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'2020 World Food Prize Winner Rattan Lal speaks to the Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development at the first John Innes Foundation lecture. Lecture outline Soils are the foundation of our terrestrial food system. Healthy soils can also play an essential role in mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change. However, for a long time now, many soils have been degraded, contaminated, and depleted of nutrients. We need a better approach to managing soils that is environmentally sustainable and regenerative – an approach which can provide healthy food for our growing human population. This requires us to align the economic needs of farmers and consumers, promote biodiversity below and above the soil, and optimise soil carbon sequestration. With 2021 seeing both the UN Food Systems Summit and the COP26 Climate Conference, this year represents a crucial opportunity to effect change by bringing the best of scientific knowledge into global agricultural policies and practices. For this inaugural John Innes Foundation Annual Lecture, the NISD is delighted to host World Food Prize winner of 2020, Professor Rattan Lal. Professor Lal will discuss the major global challenges of the 21st Century: climate change, food insecurity and environmental degradation. He will lead reflection and discussions on those solutions and support mechanisms that will empower farmers to change their management practices and provide incentives for nature-positive agricultural systems.'
Tags: food security , Soil , NISD , COP26 , UNFSS
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