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💧🌍 At WIWA, every drop counts. 💦 This March 22nd, we celebrate World Water Day by remembering the vital importance of this resource to our existence. As a company committed to sustainability, we advocate a global effort to address water scarcity, especially in agriculture.

🌱💧 Our mission is to reduce water consumption in agriculture by promoting responsible practices and innovative technologies. Every action counts in the fight to conserve this precious resource for future generations.

Join us in this global movement! Together we can make a difference and ensure a future where water is accessible to all. 💙

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A new report by the 100 Million Farmers initiative, Breakthrough Models for Financing a Sustainable Transition, outlines how to support and work alongside farmers, with a specific focus on speeding up the adoption of regenerative agriculture pathways. The model suggests de-risking transitions by aggregating capital from public and private sources to overcome initial financing costs, thus contributing to the key question of how we unlock resilience across the complexities of the food systems.

We asked three farming leaders to share their thoughts on their greatest worries and most hopeful solutions.

Read complete post: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/01/farming-leaders-scale-up-adoption-sustainable-agriculture/

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John Deere Ploughs Sustainable Farming Forward with Cloud.

Awarded at CES for Innovation, John Deere Brings the Cloud to Farming, Helping Farmers Manage Land More Sustainably, says John Deere’s CTO Jahmy Hindman.

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👉https://sustainabilitymag.com/tech-ai/john-deere-plows-sustainable-farming-forward-with-cloud

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Is the Future of Farming Soilless?
The global population is predicted to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. To feed everyone, it is estimated that global food production will need to increase by up to 70 percent in the next 30 years.

Meanwhile, rapid urbanization is reducing the availability of agricultural land, and climate change is expected to make the land that’s left less suitable for staple crops like wheat, rice, corn and oats.

What’s more, food systems produce around a third of global greenhouse gas emissions from human activities and account for 70 percent of the world’s freshwater withdrawals. Traditional agriculture also contributes to deforestation, soil erosion and over-reliance on pesticides around the world.

So, how do we help feed more people?

Read complete post 👉https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2024/future-farming-hydroponics/792051

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This paper presents new estimates of the effects of dry episodes (rainfall shocks) and droughts on gross domestic product (GDP) per capita growth rates using state-of-theart empirical methods. Rainfall and water availability exhibit considerable spatial variability that is almost two times greater than that of temperature. Hence, the analysis needs to be conducted at a high degree of spatial disaggregation to capture the effects of rainfall variations on economic indicators of interest.

Read complete post 👉 https://reliefweb.int/report/world/droughts-and-deficits-summary-evidence-global-impact-economic-growth

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How the resilience of global food systems is critical for climate action.

▪️Global water and food systems impact people’s lives and livelihoods, and are a high-emitting sector for carbon emissions, making them a priority in multilateral dialogue.

▪️Local contexts vary and agricultural methods must adapt accordingly, so farmers must be at the forefront and centre of change initiatives.

▪️Technology and innovation will drive climate adaptation and food systems resiliency; several initiatives have emerged to catalyze the right investment, ecosystem and market conditions for suitable solutions.

Read complete post 👉https://europeansting.com/2023/12/13/how-the-resilience-of-global-food-systems-is-critical-for-climate-action/

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Financing Climate-adaptive, Water-resilient Food Systems.

➡️ A white paper from the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the NDC Partnership shows options on how mitigation and adaptation ambition can be raised and access to finance for implementation can be realized.

➡️ The key actions are benefit-sharing, building for bankability, investment bundling, and blending.

➡️ The investment pathways include providing transition finance for regenerative and water-efficient agriculture, landscape-based finance, patient finance for multi-use water infrastructure capital, and natural capital finance.

📌Read the full article here: https://sdg.iisd.org/commentary/guest-articles/financing-climate-adaptive-water-resilient-food-systems/

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COP28: climate action for health, the States make a commitment in Dubai.

A declaration on health and climate. It's about time, at a time when climate change is increasingly threatening human physical, mental and physiological health. The text, drawn up by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with the support of 11 countries including Egypt, and the World Health Organisation (WHO), was unveiled on 2 December 2023 in the village of COP28.

Read complete post 👉https://www.afrik21.africa/en/cop28-climate-action-for-health-the-states-make-a-commitment-in-dubai/

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Olive oil price skyrockets as Spanish drought bites.

Francisco José García de Zúñiga is looking across one of the fields of olive trees that he farms. It's harvest time, and the hum of the machine used to shake the trees as workers beat the olives off their branches can be heard in the distance.

"This is turning out to be another bad year, to put it mildly," he said. "We've had two years of drought in a row, 2022 and 2023, and two years of bad harvests."

Mr García de Zúñiga's land is in Jaén, the southern inland province that is the heart of Spanish olive oil output.

Spain is the world's biggest olive oil producer, covering 70% of European Union consumption and 45% of that of the entire world.

The lack of rain that this province and other olive-producing areas around Spain have been seeing therefore has an enormous impact on both the amount of oil being produced and its price.

Read the full article here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67565503

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The climate changed world – with dwindling water supply and inadequate water services – is also changing children, altering their mental and physical health, new report warns.

NEW YORK, 13 November 2023 – 1 in 3 children – or 739 million worldwide – already live in areas exposed to high or very high water scarcity, with climate change threatening to make this worse, according to a new UNICEF report.

Further, the double burden of dwindling water availability and inadequate drinking water and sanitation services is compounding the challenge, putting children at even greater risk.

The Climate Changed Child – released ahead of the COP28 climate change summit - throws a spotlight on the threat to children as a result of water vulnerability, one of the ways in which the impacts of climate change are being felt. It provides an analysis of the impacts of three tiers of water security globally – water scarcity, water vulnerability, and water stress*.

Read complete post: https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/1-3-children-exposed-severe-water-scarcity-unicef

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𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞?
With the impact of extreme weather only getting worse, climate-smart farming methods that conserve water and soil fertility are needed, campaigners say. Devex spoke to regenerative agriculture practitioners about how it works.

Read more ➡️https://www.devex.com/news/how-can-regenerative-agriculture-help-the-food-system-survive-106531

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𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.
Agriculture is confronting a host of difficulties resulting from shifting climate conditions, including frequent extreme weather events, unpredictable rainfall patterns, prolonged droughts, and the increasing prevalence of destructive storms, making it the most vulnerable sector to climate change. Climate-smart agriculture is the solution, promoting green and climate-resilient practices.

This article delves into the intricate relationship between climate change, agriculture, and food security. It sheds light on the significance of adopting climate-smart agricultural practices while emphasizing the pivotal role of Earth observation and geospatial technologies in this pursuit. It also addresses the challenges associated with integrating these technologies and the need for education, data security, and ensuring accessibility to all.

Read complete post 👉https://www.geospatialworld.net/prime/business-and-industry-trends/embracing-earth-observation-resilient-climate-smart-agriculture/

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