IFOAM – Organics International Joins “4 per 1000” Initiative: Soils for food security and climate
IFOAM – Organics International has joined the “4 per 1000” Initiative (link is external), which aims to improve the organic matter content and promote carbon sequestration in soils through the application of agricultural practices adapted to local situations both economically, environmentally and socially, such as agro-ecology, agroforestry, conservation agriculture and landscape management.
The official launch of the initiative took place 01 December 2015 at the COP21 Climate Conference with keynote speeches given by Tabaré Aguerre, Minister for livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay as well as Christian Schmidt, Minister for Food and Agriculture of Germany.
Both José Graziano Da Silva, Director-general of FAO and Stéphane Le Foll, Minister for Agriculture, Food Processing Industry and Forestry of France agreed that farmers need more access to knowledge in order to farm successfully with better soil management practices.
Commenting on the event, Gábor Figeczky, Advocacy Manager at IFOAM – Organics International was pleased to note that Agroecology is at the heart of the “4 per 1000” Initiative. Read more about the initiative.