I will be a speaker at WATEC Israel 2024
How climate-smart agriculture solves for planetary sustainability
September 16-19, Jerusalem, Israel
Evaluating Transformations in Agriculture & Horticulture: Efforts to Enhance Food Security
My model takes into account the nine Planetary Boundaries that represent the threats to planetary sustainability. It is my position that only the agricultural sector, and the concept of principles of climate-smart agriculture, provide tools to address and help mitigate all nine boundaries. Our challenge is to implement programs that can mitigate these boundaries simultaneously and in a replicable manner, which is provided by my model
The 9 Planetary Boundaries
| Earth System Process | CSA Tool |
| Ocean Acidification | Reducing runoff of nitrogen and phosphates from drainage systems |
| Land System Change | We are the major land user; Increasing intensive agriculture |
| Freshwater Change | We control 92%. Improving water-use efficiency |
| Biogeochemical Flows | Only we can improve soils; mproving soil structure with mycorrhizae and oxygenated water |
| Stratospheric Ozone Depletion | Increasing cover cropping, intercropping |
| Novel Entities | Increasing use of integrated pest management and organic growing |
| Biosphere Integrity | Reductions in runoff and improved pond management |
| Climate Change | Increased sub-surface irrigation |
| Aerosol Loading | Reducing black and organic carbon by eliminating burning of crops and reduction in ammonia and improving nitrogen efficiency |
