Agroecology, technology, and stakeholder awareness: Implementing the UN Food Systems Summit call for action
Summary: The global food system must meet the increasing demand for food, fiber, and energy while reducing environmental impacts. The UN Food System Summit (UNFSS) has made a clear call to action for a global food systems transformation. We argue that three major discrepancies remain, potentially de...
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| description | Summary: The global food system must meet the increasing demand for food, fiber, and energy while reducing environmental impacts. The UN Food System Summit (UNFSS) has made a clear call to action for a global food systems transformation. We argue that three major discrepancies remain, potentially delaying the urgent implementation of the call to action. First, Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are not sufficiently focused on agriculture, leading to funding allocation issues. Second, a mismatch of agroecology with technology innovations may slow scaling agroecological farming. Lastly, agricultural diversification must move beyond organic landscapes and into conventional agriculture. As a solution, principles of NbS should be clear on agricultural integration. Moreover, stakeholder awareness must increase that agroecology does not necessarily conflict with agricultural technologies. Future agricultural models must apply measures such as agricultural diversification in conjunction with technology innovations to then ascertain an overall timely and successful implementation of the UNFSS call to action. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-505feb0b345541309464618a77e82eab2023-08-16T04:27:10ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422023-09-01269107510Agroecology, technology, and stakeholder awareness: Implementing the UN Food Systems Summit call for actionSiyan Zeng0Juan Li1Thomas Cherico Wanger2College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Sustainable Agricultural Systems & Engineering Lab, School of Engineering, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China; Corresponding authorSustainable Agricultural Systems & Engineering Lab, School of Engineering, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, China; Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, ChinaSustainable Agricultural Systems & Engineering Lab, School of Engineering, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China; GlobalAgroforestryNetwork.org, Hangzhou, China; ChinaRiceNetwork.org, Hangzhou, China; Corresponding authorSummary: The global food system must meet the increasing demand for food, fiber, and energy while reducing environmental impacts. The UN Food System Summit (UNFSS) has made a clear call to action for a global food systems transformation. We argue that three major discrepancies remain, potentially delaying the urgent implementation of the call to action. First, Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are not sufficiently focused on agriculture, leading to funding allocation issues. Second, a mismatch of agroecology with technology innovations may slow scaling agroecological farming. Lastly, agricultural diversification must move beyond organic landscapes and into conventional agriculture. As a solution, principles of NbS should be clear on agricultural integration. Moreover, stakeholder awareness must increase that agroecology does not necessarily conflict with agricultural technologies. Future agricultural models must apply measures such as agricultural diversification in conjunction with technology innovations to then ascertain an overall timely and successful implementation of the UNFSS call to action.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223015870Environmental scienceEcologyAgricultural scienceAgronomy |
| spellingShingle | Siyan Zeng Juan Li Thomas Cherico Wanger Agroecology, technology, and stakeholder awareness: Implementing the UN Food Systems Summit call for action iScience Environmental science Ecology Agricultural science Agronomy |
| title | Agroecology, technology, and stakeholder awareness: Implementing the UN Food Systems Summit call for action |
| title_full | Agroecology, technology, and stakeholder awareness: Implementing the UN Food Systems Summit call for action |
| title_fullStr | Agroecology, technology, and stakeholder awareness: Implementing the UN Food Systems Summit call for action |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agroecology, technology, and stakeholder awareness: Implementing the UN Food Systems Summit call for action |
| title_short | Agroecology, technology, and stakeholder awareness: Implementing the UN Food Systems Summit call for action |
| title_sort | agroecology technology and stakeholder awareness implementing the un food systems summit call for action |
| topic | Environmental science Ecology Agricultural science Agronomy |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223015870 |
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