“`json { “headline”: “Regenerative Agriculture Offers Hope for Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Change”, “excerpt”: “Adopting regenerative agriculture and agroforestry could meet future food demands, improve farmer incomes, and sequester significant amounts of CO2, according to a new analysis.”, “category”: “Research & Reports”, “article”: “Smallholder farms, producing 30% of global food, face mounting pressures from climate change, land scarcity, and declining employment. Projections suggest a significant drop in the global number of farms by 2100, raising food security concerns.\n\nDevelopment expert Hugh Locke argues that helping 240 million smallholder families adopt regenerative agriculture and agroforestry could meet additional food demand through 2050. An initiative in Haiti involving over 10,000 farmers reportedly saw yields rise by 40% and incomes increase by 50-100%.\n\nResearch cited in Locke’s book suggests that widespread adoption of regenerative farming practices could remove up to 0.72 gigatonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere annually. Reduced use of synthetic fertilizers could further lower greenhouse gas emissions.” } “`

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{
“headline”: “Regenerative Agriculture Offers Hope for Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Change”,
“excerpt”: “Adopting regenerative agriculture and agroforestry could meet future food demands, improve farmer incomes, and sequester significant amounts of CO2, according to a new analysis.”,
“category”: “Research & Reports”,
“article”: “Smallholder farms, producing 30% of global food, face mounting pressures from climate change, land scarcity, and declining employment. Projections suggest a significant drop in the global number of farms by 2100, raising food security concerns.\n\nDevelopment expert Hugh Locke argues that helping 240 million smallholder families adopt regenerative agriculture and agroforestry could meet additional food demand through 2050. An initiative in Haiti involving over 10,000 farmers reportedly saw yields rise by 40% and incomes increase by 50-100%.\n\nResearch cited in Locke’s book suggests that widespread adoption of regenerative farming practices could remove up to 0.72 gigatonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere annually. Reduced use of synthetic fertilizers could further lower greenhouse gas emissions.”
}
“`

Source: Down To Earth

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