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Poster, bannerCommunicating the importance of soils to human health: new options and opportunities
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Book (stand-alone)Integrated Crop Management Vol. 6 – An international technical workshop Investing in sustainable crop intensification The case for improving soil health 2008
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No results found.This publication is a report of a Workshop that brought together people from a wide range of institutions - farmers, researchers, extensionists, policy makers, donors – from 40 countries who share a common concern about the non-sustainability of ways in which farm land is now being used and who are convinced that this must change. The Workshop focused on the growing evidence of success in the adoption and spread of Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems in developing countries. CA-b ased approaches to sustainable production intensification are highly relevant to the global response to rising food and energy prices, increasing soil and environmental degradation, pervasive rural poverty, climate change and increasing water scarcity. The main outcome of the Workshop is ‘A Framework for Action’. reflecting on actions that would help to upscale the take up of CA, thereby enabling land to be farmed more productively, profitably and sustainably. -
Policy briefOpportunities for the tropical fruit sector to meet European Union regulations on maximum residue levels and pesticide use 2024This technical brief explores the challenges and opportunities confronting the tropical fruit sector in meeting European Union (EU) regulations on maximum residue levels (MRLs) and pesticide use. The EU's Farm to Fork Strategy aims to cut chemical pesticide use by half by 2030. Within this context, producers targeting the EU market are confronted with the dilemma of reducing pesticide use while tackling climate change-induced pest challenges. The brief gives examples of practices that reduce the need of pesticide use including integrated pest management, organic fertilizers, precision agriculture, and cooperation across value chains. Adopting more sustainable production practices may be costly in the short and medium term but necessary in the long term. While compliance with new regulations will be needed for continued market access, the reduction in pesticide can also help increase competitiveness and consumer confidence of companies and resilience of the tropical fruit sector.The Sustainable Tropical Fruits series highlights important developments, technical information and good practices related to resilient, sustainable and inclusive tropical fruit value chains. For more information or to suggest future topics, please contact Responsible-Fruits@fao.org.
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