The Sustainable Agriculture nonprofit the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform (SAI Platform) on Wednesday introduced the launch of a brand new framework, which goals to offer the farming business with a globally aligned strategy for navigating the transition to extra regenerative practices.
The SAI Platform warned that local weather change is about to lower the productiveness of farming globally by as much as 30 p.c, warning the agriculture business faces a “essential second” whether it is to satisfy rising demand for meals within the coming many years.
The group estimates that greater than half of the world’s agricultural land has already been degraded, and that 70 p.c extra meals shall be wanted by 2050.
To assist sort out these dangers the initiative has as we speak launched a brand new “Regenerating Collectively” framework and broader program, which goals to advertise and help the adoption of extra regenerative agricultural practices that supporters declare can slash environmental impacts whereas boosting yields.
Local weather change is about to lower the productiveness of farming globally by as much as 30%.
The framework will see greater than 30 agriculture cooperatives, together with business giants and the broader 170-strong SAI Platform membership, which options multinationals equivalent to Nestlé, Danone, Unilever and PepsiCo, decide to a worldwide customary for regenerative agriculture.
The SAI Platform mentioned that in collaboration with farmers, academia, NGOs and companies, it has established an aligned strategy to regenerative agriculture that goals to mitigate and adapt to the impression of local weather change, enhance soil well being, increase biodiversity, retain water within the soil and scale back consumption, whereas on the similar time guaranteeing the business viability of farming companies.
Total, SAI Platform mentioned the “widespread aim” of the brand new framework is to offer a resilient and productive meals system that can each revitalize pure ecosystems in addition to enhance farmers’ livelihoods.
It defined that its framework has been designed for sensible use at farm degree to assist drive farmers’ transition to extra regenerative agricultural practices and translate the “often-ambiguous” ideas surrounding regenerative agriculture into motion at a farm degree.
As well as, SAI Platform mentioned the framework can be built-in into its current business options together with the European Roundtable for Beef Sustainability (ERBS), the Farm Sustainability Evaluation (FSA) and the Sustainable Dairy Partnership (SDP).
Regenerative agriculture is the way in which ahead to make sure productiveness and farm ecosystem viability.
Dionys Forster, SAI Platform’s director basic, mentioned the initiative has a “confirmed observe file of growing business initiatives and applications that constantly enhance sustainability and ship measurable outcomes within the agriculture sector.”
“Regenerative agriculture is the way in which ahead to make sure productiveness and farm ecosystem viability — we should act now and additional transition in direction of farming practices that shield the way forward for our planet,” he added. “We look ahead to persevering with to work with our members and different business gamers as we construct in direction of this widespread aim.”
The framework has additionally obtained help from main agriculture companies and related corporations within the sector, together with AB Sugar, McCain and Unilever.
“SAI Platform’s Regenerating Collectively program has grown from an business recognition that we should evolve our strategy to sustainable agriculture to constantly drive optimistic impression in our provide chains,” mentioned Eric Soubeiran, vp of enterprise operations sustainability at Unilever.
“As particular person organizations we’ve set targets to implement regenerative agricultural practices, however this new framework brings leaders collectively to work in direction of one widespread dedication. We imagine this framework units a brand new customary for regenerative agriculture globally while offering the wanted flexibility at farm degree.”
