Thank you to the many participants who attended our Sacramento C-AGG meeting last week—it was a full house with excellent presentations, questions, ideas, and networking. We heard from a number of colleagues from California who highlighted progress made in reducing methane through the Dairy Digester Research and Development Program and the Alternative Manure Management Program, […]
C-AGG is pleased to share a report on Climate Resilient Zero Budget Natural Farming (CRZBNF) based on an international meeting and workshop held in Andhra Pradesh (AP), India. The report documents a November 1 – 4, 2017 meeting and workshop on Building Perspectives and Capacity to Measure Climate Change Impacts due to Changes in Agriculture […]
We are pleased to announce that early-bird registration is extended for the next C-AGG meeting in Sacramento, CA on April 4 – 5, 2018. Some topics that will be covered at the meeting include: CA Cap-and-Trade Extension: What Does it Mean for Agriculture-Related Programs? CDFA and CARB Updates on Agricultural GHG Programs and Opportunities Soil […]
New open source paper in Scientific Reports shows the large soil organic carbon sequestration potential of cropland soils globally and provides a consensus on sequestration potential. The report, Global Sequestration Potential of Increased Organic Carbon in Cropland Soils , highlights that positive agricultural inventions on cropland (such as addition of organic manures, cover cropping, mulching, […]
C-AGG is pleased to post the meeting summary, presentations, and participant list from the November 29 – 30, 2017 meeting in Washington DC. All materials are available on the meeting web page. The summary includes highlights of presentations and discussions, and key findings and outcomes, including: Incentive programs that reward farmers to improve soil health […]
By Debbie Reed, C-AGG Executive Director Among the less-known bodies of the UNFCCC are the Subsidiary Bodies: the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA). As implied by its name, SBI provides guidance to the UNFCCC bodies on effective ways to implement agreements, including the 2015 Paris […]
World Soil Day (WSD) is held annually on 5 December to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and advocate for the sustainable management of soil resources. The Global Soil Partnership is dedicating World Soil Day 2017 to the theme “Caring for the Planet starts from the Ground”. December 5, 2017 is also the […]
By Debbie Reed, C-AGG Executive Director I recently returned from attending COP23 negotiations in Bonn, Germany, where the German government hosted the UNFCCC negotiations on behalf of Fiji. November 10 was designated Agriculture Action Day at COP23, and was marked by a full days’ activities devoted exclusively to the issue of agriculture and agricultural solutions […]
A C-AGG delegation traveled to high level meetings and technical workshops in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India, in November 2017. While in India, hosted by our colleagues and partners at the Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI) and the Andhra Pradesh (AP) government, we collaborated to build capacity for agricultural sector resilience and adaptation to climate change, […]
Debbie will be in Bonn, Germany to attend the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP23) meeting which is taking place 6-17 November. C-AGG is an official NGO observer to the UNFCCC process, and our participation is focused on elevating attention to the beneficial role the agricultural sector can […]