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Discussion topic #1: Nature-positive strategies from producers of grains, feed, and oilseeds. ADOPTING NEW PRACTICES. Most participants in this in this breakout session have used some combination of cover crops, no-till, strip-till, inter-seeding, and other practices for decades. But many say their neighbors thought they were crazy when they first adopted these practices. Such conservation practices are slowly becoming widespread, but improvement would come much more quickly with greater incentives – longer leases for rented land, longer partnerships for federal cost-share programs, compensa
... Подробнееtion for early adopters of nature-forward practices, developing markets for carbon sequestration – which is a long-term process that needs ongoing credits. Providers of crop insurance also need to understand the benefits of nature-positive practices. EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE-SHARING. Lenders, insurers, cost-share programs, regulators, and farmers need to be on the same page and work together on the long-term benefits of nature-positive practices. And they need to reach out to farmers who have been slow to adopt change. But agronomy and soil testing are part of that education – along with the technology of precision farming and understanding the varying needs across the land, even if different parts of the same field. Technology and data will drive many advances – especially when combined with farmers’ common sense and knowledge of their land. Скрыть
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Ключевые слова: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Trade-offs, Women & Youth Empowerment