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Invitation to Climate-Soil Community of Practice event on 4th October
Date: 4 October 2021
Time: 4 – 5:30 CEST
Hosts: “4 per 1000” Initiative and GIZ
Venue: Microsoft Teams (Click here, to join the meeting) (no registration needed
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We hope this email finds you well!
Working towards the community’s mission to strengthen the network of a climate-soil nexus,
to disseminate experiences of best practices on SLM and soil carbon projects and to bridge
the gap between scientific evidence and on the ground implementation we would like to
invite you to our next meeting:
Climate-Soil Community of Practice Meeting
When: 04 October 2021 4 pm CEST
Where: Via MS Teams
What: Presentation and debate with experts on the use of incentives for Sustainable
Land Management (SLM)
We will send more details shorty.
Mutual Update on Soil-Carbon Related News
Also, we would like to invite you to share information that you deem relevant to
the group (events, studies, papers and articles) and/or examples of successful
soil carbon related projects in countries of the global South. It would be great
if you could send us your input as a response to this email by 20 October 2021.
Based on the information coming out of the community we will curate and
circulate an update message on soil-carbon related events and studies to all
members of the Climate-Soil Community of Practice. Additionally, that
information will be made accessible to all members permanently on our digital
platform: https://wiki.afris.org/display/4COP2/About+the+CoP
Last but not least: Do not hesitate to get in touch and let us know if you have questions,
feedback or suggestions about the development of this network.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Additional information on the speakers
Ph. D. Valeria Piñeiro (IFPRI):
Dr. Valeria Piñeiro is a Senior Research Coordinator in the Markets, Trade and Institutions Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Her recent work includes modeling the impacts of agricultural support policies on emissions from agriculture and reviewing the evidence on incentives for adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and their outcomes. She has significant experience working in the areas of economic development and growth using General Equilibrium Models (CGE) as an analytical tool and has for the last several years led courses in many countries teaching the theory and application of CGE models. She is also a faculty member at the Applied Economics Master’s Program in the Johns Hopkins University. Valeria received her Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Maryland.
Link to her bio/ publications/ CV:
Valeria Piñeiro | IFPRI : International Food Policy Research Institute
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Marc Eberle (Executive Director of Smart Agro):
Marc Eberle has been living and working in Southeast Asia since January 2002. He has been making award winning documentary films in the region for international broadcasters as well as helped to set up Cambodia’s largest private television station CTN as producer and trainer of the local staff. As artistic director for DocNet SEA, he has curated ChopShots international Documentary Film Festival in Jakarta as well as organised workshops, masterclasses and round tables between filmmakers, funders, industry professionals and government representatives in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, The Philippines and Vietnam.
Marc studied agro-ecology at Montpellier SupAgro and has combined his filmmaking skills with agricultural knowledge by producing educational films about regenerative farming since 2012.
SmartAgro designs innovative cropping systems, regenerate soils, and make crop and livestock production more resilient against climate change and market fluctuation.
Link to SmartAgro:
https://smart-agro.net
Link to article about project, that he is presenting:
ASSET: towards more sustainable agrifood systems in Southeast Asia | Cirad
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Dr Leigh Ann Winowiecki
Dr Leigh Ann Winowiecki is a Soil Systems Scientist at World Agroforestry (ICRAF) based in Nairobi, Kenya.
The overarching goal of the Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH) is to improve soil health globally by addressing critical implementation, monitoring, policy, and public and private investment barriers that constrain farmers from adopting and scaling healthy soil practices.
1) Read about the niche of the Coalition: https://foodsystems.community/global-soil-hub/
2) Check out the CA4SH UNFSS video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kh6p1nvnAY
3) Partners can still join the Coalition by contacting: Leigh Winowiecki (L.A.Winowiecki@cgiar.org) and 2) Registering their commitment in the UNFSS online registry for the Coalition: https://foodsystems.community/commitment-registry/commitment-registry-and-guidelines/#form
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