🌾🌿🐐🪱
Register here 👉bit.ly/3Xr2Vnm
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An interesting and useful report from on #foodpricecrisis:
❗️The commodities market is not delivering for a stable economy & #climate
❗️We need to deal with concentration in food chains
❗️Calls for transparency of actors involved in speculation twitter.com/EU_EESC/status
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Looking forward to this. I'll be chairing a discussion for at 11am on 4th Jan on Adjusting to ‘the new normal’. With , Esther Penunia of , , &
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Join us for our first #FoodThinkers webinar of 2023 on Thurs 19 Jan when Sofía Monsalve of and will be talking about corporate influence over #foodgovernance and what measures can be taken to tackle it.
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The Oxford Real Farming Conference #ORFC23 brings the real food and farming movement together. We'll be there with pertinent discussions on #protein transition and #foodpricecrisis. Join in person and online! 4-6 Jan 2023🌱
Book now ➡️ orfc.org.uk
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Time for a radical re-casting of what is possible in global development? Here's a reflection on 2022 from
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Why 'nature-based solutions' are so controversial at #cop15.
Congolese farmers barred from own land for tree planting project by French oil giant Total Energies
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Indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination, culture, and lands. We must respect and support their rights and efforts to preserve their traditions and way of life. #indigenousrights #COP15CBD
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New analysis from ; was happy to comment: “Just a handful of firms control the grain trade, and when the grain travels through this bottleneck of companies and in highly financialized markets, any volatility can lead to price increases.”
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“The public needs more information about how tax dollars are being spent, especially when they are being distributed to some of the world’s largest companies, which happen to emit a lot of carbon while bringing in record profits.” -Dr. ,
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At #COP15 we are urging negotiators to look more holistically at food systems, and integrate agroecology, regenerative approaches, and Indigenous foodways into Target 10 as capstones to a bold outcome and global biodiversity framework. Read my blog here:
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In the Horn of Africa, a drought is exposing cracks in the global #foodsystem. “There’s a concentration of crops, countries and of companies,” says , vice chair of the . “And then there’s the fourth C in this equation, #climate.”
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Some interesting reads for you this week
1. SMOKE AND MIRRORS - ipes-food.org/pages/smokeand
2. WHO PROFITS UNDER UPOV? - grain.org/e/6921
3. VERMONT CITY SUES MONSANTO OVER SCHOOL CONTAMINATION - apnews.com/article/busine
4. GREEN REVOLUTION iatp.org/blog/202007/fa
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The famine unfolding in Africa is exposing cracks in a global food system that will only widen as the atmosphere warms + thanks to
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My take in on #COP27: Climate crisis in Africa exposes real cause of hunger – colonial food systems that leave people more vulnerable theconversation.com/climate-crisis #heymac
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"If solutions are proposed by the very corporations responsible for #biodiversityloss, we are going down the wrong path" - says our Lim Li Ching
Read what happened at our #COP15 event on biodiversity & the urgent need for #foodsystem reform
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The ENB team reported from the @IPESfood #COP15 event: #Biodiversity and the urgent need for food system reform
Our highlights and images
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Key remarks below!
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However, farming with diversity and nature – #agroecology – can help reverse these trends and restore #biodiversity.
🌍Increases on-farm biodiversity by 1/3rd
🌍Intercropping provides 16-29% greater yields with 19-36% less fertilizer
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Chemical-intensive monocrop farming and the industrial food system have reduced the diversity of foods and crops grown, threatening #biodiversity
🌾Only 3 crops (rice wheat maize) account for 60% of the world's staple food supply
🌽With soy they occupy almost 50% of cropland
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Thanks to for organizing this #COP15 panel to elevate the importance of food systems in the biodiversity discussion >> we cannot reach our biodiversity targets without #FoodSystems #ForNature
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Climate crisis in Africa exposes real cause of hunger – colonial food systems that leave people more vulnerable
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very happy to share this report of an panel entitled "Biodiversity and the Urgent Need for Food System Reform" at #COP15 in Montreal.
