FACCE-JPI Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
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FACCE JPI NewsFACCE-JPI Scientific Advisory Board member Steve Long nominated by the British Royal Society to become a 2013 Fellow.
The report of Mapping Meeting four on "Sustainable Food Security under Climate Change" is now available
The FACCE-JPI Scientific Advisory Board welcomes Leslie Lipper as its 12th member
Press release: Funding opportunities on agricultural greenhouse gas research: FACCE – JPI launches an international call on mitigation.The challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture requires a global strategic approach and cooperation between national research programmes. To this end, the Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE – JPI) announced today Monday 28th o...The report of Mapping meeting three on trade-offs between food production, biodiversity and ecosystem services is now available
Best Wishes for 2013
Launch of the FACCE-JPI Strategic Research Agenda
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Welcome to FACCE JPIWhy Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change?Agriculture, food security and climate change pose key challenges for the world. The 2007-2008 world food crisis was a stark reminder that all countries need to build more resilient food systems in the light of expected (and unexpected) changes ahead. Research must play a leading role in bringing solutions. Europe has and continues to develop knowledge and technologies to underpin sustainable and competitive food production systems. Agriculture (including forestry and aquaculture) are highly exposed to climate change – the variability of crop yields has already increased as a consequence of extreme climate events, such as the summer heat of 2003 and the spring drought of 2007 in Europe. However the agriculture and forestry sectors also offer the potential of mitigation of nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) emissions, while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with indirect land use change and the development of verifiable GHG mitigation and carbon sequestration measures. Agriculture has to meet a demand for food which is estimated to rise globally by 50% by 2030 and to double by 2050, due to population growth, urbanisation and increased affluence in many societies. |