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On Tuesday, September 28, join ActionAid USA for the launch of its new report Bigger is Not Better: The High Cost of
Agribusiness Consolidation. IATP's Director of Rural Strategies and Climate Change Ben Lilliston will present during the webinar.
November 16th, 2011,
… adaptation poses risks for farmers and taxpayers, new report finds Farm Bill must link crop insurance with climate resilience MINNEAPOLIS Recent Farm Bill proposals to expand crop insurance for U.S. farmers have failed to acknowledge … they would work with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to develop a whole-farm plan to increase climate resilience and receive support via Farm Bill conservation programs to implement the plan. This cost-savings plan would … change and will be producing an upcoming web series profiling farmers who have withstood extreme weather by building resilience into their farming systems. …
… regulations, while mass slaughter of animals arouses public protest. The third line of defence is to build biological resilience into the agricultural system. This can be done in various ways, including breeding for disease resistance and … makes it vulnerable to bioterrorism. All that remains are other, biological and ecological methods to strengthen the resilience of the agricultural system. These include breeding disease-resistant crop varieties and livestock breeds and … monocultures make way for diversity, the landscape itself may benefit. All this requires fundamental changes in policy. Resilience to terror deserves a place in the definition of sustainable agriculture and in the objectives of the EU Common …
… regulations, while mass slaughter of animals arouses public protest. The third line of defence is to build biological resilience into the agricultural system. This can be done in various ways, including breeding for disease resistance and … makes it vulnerable to bioterrorism. All that remains are other, biological and ecological methods to strengthen the resilience of the agricultural system. These include breeding disease-resistant crop varieties and livestock breeds and … monocultures make way for diversity, the landscape itself may benefit. All this requires fundamental changes in policy. Resilience to terror deserves a place in the definition of sustainable agriculture and in the objectives of the EU Common …
… regulations, while mass slaughter of animals arouses public protest. The third line of defence is to build biological resilience into the agricultural system. This can be done in various ways, including breeding for disease resistance and … makes it vulnerable to bioterrorism. All that remains are other, biological and ecological methods to strengthen the resilience of the agricultural system. These include breeding disease-resistant crop varieties and livestock breeds and … monocultures make way for diversity, the landscape itself may benefit. All this requires fundamental changes in policy. Resilience to terror deserves a place in the definition of sustainable agriculture and in the objectives of the EU Common …
… regulations, while mass slaughter of animals arouses public protest. The third line of defence is to build biological resilience into the agricultural system. This can be done in various ways, including breeding for disease resistance and … makes it vulnerable to bioterrorism. All that remains are other, biological and ecological methods to strengthen the resilience of the agricultural system. These include breeding disease-resistant crop varieties and livestock breeds and … monocultures make way for diversity, the landscape itself may benefit. All this requires fundamental changes in policy. Resilience to terror deserves a place in the definition of sustainable agriculture and in the objectives of the EU Common …
… and social justice globally. IATP is guided by values of economic and racial justice, environmental sustainability and resilience, and strong democratic institutions. IATP is building a just transition for agriculturewhich is not the work … that drives framework that drives practices to build practices to build ecological and climate ecological and climate resilience, to empower resilience, to empower smallholder farming, smallholder farming, and to ensure access to and to ensure access to healthy …
… Schmutz, PhD Associate Professor for Organic Horticulture and Ecological Economics Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience Coventry University, UK Brian Williams, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Geosciences Mississippi State … Development Sociology Cornell University, USA Colin Anderson, PhD Associate Professor Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience Coventry University, UK Nicholas A. Jackson, PhD Honorary Research Fellow Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience Coventry University, UK Douglas Jackson-Smith, PhD Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources Ohio …
… these cross-cutting and transformative outcomes, U.S. climate policy needs to be based upon the following principles: Resilient Climate change is the largest systemic crisis our country has faced and its impacts are increasingly … by declining public 8 Agriculture investments into traditional seed breeding programs, which could ensure diverse and resilient germplasm so that farmers have varieties adaptable to their varying regions and climates. Traditional seed … types, markets, water and nutrient needs. Invest in historical plant and seed breeding methods to ensure diverse and resilient germplasm that is accessible to everyone. Promote energy conservation; increased energy and water use …
… farmers have always been the innovators of flood and drought-prone varieties or unique varieties that contribute to the resilience of their diverse systems to cope with nature.Privileging the formal seed system over the FSSs has no scientific basis from the perspective of biodiversity and agroecology, nor from the perspective of the resilience of a disaster-prone community. A comprehensive national seed policy must be guided by the Convention on … of such knowledge and encourages the equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilization (CBD 1992). The resilience of agriculture and the ability of the farming community to counter the variability of climate change and …
April 15th, 2025,
… stating, "This extractive, monoculture-driven model undermines our food sovereignty, depletes our soils, and erodes the resilience of our farmers." In Africa, like in the United States, the consolidation of farming reinforces and … the 10 elements of agroecology exhibit greater results on economy (value added by capita and net revenue per capita), resilience, youth employment, dietary diversity, agrobiodiversity, management of pesticide and soil health impacts. A … agroecology which foster farmer-led seed systems, ecological farming practices, localized food economies, and community resilience. She lamented the environmental and social costs of industrial agriculture, stating that despite the …
October 24th, 2019,
… for actions on agriculture and climate change, despite a well-publicized commitment of $790 million to to enhance resilience of over 300 million small-scale food producers in the face of mounting climate impacts. That is not because …
June 13th, 2024,
Support a resilient food system based on fair prices for good food
April 24th, 2012,
… multiple benefits to lives, livelihoods, natural resource management, etc. No- regrets options that increase system resilience and productivity, which provide these multiple 2 benefits to producers regardless of the climatic changes … external to the production system. (See for example Lin, Perfecto and Vandermeer 2008) Modern agroecosystems have weak resilience … transitions towards sustainability need to focus on structures and functions that improve resilience. (Pretty 2006) As an example of the vulnerability of the industrial food system to changing climatic …
January 31st, 2019,
The following was first published in The Hill on January 31, 2019.
September 28th, 2020,
Some 12 years ago, IATP contributed to a chapter of the first International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD). About 400 authors contributed to a global report and five regionally specific reports produced with the help of two rounds of peer reviews of drafts.
… Ecosystem Impacts Economic effects Healthy Food System iQuantity Access Quality Sustainability Equity Sovereignty Resilience Healthy Food System Resilience: the ability of groups or communities to cope with external stresses or disturbances as a result of social political and environmental changesocial, political and environmental change. Healthy Food System Resilience: the ability of groups or communities to cope with external stresses or disturbances as a result of social …
May 24th, 2018,
… are signs the stigma is lifting. Rural communities in the Midwest and Appalachia are developing strategies for climate resilience that reflect longer-term goals for community development. State governments must do their part. Climate …
August 16th, 2013,
… last year called on Congress to invest in conservation programs in the next Farm Bill to aid farmers in building climate resilience on the farm, and ultimately to reduce crop insurance payouts in the future. USDA is trying to respond to …
June 16th, 2022,
… crises demonstrate that our food and agriculture systems are extremely vulnerable to shocks: We must invest in building resilience. Diversity of knowledge, genetic resources and food systems that foster human rights are necessary to build this resilience. In this Q&A, we dig deeper into the definition of agroecology, examining the principles and elements of … trade agreements and investments that must be implemented to further agroecological transformations to help build resilience in our food and agriculture systems. Overview of agroecology What is agroecology? Agroecology is a holistic …