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"The knowledge and practices of smallholder farmers, women, and Indigenous Peoples are central to the survival of biodiverse, resilient #foodsystems. They can halt and reverse #BiodiversityLoss" – of
#COP15 #ForNature #Agroecology
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If governments at #COP15 are to tackle #BiodiversityLoss, they need to step up and regulate Big Ag, and address the harmful incentives locking in industrial farming - says our expert Lim Li Ching of .
Join her and top panel speakers at COP15 Room 513C, 6.15ET
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"Phasing out industrial agriculture and fostering agroecology is a necessary condition of reversing #BiodiversityLoss"
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Today! I am looking forward to contributing to this #COP15 side event on biodiversity and the future of food systems with @IPESfood, @JennClapp, @laurenObaker, , @DalhousieU, @3rdworldnetwork, @WesternU, Room 513C, 18:15
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Thank you for putting together such a rich collection of knowledgeable and good humans, panel-wide, IPES-Food!
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#Agroecology is the untapped opportunity to tackle biodiversity loss, climate change & #foodcrisis together.
As governments hammer out a deal at #COP15 in Montreal to save global biodiversity, it's vital they include support for #agroecology in the Global Biodiversity Framework
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Today! I am looking forward to chairing this #COP15 side event on biodiversity and the future of food systems with , , , , Room 513C, 18:15
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By me: the false food ‘solutions’ alarming experts after Cop27
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Yes, it was a good day when you were able to have 14.5 miles for breakfast and spend some time with the brilliant @_RajPatel. Thanks for the special time, conversation, and inspiration last week, Raj. 
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❗️Today at 13:15 ET, #COP15, Montréal. This excellent side-event discusses how global #biodiversity targets risk failure without #agroecology and agro-biodiversity. Room 514A and online
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Are you attending #COP15 in Montréal or virtually?
Join this diverse panel as they discuss evidence in support of #agroecology as a fundamental basis for a global biodiversity strategy. #GBF
8 December, 13:15 PM
Register: eventbrite.nl/e/missing-the-
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Are you attending #COP15 in Montréal or virtually?
Join this diverse panel as they discuss evidence in support of agroecology as a fundamental basis for a global biodiversity strategy.
📅8 December, 13:15 PM
Register: eventbrite.nl/e/missing-the-
#ForNature
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⚡️🌎Three-quarters of #food +#agricultural #biodiversity has been destroyed in the last century due to industrial and inequitable agricultural models.🚜
👉Join the side event and learn more about #foodsystemtransformation
👉Register: eventbrite.nl/e/missing-the-
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#Agroecology is the untapped opportunity to tackle biodiversity loss, climate change & #foodcrisis together.
As governments hammer out a deal at #COP15 in Montreal to save global biodiversity, it's vital they include support for #agroecology in the Global Biodiversity Framework
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#Agroecology promotes diverse complex landscapes better for insects
Crop diversification increases the biodiversity of wild species by 24%, while increasing crop production 14%
Yet right now, most of the billions subsidising agriculture props up harmful agricultural practices
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However, farming with diversity and nature – #agroecology – can help reverse these trends and restore #biodiversity.
🌍Increases on-farm biodiversity by 1/3rd
🌍Intercropping provides 16-29% greater yields with 19-36% less fertilizer
#COP15 #ForNature
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Chemical-intensive monocrop farming and the industrial food system have reduced the diversity of foods and crops grown, threatening #biodiversity
🌾Only 3 crops (rice wheat maize) account for 60% of the world's staple food supply
🌽With soy they occupy almost 50% of cropland
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Industrial agriculture is the major cause of #biodiversity loss while significantly contributing to #climatecrisis
🌍Endangers 86% of species facing extinction
🌍Drives 1/3rd of tropical deforestation
🌍Nearly 90% of the 💲540B of global farming subsidies harm people & planet
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