Sustainable agriculture
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| 2025 |
Sustainable Development Goal 2
International target set to address stunting and wasting in children under five years of age as part of Sustainable Development Goal 2.
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| October 2024 | PSii project in the Doyogena region of Ethiopia was awarded praise by local and agricultural officials for promoting climate-resilient agricultural practices, including crop rotation of faba beans and wheat to enhance soil health and increase productivity. |
| 2023 |
No-till farming
No-till farming practices increased to roughly 30% of cultivated cropland in the United States, demonstrating a continued shift towards conservation tillage methods and sustainable agricultural practices.
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| 2023 |
Sustainable Development Goal 2
Up to 757 million people facing hunger globally, representing slightly less than 10 percent of the world population, with 20 million people at risk of famine in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, and Nigeria.
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| 2022 |
Sustainable Development Goal 2
Russian invasion of Ukraine further jeopardizes the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 2 by disrupting global food production and supply chains.
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| 2021 |
No-till farming
Representative Rodney Davis of Illinois introduced H.R.2508 (NO EMITS act), a legislative bill aimed at amending the Food Security Act of 1985 to propose strategies for offsetting agricultural emissions through minimal or no-till farming practices.
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| 2021 | At the United Nations Climate Change Conference, 45 countries pledged over 4 billion dollars for transition to sustainable agriculture. |
| 2020 |
No-till farming
A study demonstrated that combining no-till farming with cover cropping could effectively mitigate climate change by sequestering more carbon than either practice used individually, revealing a synergistic effect in carbon capture.
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| 2020 |
Agroforestry
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released 'The State of the World's Forests' report, emphasizing the urgent need to scale up agroforestry and sustainable production practices to address agricultural and environmental challenges.
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| 2020 |
Sustainable Development Goal 2
COVID-19 pandemic causes massive disruption to global food supply chains, with up to 142 million people suffering from undernourishment.
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| 2020 |
Sustainable Development Goal 2
Deadline for achieving Sustainable Development Goal Target 2.5, focused on maintaining genetic diversity in food production, with unique target date differing from other Sustainable Development Goals which are set for 2030.
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| 2020 |
Sustainable Development Goal 2
Target year for achieving one of the specific objectives under Sustainable Development Goal 2
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| May 2020 | European Union published the 'From Farm to Fork' program to make agriculture more sustainable, setting targets for organic farming, pesticide reduction, and food waste management by 2030. |
| February 29 2020 | Former dean Gordon Rausser made a $50 million donation, leading to the college being renamed Rausser College of Natural Resources. |
| 2019 |
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
The United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and other people working in rural areas, which reaffirmed the farmers' rights contained in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
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| 2019 |
Agroforestry
The Global EverGreening Alliance launched a climate change mitigation project in agriculture, aiming to restore land and sequester carbon from the atmosphere, with a target of capturing 20 billion tons of carbon annually by 2050.
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| 2019 | China's National Basic Research Program (Program 973) funded research into Science and Technology Backyard (STB) to invest in sustainable farming and increase food production with minimal environmental impact. |
| 2019 | The Coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak highlighted the connection between agricultural land use changes and the rise of zoonotic diseases, demonstrating how agricultural expansion can create conditions that increase human-animal disease transmission risks. |
| 2019 |
Sustainable Development Goal 2
Global data revealed that 1 in 9 people are undernourished, with 52 million children experiencing wasting or severe wasting worldwide.
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| 2019 |
Sustainable Development Goal 2
The World Food Programme (WFP) published the Hunger Map, providing comprehensive data on world hunger levels.
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| 2019 |
Sustainable Development Goal 2
Unprecedented locust infestation begins in Eastern Africa, significantly threatening food security and agricultural production.
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| September 2019 |
Sustainable Development Goal 2
Heads of State and Government convened at the SDG Summit to renew their commitment to the 2030 Agenda, acknowledging limited progress and launching the 'decade of action' to accelerate SDG implementation.
