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Editor's Pick: Mitigation Low-Emissions Agriculture Blogs

The following blogs highlight some of the ways USAID is working at the intersection of climate and agriculture and food systems.
  • Jamie Schoshinski
Picture in April 2023, shows a rice farm in Majin Gari, Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State (Long: 6.113753, Lat: 9.07204), Nigeria, by Salihu Idris (in the plot), was fertilized solely with biochar and compost, and no synthetic fertilizers, yielded 4.5 tons/ha, without any release of carbon emissions from the farming activity. The farmer, Salisu, is one of the participants of the USAID Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services Activity implemented by Winrock International.

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France, this year’s secretariat for climate talks, released a new “united for climate action” logo which is free for all non-commercial uses.
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UN Releases First Draft of COP21 Negotiating Text

The Washington Post (10/5) reported that the United Nations released the draft negotiating text for a major round of global climate talks coming up in Paris this December.  Negotiators from more than 190 countries will come together in Paris, with the goal reaching an agreement that advances global action on climate change. 
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