Agroecology

• The precision swine farming market is experiencing an increasing demand for needle-free injection systems.
• Swine identification and tracking systems are increasingly in demand in the precision swine farming market.
• Furthermore, the increasing demand for efficiency and production has further contributed to Europe's dominance in the precision swine farming market.
• The study includes an in-depth competitive analysis of these key players in the precision swine farming market with their company profiles, recent developments, and key market strategies.

• It’s little wonder we’re looking for more sustainable and just ways of growing food and fibre.
• Today, regenerative agriculture is promoted strongly by multinational food companies, advocacy groups and some parts of the farming community.
• But as our new research shows, regenerative agriculture may not be the transformation our global food system needs.

Farming must change

• Agriculture caused 80% of global deforestation in recent decades and comprises 70% of freshwater use.
• It is the biggest driver of biodiversity loss on land and contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions.
• In an effort to keep up, these farmers also often go into debt to buy chemicals and expensive machinery to boost production.

What’s regenerative agriculture?

Regenerative agriculture is proposed as a more sustainable alternative to industrial agriculture. It can include practices such as:
But can regenerative agriculture transform the global food system? Our research examined this question.

Our research findings

• We then compared this to other sustainable farming approaches: organic agriculture, conservation agriculture, sustainable intensification, and agroecology.
• We found regenerative agriculture shares many similarities with the first three movements listed above.
• Most importantly, it originated in the rich, industrially developed Global North, primarily North America, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Agroecology: a different path

• Agroecology combines agronomy (agricultural science) and ecology, and also seeks to address injustice and inequity in food systems.
• The movement is associated with the world’s largest smallholder farmer organisation, La Via Campesina, and has been endorsed by the United Nations.
• Agroecology advocates for Indigenous knowledge and land rights, and support for small-scale farmers.
• At events such as the UN Food Systems Summit, for example, corporate stakeholders guide policy decisions while vulnerable farmers can feel sidelined.

Transforming our food systems

• Despite regenerative agriculture’s popularity and its focus on sustainable food production, it fails to tackle systemic social and political issues.
• As a result, the movement may perpetuate business-as-usual in the food system, rather than transform it.

• Buck Island Ranch lies in the Headwaters of the Everglades, just 15 miles northwest of Lake Okeechobee.
• The 1,883 acres lie in two parcels on the western and eastern boundaries of Buck Island Ranch.
• Buck Island Ranch is a 10,500-acre working cattle ranch, home to 2,800 head of cattle.
• "We appreciate the public support under the state's RFLPP program and the USDA for the conservation value of Buck Island Ranch," said Dr. Hillary Swain, Archbold's executive director.

• The strategy takes a systemic approach, building on the experience the Group has gained from the many initiatives its brands have already implemented.
• It reinforces an existing long-term commitment by giving the Group a clear framework of behaviour covering the five key areas of biodiversity loss: land-/sea-use change, resource exploitation, pollution, invasive alien species and climate change.
• The strategy sets out how the L'OCCITANE Group plans to mitigate its impacts on nature and foster every opportunity to play a positive role.
• To share best practices and advocate at the industry level, the Group is engaged in coalitions such as One Planet Business for Biodiversity (OP2B).