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| 2018 |
Seawater greenhouse
Paton and Davis researched brine utilization in wind-driven seawater greenhouses, focusing on developing methods to cool greenhouses and produce salt from desalination brine. Their study demonstrated a way to valorize brine by using wind-driven airflow and seawater evaporation, transforming a potential environmental waste product into a marketable resource.
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| 2018 |
Non-timber forest product
TRAFFIC reported that one in five medicinal and aromatic plant species are threatened with extinction, with only 7 percent having been assessed for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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| 2018 | Prediction that 163 million farms across 100 nations were using sustainable intensification, covering 453 million hectares of agricultural land, which represents 29% of farms worldwide. |
| December 2018 |
Agroforestry
By the end of 2018, over 60 farms in Ecuador had implemented Inga plots through Rainforest Saver's project
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| 2017 |
No-till farming
United States Census of Agriculture reported that approximately 21% of cultivated cropland was managed under no-till farming practices, highlighting the growing adoption of soil conservation techniques.
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| 2017 |
Sustainable Development Goal 2
A high-level political forum was held to discuss recommendations and actions for accelerating progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2). Stakeholders including the French UN mission, Action Against Hunger, Save The Children, and Global Citizen participated in conversations about addressing world hunger.
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| 2017 |
Sustainable Development Goal 2
High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) conducted a thematic review of SDG 2, predicting 130 million stunted children by 2025.
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| July 2017 | Daniel Kammen begins chairing the Energy and Resources Group (ERG) for the 2017-18 academic year. |
| 2016 |
Agroforestry
Rainforest Saver launched a project in Ecuador's Amazon region, in the original area of Inga edulis origin
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| 2016 | Chinese government adopted a plan to reduce meat consumption by 50% to achieve a more sustainable food system. |
| 2015 |
Sustainable Development Goal 2
The World Trade Organization decided to terminate export subsidies for agricultural commodities, including export credit, export credit guarantees, and insurance programs for agricultural products.
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| 2015 |
Sustainable Development Goal 2
United Nations established 17 Sustainable Development Goals, with SDG 2 specifically aiming to achieve 'zero hunger' by addressing food security, nutrition, and sustainable agriculture.
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| September 2015 |
Sustainable Development Goal 2
The UN General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which included 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), emphasizing a holistic approach to sustainable development for all.
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| 2014 |
No-till farming
A research study challenged previous carbon sequestration claims, suggesting that some no-till systems might actually sequester less carbon than conventional tillage systems, particularly noting potential carbon loss in subsurface layers.
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| 2013 |
Sustainable Development Goal 2
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) published a report recommending focus on eliminating hunger and under-nutrition by 2025, based on successful experiences in China, Vietnam, Brazil, and Thailand.
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| 2012 |
Agroforestry
World Vision Australia was awarded the Arbor Day Award for Education Innovation.
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| April 2012 |
Agroforestry
World Vision Australia, in partnership with the World Agroforestry Center and World Vision East Africa, held an international 'Beating Famine' conference in Nairobi, bringing together over 200 participants including world leaders, agricultural ministers, ambassadors, and international organization representatives to discuss improving food security through FMNR and Evergreen Agriculture.
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| 2011 | First encounter of agroecology trainers took place in Zimbabwe, resulting in the issuance of the Shashe Declaration. |
| 2011 |
Agroforestry
FMNR won the World Vision International Global Resilience Award for the most innovative initiative in resilient development practice, natural environment, and climate issues.
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| 2011 |
Agroforestry
The 2011–2012 East African food crisis highlighted the critical need for addressing root causes of hunger through sustainable land management techniques like FMNR.
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| 2011 |
Non-timber forest product
FAO estimated that Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFPs) generated US$88 billion in global economic value.
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| 2011 | The Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change urged integration of sustainable agriculture into national and international policy. |
| 2010 |
Agroforestry
Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) won the Interaction 4 Best Practice and Innovation Initiative award, recognizing its high technical standards and effectiveness in addressing food security and livelihood needs of small producers in natural resource management and agroforestry.
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles No-till farming, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Agroforestry, Non-timber forest product, Nutrient budgeting, Seawater greenhouse, Agroecology, Sustainable agriculture, Rausser College of Natural Resources & Sustainable Development Goal 2, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.