Division International Agricultural Policy

With less resource consumption and less environmental damage, more and more people around the world need to be fed - how can future agriculture create the squaring of the circle?

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Recordings Livestreams

Soil Atlas 2024
This webinar, taking place during the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), will emphasize concrete experiences with soil restoration from different continents. It will also address the necessary framework conditions for soil restoration such as land rights.

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Welcome remarks

Anna Lappé, Executive Director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food

Presentation of the Soil Atlas 2024

Larissa Stiem-Bhatia, Programme Lead – Nature-Based Solutions at TMG Thinktank for Sustainability

Panel Discussion

Rosinah Mbenya, Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Kenya
Mino Ramaroson, Regional Coordinator Africa, Huairou Commission on women’s land rights in Africa
Vijay Kumar Thallam, advisor on agriculture and cooperation to the state Government of Andhra Pradesh, India
Victor Castillo, Full Research Professor at the Department of Soil and Water Conservation, Spanish National Research Agency (CSIC)

Publications

Buffer Stocks against Inflation

Policy Paper

The build-up of national, regional and global public buffer stocks for food can help stabilise prices on global agricultural markets and limit inflation.

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Resilient Agriculture on the African Continent: The Proof will be in the Soil

E-Paper

Africa must find pathways to provide a better life for its people, including access to healthy and sustainably produced food. This policy paper takes a closer look at the role of synthetic fertilizers in African food systems.

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Implementation of a ban on the export of certain hazardous pesticides from Germany

Legal opinion

The German government has announced it will implement an export ban on certain hazardous pesticides. A draft of the implementation policy will be presented during the spring of 2023.

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Effects of a change to fallow land in the EU on the global grain market

Due to the war in Ukraine, grain prices have risen sharply. But a reduction in fallow land in the EU would only have a minor effect on the world market price for grain. Therefore, it would be better to provide financial aid to the most vulnerable countries.

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