10/12 Climate Smart Agriculture in Africa
10/12 Unleashing the power of crop diversity for climate resilience
Protecting global crop diversity is key to climate resilience. The species richness and genetic diversity of crops and their wild relatives can help us adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change on food systems and ensure food security, especially for vulnerable rural communities. Increasing climate change requires climate-smart crops, especially those adapted to drought. This requires further policy and financial decisions, as well as proactive action and implementation. The event highlighted the importance of climate- and water-sensitive crops and showcased examples from different countries.
10/12 Growing Protein Without Footprints on Non-Arable Land: Food Security and Climate Mitigation
In 30 years, there will be 10 billion people on the planet requiring 50% to 70% more food. The world is still using meat as its main protein source and livestock needs feed, which is 90% soybeans. However, there is insufficient arable land available to meet this higher soybean demand. The result is an impending global protein shortage. Sustainable Planet has revolutionized protein production by cultivating high-protein aquatic plants, water lentils, on non-arable land. These plants yield 10 times more protein than soybeans, mitigating deforestation and food insecurity. With cost-effective infrastructure in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, they generate jobs for disadvantaged communities, aid smallholder farmers, and transform unusable and non-arable land into plant protein. The plant is also a carbon sink, reducing carbon emissions and producing oxygen.
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