Agriculture in Action (Nov 17–23): From COP30 momentum to field-level breakthroughs
- Sustainable Agriculture Network
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From COP30 spotlights and precision-ag training to gender leadership in insect value chains and rice-sector collaboration, SAN members advanced credible, regenerative solutions across Africa, Latin America, and Asia.
Climate action goes local at COP30
Fundación Natura Colombia is taking the Cesar Life Corridor to COP30—linking ecological restoration, bioeconomy, territorial governance, and participatory monitoring. They also promoted “Unlocking Scalable Investment for Sustainable Agriculture,” connecting finance with farm-level change. PELUM Uganda joined COP30 conversations on institutionalizing and financing agroecology for climate adaptation—ensuring African climate justice voices are front and center.
Research, data, and collaboration at scale
CORAF showcased its Decade Strategic Framework and a week of action: a precision-ag training in Mauritania under FSRP WA, a GIRAV Gambia learning mission, and follow-ups from #FRSIT2025 on tech for industrialization. It’s a clear arc—from knowledge to regional delivery.
Preferred by Nature convened the rice sector at #ISRF2025—diving into credibility, innovation ecosystems, and finance to accelerate low-carbon rice—while extending consultation on its sustainability framework to widen stakeholder input.
Gender, livelihoods, and value chains
CABI spotlighted evidence that women play leading roles across Africa’s insect food/feed value chains—dominating collection and marketing in many contexts and making up 70% of the workforce in emerging Black Soldier Fly farms in East Africa. It’s a powerful signal of inclusive green growth.
Agroecology and education in motion
MELCA Ethiopia paired a Local Seed & Food Fair with a Youth Biocultural Diversity Celebration and convened a national policy forum on agroecology and resilient food systems—demonstrating how community events and policy work reinforce each other.
Fundatia Adept engaged students in sowing native seed under LIFE DiverSEED—hands-on biodiversity restoration that grows the next generation of stewards.
Invasives, IPM, and One Health
CABI shared field stories and science—from Prosopis juliflora’s impacts on Maasai communities in Tanzania, to a parasitoid wasp offering hope against Europe’s box tree moth, to practical IPM for beans, and FAO’s One Health research roadmap emphasizing integrated surveillance.
Traceability, quality, and supply-chain integrity
CottonConnect underscored a hard truth: without farm-level visibility, verifying cotton origin remains difficult—making real traceability the starting line, not the finish. Green Net Foundation reminded us that rice quality hinges on moisture control; anything above 15% risks mold and aflatoxin—proof that consumer safety starts with post-harvest basics.
Rights, rivers, and resilient territories
Fundación Pachamama brought the human rights impacts of its closure in Ecuador to an IACHR public hearing—defending civic space that communities need to steward forests and livelihoods. RAAA Perú blended watershed advocacy with agroecology know-how—calling for protection of Lima’s agricultural lands and sharing on-campus training in liquid fish fertilizer and soil-healing rotations with purple corn.
Why it matters
Across the Network, members turned commitments into credible outcomes—linking COP30 agendas to field realities, elevating women in value chains, tightening traceability, and scaling collaboration. This is SAN’s Global Impact Network in motion: simplifying complexity, verifying impact, and advancing regenerative supply chains for people and planet.
Our through-line: radical collaboration
When research, finance, and community leadership meet, systems shift. That’s why SAN was built as a Global Impact Network—to connect local precision with global ambition and deliver investor-grade outcomes that companies and communities can trust. One network. Global impact.